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RE: APPROVE APPLICATION FOR EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE GRANT AND AUTHORIZE
CHAIR TO SIGN - COLORADO DIVISION OF HOUSING
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of Weld County, Colorado, pursuant to
Colorado statute and the Weld County Home Rule Charter, is vested with the authority of
administering the affairs of Weld County, Colorado, and
WHEREAS,the Board has been presented with an application for an Emergency Assistance
Grant from the County of Weld, State of Colorado, by and through the Board of County
Commissioners of Weld County, on behalf of the Greeley/Weld County Housing Authority, to the
Colorado Division of Housing,with further terms and conditions being as stated in said application,
and
WHEREAS,after review,the Board deems it advisable to approve said application,a copy
of which is attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference.
NOW,THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County Commissioners of Weld
County, Colorado, ex-officio Housing Authority Board, that the application for an Emergency
Assistance Grant from the County of Weld,State of Colorado, by and through the Board.of County
Commissioners of Weld County, on behalf of the Greeley/Weld County Housing Authority, to the
Colorado Division of Housing be, and hereby is, approved.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by the Board that the Chair be, and hereby is,authorized to
sign said application.
The above and foregoing Resolution was,on motion duly made and seconded,adopted by
the following vote on the 22nd day of March, A.D., 2004.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
W D COUNTY, COLORADO
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WELD COUNTY
EMERGENCY SHELTER GRANT
APPLICATION
2004
2004-0906
TABLE OF CONTENTS
SECTION
APPLICANT FORMS I
ASSURANCES AND CERTIFICATIONS II
CERTIFICATION OF CONSISTENCY WITH CONSOLIDATED PLAN III
ATTACHMENTS
PROJECT DESCRIPTION CONTINUATION A
MANAGEMENT CAPACITY CONTINUATION B
EXTENT AND URGENCY OF NEED CONTINUATION C
PROJECT IMPACT CONTINUATION D
OTHER RESOURCES E
FIRST TIME REQUESTS FOR ESSENTIAL SERVICES F
Application for Colorado Division of Housing
EMERGENCY SHELTER GRANT ASSISTANCE 2004
1.APPLICANT(Name and Address) 2.PROJECT NO.04-
Weld County Housing Authority 3.Amount Requested 4.Date Received
PO Box 130
Greeley,CO 80631 $77,200.00
5.Name and Title of Local Elected Official or Authorized Agency Representative 6.Named Title of Contact Person for
(Please Type) Application
Rob Masden,Chair, Board of Commissioners Weld County Christie Henderson,Assistant Director
7.Sig re of Authorized Representative 8.Date 9.Phone No. 10.Fax No.
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TYPE OF ORGANIZATION
11.Municipality/County Weld County 12.Nonprofit 13.Federal I.D.No.
841568446
14.SERVICE AREA 15.POPULATION
est.202,329 County
Weld County including the Cities of Greeley-mid Windsor 1. est. 82,115 Greeley ,t
aC--12,008 Winaser
16.PROJECT DESCRIPTION&ACTIVITIES:Weld County has administered the Emergency Shelter Program for the past several years. The
following local agencies serve as the delivery system for the homeless services: Greeley Transitional House,A Woman's
Place,Catholic Charities, Inc. ,A Room At The Inn, , _
17.PROJECT BUDGET:NOTE; PLEASE REQUEST FANNING AMOUNT NY CATEGORY.Thou MINI THE CATEGONJCA of year
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Direct Staffing $ 4,800.00 2,000.00
Case Management $ 13, 900.00
Utilities/Phone $ 19,000.00
Supplies/food $ 6,700.00
Maintenance/repair $ 6,700.00
Insurance $ 6, 500.00
Security Deposits $ 3,000.00
Transportation $ 2600.00
Rental Assistance $ $ 11, 000.00
Counseling/Education $ 1, 000.00
$ 43,700.00 $ 17,500.00 $ 14, 000.00 $ 2, 000.00 *
22.SUBTOTAL
23.TOTAL REQUEST $77,200.00
24.PROJECT MATCH Please explain how your agency tracks watch. PLEASE NOTE: NO DOUBLE COLW1WG OF MA 1O*IS ALLOWED/
Source(s) Amount(s)
1. Windsor Ministerial Association 1. $ 5,000.
2. United Way 2. $41,000.
3. Weld County 3. $15,000.
4. City of Greeley 4. $10,000.
5. Colorado Trust 5. $ 2,000.
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SHELTER REPORT
SHELTER CHARACTERISTICS 2002-03 Actual 2003-04 Projection 2004-05 Projection
25. BEDS(Ind besire) 111 111 111
26. SLEEPING ROOMS 29 29 29
27.TOTAL FAMILIES SERVED 202 347 367
28.TOTAL PERSONS IN FAMILIES 705 1141 1200
29.TOTAL INDIVIDUALS SERVED 1209 1334 1352
30.SHELTER NIGHTS(See instruction page) 27,5480 33,442 34,476
31.MEALS SERVED 46,470 48,500 49,275
CLIENT PARTICIPATION REPORT
HUD REQUIRES DOCUMENTATION OF 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05
CLIENT PARTICIPATION. Actual Projection Projection
32.Paid hrs. 785 785 785
33.Unpaid hrs. 4846 4846 4846
34.Other Volunteer Hours 25,699 26,526
`Explain how clients participate in your agency:
CONTINUUM OF CARE/SERVICE COORDINATION
SHELTER I SUPPORTIVE SERVICES SERVICES PROVIDERS
35. Emergency Shelter Information and Referral X Various Agencies
36.Transitional Housing X Various Agencies
37. Permanent Housing(with services) X Various Agencies
38. Permanent Housing(without services) X Various Agencies
39.Soup kitchen X Salvation Army
40.ClothingX Various Agencies
41.Transportation X Various Agencies
42.Case Management X Various Agencies
43. Da ycare X Various Agencies
44.Substance Abuse Counseling X Island Grove
45.Psychological X Island Grove
46.Employment X Various Agencies
47.Life Skills/Budgeting X Various Agencies
48.Educational X Various Agencies
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49.Assistance w/Perm.housing X Authoritiesey/Weld Housing
50.Medical treatment X Various Medical Facilities
51.Forms Assistance X Various Agencies
52.Other
(1)Services provided by your agency mark with an X. (2)All Service Providers which you have written agreements with mark with an*.
PREVENTION SERVICES(Must haven eviction notice,
foreclosure notice or cut-off notice to be acted upon no
soarer Mora drys from date of assistance.
53.Utility Assistance X Various Agencies
54. Security Deposit X Various Agencies
55. Back rent X Various Agencies
56. Back Mortgage Payments X Various Agencies
57.Other Innovative Services(specify)
(1)Services provided by your agency mark with an X. (2)All Service Providers which you have written agreements with mark with an*.
MANAGEMENT CAPACITY. List key pa o ,:responsibilities, and
experience related to ttils. . • .
See Attachment B
EXTENT AND URGE 1F`ND' . •
Describe the extent and ur+ Ooy•Of need**shelter and services to be provided.
See Attachment C
PROJECT IMPACT
What impact do you expect to have on identified needs if you receive ESG
funding?
See Attachment D
OTHER RESOURCES: List other local, state, federal and charitable organizations
that fund your organization's shelter operations, or homeless services.
See Attachment E
FIRST-TIME REQUESTS FOR ESSENTIAL SERVICES: Please answer all of the
following: (1) is this a new service or a quantifiable increase in service above that
provided during the previous 12 months? What other local government or
nonprofit resources have funded these homeless services in the past year?
See Attachment F
LIST: COMPUTER RESOURCES INCLUDING EQUIPMENT AND STAFF THAT
YOUR AGENCY CURRENTLY UTILIZES TO GATHER DATA, PRODUCE REPORTS,
ETC
Christie Henderson, Assistant Director of the Housing Authorities conducts all data
gathering, report producing and data entry for ESG. Ms.Henderson is computer
proficient. She utilizes a Compaq P4 laptop with Windows XP. Ms. Henderson uses the
Internet as needed for information. Data is backed up on a Novell server to preserve the
data in case of local computer failure.
EMERGENCY SHELTER GRANTS PROGRAM
ASSURANCES AND CERTIFICATIONS
Robert D. Masden. Chair (name of chief elected official or appropriate non-profit
signatory)of Weld County (town,city,county or nonprofit organization)which is applying
to the State of Colorado for funding through the Emergency Shelter Grant Program from the U.S.Department
of Housing and Urban Development(HUD), hereby assures and certifies that:
Amounts awarded under this program will used only for these purposes:
1. Assist in the prevention of homelessness.
2. Renovate, rehabilitate, expand or convert (but not acquire) facilities for use as homeless
shelters.
3. Assist in supporting the essential operating costs of shelters.
4. Assist in improving the quality of supportive services to the homeless.
Projects will not require participation in religious services, as a condition for receiving assistance.
All projects funded will develop and administer,in good faith,a policy designed to ensure the shelter is
free from the illegal use, possession or distribution of DRUGS and ALCOHOL by ifs beneficiaries.
Political activities will be prohibited in accordance with subsection 675 (e) of the Community Services Block
Grant Act of 1981.
The town, city, county or nonprofit organization certifies that matching supplemental funds required by the
regulations at 24 CFR 576.71 and 576.85(a)(3),as mentioned by the amendments to Items 415(a)and 415(c)
of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act made by Section 832(e) of the Cranston-Gonzalez
National Affordable Housing Act of 1990 (Public Law 101-625, November 28, 1990) will be provided. The
amendment exempts the first $100,000 from the matching requirement and requires that the benefit of the
$100,000 exemption be provided to those recipients from the State that are least capable of providing the
matching funds.
The requirements of 24 CFR 576.21(a)(4)(o)which provide that the funding of homeless prevention
activities for families that have received eviction notices or notices of termination of utility services meet the
following standards: (A)that the inability of the family to make the required payments must be the result of a
sudden reduction in income; (B) that the assistance must be necessary to avoid eviction of the family or
termination of the services to the family; (C)that there must be a reasonable prospect that the family will be
able to resume payments within a reasonable period of time;(D)that the assistance must not supplant funding
for preexisting homeless prevention activities from any other source; (E) occur a week before eviction,
foreclosure or termination.
The requirements of 24 CFR 576.51(b)(2)(ii) concerning that submission by nonprofit organizations
applying for funding of a certification of approval of the proposed project(s)from the unit of local govemment in
which the proposed project is located.
The requirements of 24 CFR 576.51(b)(2)(v)concerning the funding of emergency shelter in hotels or
motels or commercial facilities providing transient housing.
The requirements of 24 CFR576.56(a)(3) concerning the provision of termination and/or grievance
procedures for an individual or family who violates program requirements.
The requirement of 24 CFR576.56(b)concerning the involvement of homeless individuals and families
in providing work or services pertaining to policy-making and in operations of facilities or activities assisted
under this part.
The requirement of 24 CFR576.57 concerning the prohibition of conflict of interest or financial interest
in decision-making by elected officials,appointed officials,staff or board of directors except as maybe granted
by HUD as provided in 570.611(d).
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The requirements of 24 CFR 576.73 concerning the continued use of buildings for which Emergency
Shelter Grant funds are used for rehabilitation or conversion of buildings for use of emergency shelters for the
homeless;or when funds are used solely for operating costs or essential services,concerning the population to
be served.
The building standards requirement of 24 CFR 576.75.
The requirements of 24 CFR 576.77, concerning assistance to the homeless.
The requirements of 24 CFR 576.79, other appropriate provisions of 24 CFR Part 576, and other
applicable Federal law concerning nondiscrimination and equal opportunity.
The requirements of 24 CFR 576.80 concerning minimizing the displacement of persons,as a result of
a project assisted with these funds.
The requirements of 24 CFR 576.80 concerning the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real
Acquisition Policies Act of 1970.
The requirement of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act(Public Law 101-625,
November 28, 19900 contained in Section 832(e)(2)(C)that grantees develop and implement procedures the
ensure the confidentiality of records pertaining to any individual provided family violence prevention or treatment
services under any project assisted "under the Emergency Shelter Grants Program"will, except with written
authorization of the person or persons responsible for the operation of such shelter, not be made public."
The requirement that local government will comply with the provisions of and regulations and
procedures applicable under section 104(g) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 with
respect to the environmental review responsibilities under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and
related authorities, as specified in 24 CFR Part 58, and as applicable to activities of nonprofit organizations.
The requirement that no Federal appropriated funds have been paid, by or on behalf of the local
government or nonprofit organization, to any person for influencing or attempting to influence an officer or
employee of any agency, a Member of Congress, an officer or employee of Congress, or an employee of a
Member of Congress in connection with the awarding of any Federal loan,the entering into of any cooperative
agreement, and modification of any Federal contract,grant, loan or cooperative agreement.
The requirement that if any funds,other than Federal appropriated funds have been paid or will be paid
to any person for influencing or attempting to influence an officer or employee of any agency, a member of
Congress, an officer or employee of Congress,or an employee of a Member of Congress in connection with
this Federal contract,grant,loan or cooperative agreement,the local govemment or nonprofit organization shall
complete and submit Standard Form-LLL, "Disclosure Form to Report Lobbying," in accordance with its
instructions.
The requirement that the local government or nonprofit organization shall require that the language of
the PROHIBITION OF THE USE OF FEDERAL FUNDS FOR LOBBYING CERTIFICATION be included in the
award documents for all standards at all tiers including subcontracts,subgrants,and contracts under grants,
loans, and cooperative agreements and that all subrecipients shall certify and disclose accordingly.
The requirement that(68 Fed. Reg.43430)agencies receiving funding from the Emergency
Shelter Grant Program become compliant with Homeless Management Information System(HMIS)
as required by the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
The required certification that the submission of an application for any emergency shelter grant is
authorized under applicable law and that the local government or nonprofit organization possesses legal
authority to carry out emergency shelter grant activities in accordance with applicable law and regulations of the
Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Robert D. Masden, Chair, Board of County Commissioners
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CERTIFICATION OF LOCAL APPROVAL
FOR NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS
I, Rob Masden, duly authorized to act on behalf of Weld County, Colorado hereby approve the
following projects proposed by Greeley Transitional House, which is located in Weld County.
Operation of a Shelter
Case Management ,
By Rob Masden
Chair, Board of Commissioners Weld County, Colorado
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CERTIFICATION OF LOCAL APPROVAL
FOR NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS
I, Rob Masden, duly authorized to act on behalf of Weld County, Colorado hereby approve the
following projects proposed by Room At The Inn, which is located in Weld County.
Operation of a Shelter
Case Management
Emergency Rental Assistance
By Rob Masden
Chair, Board of Commissioners Weld County, Colorado
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CERTIFICATION OF LOCAL APPROVAL
FOR NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS
I, Rob Masden, duly authorized to act on behalf of Weld County, Colorado hereby approve the
following projects proposed by Catholic Charities Northern, which is located in Weld County.
Operation of a Shelter
Case Management
Emergency Rent Assistance
By Rob Masden
Chair, Board of Commissioners Weld County, Colorado
MAR 2 2.2004
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CERTIFICATION OF LOCAL APPROVAL
FOR NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS
I, Rob Masden, duly authorized to act on behalf of Weld County, Colorado hereby approve the
following projects proposed by A Woman's Place, which is located in Weld County.
Operation of a Shelter
Case Management
By Rob Masden
Chair, Board of Commissioners Weld County, Colorado
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Attachment A
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
The 2004 ESG program will address three activities:
1. Operating Costs
2. Essential Services
3. Homeless Prevention
Each of the five Shelter/Homeless service providers operate separate programs serving distinct
population groups. Below is a summary of the projects to be conducted for the 2004/2005 ESG
program for Weld County:
Catholic Charities Northern/Rental Assistance
Catholic Charities is requesting ESG funds for Homeless Prevention.
Limited emergency financial assistance to 150 households needing a one-time assistance with rent or
mortgage delinquency in order to avert homelessness. Clients assisted through this program are
referred to Consumer Credit Counseling Services of Northern Colorado for continued supportive
services.
Catholic Charities Northern/Guadalupe Shelter
Catholic Charities/Northern is requesting ESG funds for Operation Costs associated with the
Guadalupe Center and for Essential Services.
Guadalupe Center is a thirty-six bed shelter providing short term, emergency overnight services for
homeless families, single males,and single females. Clients are provided with a place to sleep,evening
and morning meals, hygiene supplies, shower and laundry facilities, information and referral, and
family case management services. Funds will be used to defray the costs associated with the
operation of the Guadalupe Center.
Case management services are provided to promote self-sufficiency for families. Families that do not
follow through on their case management goals will be expected to find alternative housing after
seven days.
Greeley Transitional House
Greeley Transitional House is requesting ESG funds for Operation Costs, and Essential Services.
Operating Costs
Funds are being requested to provide staffing for the shelter. This would cover a portion of the
resident manager's salary. This shelter is a twenty-four hour operation and with the reductions in
other areas of funding, it is necessary to request funds in this area.
The Greeley Transitional House is applying for three support needs within the area of essential
services. Those are case management, transportation for client families to and from work, and
security deposits.
In the area of case management, GTH is applying for money to provide this service to client families,
in coordinating and advocating for services that are necessary for a family to be come self-sufficient.
This also includes providing assistance in obtaining permanent affordable housing. Case management
is a very significant component of service delivery. Greeley Transitional House can accomplish much
in 30-45 days to alleviate the immediate crisis, but that does not allow sufficient time to affect long-
term change and prevent homelessness from reoccurring again. Often families return to the same
environment and fragmented support system,which attributed initially to their homelessness;without
intervention in this environment, all factors which led to their homelessness are still present and the
cycle may very well begin again. By creating a case management support system,these families will
not fall through the cracks of the system. Research supports the view that social supports enhance
the health and well being of families and prevent homelessness (Bassuk et al., 1990) Clients have
difficulties in obtaining resources as well as completing the proper documentation to access these
resources. Many times the barrier to becoming self-sufficient is the inability to access the necessary
resources to attain stability and productivity. Case management will provide the tool to overcome
this barrier.
The absence of transportation is many times a stumbling block in one being able to attain a base line
level of self-sufficiency. Funding for this project would eliminate a barrier to self-sufficiency for client
families. Funding through the Emergency Shelter Grant Program would allow families to utilize their
own mode of transportation and overcome this barrier.
Many families are able to afford the first month's rent but are unable to save enough for the security
deposit. By being able to provide a level of assistance with security deposits, we will be able to
reduce the average length of stay in the emergency shelter as well as eliminate another barrier to self-
sufficiency.
A Woman's Place, Inc.
A Woman's Place provides emergency safe housing, food and support services to women and their
children who are homeless as a result of being a victim of domestic violence. A Woman's Place is the
only shelter in Weld County that provides these services to abused women and their children who are
homeless because of domestic violence. ESG funding will enhance their ability to provide effective
domestic violence related services to the people of Weld County
A Woman's Place is requesting funds for Operation Costs and Essential Services. Operating cost
funding will help defray utility costs, insurance for the shelter and repairs/maintenance. Essential
services will help to support case management of clients, which are provided safe housing.
Room At The Inn
Room At The Inn is supervised by an Executive Director who coordinates facilities, volunteers, and
sleeping accommodations of more than 13 churches. The churches provide nightly accommodations
and meals for families for one week at a time on a rotating schedule.
Room At The Inn also provides a day shelter where the homeless are able to come during the day.
The primary function of the day shelter is to serve as the counseling facility for the participants. The
participants are required to participate in intensive case management, search for permanent and
affordable housing, and seek employment. It has been full since opening its doors September 2001.
Room At The Inn is requesting ESG funds to assist with Operational expenses; Essential Services
such as Case Management, assisting with co-payments on prescriptions for medical treatments, and
teaching parenting and anger management classes to the families;Homeless prevention through rental
assistance and security deposit assistance.
Attachment B
Management Capacity
Weld County has coordinated the Emergency Shelter Grants Program since 1991. The program is
administered through Weld County Housing Authority. Thomas Teixeira,Director of Weld County
Housing Authority is responsible for the overall administration of the Emergency Shelter Grants
Program, while Christie Henderson, Assistant Director of Weld County Housing Authority, is
responsible for the day-to-day program support. Christie has a Master's degree in Public
Administration(MPA),and a Bachelor's in Social Work(BSW). She has extensive experience in case
management, budgeting, program management and policy development.
The shelter and homeless service providers conduct activities of the program.
A Woman's Place
The Program Director and is the key person for this project. She has a Bachelor's Degree in
Psychology, Human Resource experience and expertise in managing people. Her responsibilities
include program director, crisis intervention, counseling, intake, assessment of needs, case
management, follow-up on goals and self-sufficiency plan, appropriate referrals, client assistance on
transitional skills, and self esteem. The staff person attends many meetings on case management
issues such as housing, welfare reform, employment, and educational opportunities as well as doing
community education presentations.
Greeley Transitional House
The Greeley Transitional House program has been very successful in providing services to homeless
families assisting them in achieving and maintaining stable, long-term housing; increasing their skill
levels and income; and gaining empowerment in their own lives. In 2000, 76%of our client families
secured affordable permanent housing. One hundred percent of our family's secured permanent
employment and 77%are currently working towards their GED, higher educational degrees and/or
are enrolled in a vocational education program. 90% of our families are enrolled in the follow-up
program and have maintained both stability and self-sufficiency.
During nineteen years of its existence, The Greeley Transitional House has developed and
implemented many successful projects and received support and recognition locally, statewide and
nationally. In fact, The Greeley Transitional House was selected to be a national demonstration
project for providing emergency shelter and supportive services to homeless families. The recidivism
rate is 0%.
Currently all staff have extensive knowledge of and interaction with the homeless population and have
established relationships with both The Greeley Transitional House and social service agencies in
Weld County. In addition each staff member consistently has demonstrated exceptional capacity to
perform the administrative, managerial, and operational functioning necessary to successful
development and operation of this project. The staff includes:
Executive director, (Linda S. Akers), a professional social worker holding a Masters in Social Work,
Bachelors of Arts in Family Studies with two minors; business administration and developmental
psychology and an Associate of Arts in Early Childhood Education with 24 years of experience in
human services; nine of those years in management of non-profit agencies, primarily with agencies
serving the indigent. She has been the executive director of this organization for the past eight years.
Previously worked for five years at A Woman's Place serving women and children in domestic
violence environments as well as development and implementation of programs. Previous to this
position, she developed and implemented a child/parent program for parents and children at risk
within Larimer County. She has also worked extensively with parents who have been found guilty of
child abuse, providing individual counseling and parent education classes. Also within this
framework, she developed and executed a research project measuring the effectiveness of parenting
classes in terms of reducing child abuse. She also has extensive background working with the elderly
providing assessments and direct services. She has also developed and implemented a crisis line on
the campus of the University of Northern Colorado and owned and operated her own preschool/day
care program. She serves on the Weld County Homeless Task Force Trinity Lutheran School Board,
current chairperson of Trinity Lutheran Parent/Teacher League and has also served in a variety of
capacities within the Mountain prairie Girl Scout Council. Linda has demonstrated extensively her
commitment to empowerment, dignity and respect for human beings.
Catholic Charities
The agency has operated Guadalupe Shelter since 1987 and has operated a shelter in Larimer County
since 1985. The agency Executive Director, who reports to a 21 member Board of Directors, is
responsible for operation of 10 programs of the agency in Weld and Larimer Counties. Catholic
Charities has undergone a restructuring of staff in an effort to streamline operations and provide
better services to the clientele.
The Supervisor of Shelter Operations oversees the administrative responsibilities for the shelter and
staff, fund raising, and agency operation. She has been with the agency three years and has a
Bachelor's in Social Work.
The Shelter Coordinator oversees the day-to-day operations of shelter including maintenance,
management of supplies, supervision of night staff, supervision of volunteers, provision of
Information&Referral, and daily records.
Night Staff four nights shelter workers rotate 12-hour shifts. They are responsible for overseeing
client activity, serving food, cleaning, assist with registration, distribute supplies, maintaining
inventory, respond to emergencies.
Emergency Assistance Coordinator provides direct services, maintains records, works with
volunteers, coordinates with other providers, and has been with the agency for over 3 years.
Room At The Inn
Room At The Inn opened its doors in September 2001. Stacy Romero,Executive Director, runs the
program. She directs the 24-hr per day program. She also serves as the Volunteer Coordinator
supervising 16 church coordinators and provides training. Ms. Romero provides case management
for all participating families. She is also responsible for fundraising and financial oversight.
Day Center Administrator oversees the daily activities of the day center. She assists the clients in
scheduling case management appointments and is readily available for referral support. She
schedules and arranges the classes, and assigns chores to the participants.
Attachment C
Extent and Urgency of Need
During a recent meeting of the Housing Emergency Shelter Network,the Homeless Shelters in Weld
County presented statistics that homelessness in Weld County is on the increase. The trends of
families seeking shelter from these facilities have moved from the unemployed families experiencing
temporary hardship to families of the working poor. All facilities reported a significant increase in
families who have been laid-off during recent company cutbacks, as well as an increase in families
working but unable to find affordable housing.
The extent and urgency of need is becoming increasingly great. The Greeley-Evans School
District reported an increase in enrolled children of homeless families; over 500 children within
the school district were homeless at the beginning of the 2001-2002 school year. The Greeley and
Weld County Housing Authorities reported that on January 1, 2002 there were 1500 families on
the waiting list for Public Housing and Section 8 Rental Assistance. The five Homeless Shelters
requesting ESG funds through this application reported they turned away 219 families during
2001. The families turned away from the shelters are families who qualified for the services
offered by the shelters but due to lack of space and funding were not able to be assisted.
A Woman's Place
A Woman's Place provides safe shelter for women and their children who are endanger due to
domestic violence. The women who come to A Woman's Place need support services to break the
cycle of violence in their lives. Many do not have good support systems or cannot become self
sufficient while in an abusive relationship. They need comprehensive services, such as those provided
by A Woman's Place, to get out. A Woman's Place is the only agency that offers these services to
battered women and their children in Weld County.
In 2003 A Women's Place Sheltered 216 women and their children. A Woman's place turned away
122 women who were eligible for shelter due to lack of space during 2000,and 100 women in 2001.
The addition to the safe house was completed late in 2003. The new wing of the shelter will allow
AWP to assist more women and their children and reduce the amount of people turned away.
Greeley Transitional House
The Greeley Transitional has observed a significant increase in the number of homeless families turned
way due to lack of space. In 2003,we turned away 10 families who were in need of our services but
due to lack of space we were unable to provide shelter and support services to these families. We
continue to see an increase in the number of working poor who are unable to secure affordable
housing. With Welfare Reform, the need has also increased due to the fact that most of the jobs that
TANF clients are securing do not pay for the current cost of housing.
Catholic Charities Rental Assistance And Guadalupe Shelter
Catholic Charities will provide 13,000 nights of shelter and 32,000 meals for 1,017 homeless people.
This will include 70 families with a total of 200 children. Sixty families will be served through the
Catholic Charities case management program assisting them in transitioning into the community and
becoming self sufficient
Rent Assistance: With ESG funding Catholic Charities will be able to prevent 59 families from
becoming homeless.
Room At The Inn
Room at the Inn has seen an increase in the number of families requesting services. Recent statistics
show that during 2003, Room at the Inn increase the families served by 5% overall, while the
breakdown shows 54%of all families at Room at the Inn were 2-parent families. This is reflective of
a worsening economy and its growing impact on populations who were previously only slightly
affected.
Attachment D
Project Impact
A Woman's Place
With ESG funding, A Woman's Place can continue to provide a safe place for women and their
children and continue to provide the support services needed to end the abuse cycle in their family
system and become self-sufficient. It is the case management services and support that provide the
opportunity for women in an abusive situation to break out of the abusive cycle and move toward
self-sufficiency. In 2002, 75 women out of 131 sheltered went into new living non-violent living
situations(a 57% success rate).
A Woman's Place received 1,005 calls for Crisis Counseling to date,4,562 non-emergency advocacy
calls to date, conducted emergency intakes with 66 individuals/families, and provided 3,332 shelter
nights to displaced victims of domestic violence. They have doubling the current safe house capacity
to better meet the needs of the community and population served.
Greeley Transitional House
The Greeley Transitional House can do much in 30-45 days to alleviate the immediate crisis,but that
does not allow sufficient time to affect long-term change. It is imperative that families have a
supportive and encouraging environment when they leave GTH and move into permanent housing.
Often these families return to the same environment and fragmented support system which attributed
initially to their homelessness; without intervention in this environment, all the factors which led to
their homelessness are still present and the cycle may very well begin again. Research supports the
view that social supports enhance the health and well being of children and women, and the lack of
social supports contributes to many problems including family homelessness (Bassuk et al., 1990).
The goal of this project is to empower families to attain their maximum level of self-sufficiency as
they move from the Greeley Transitional House into permanent housing and prevent them from falling
into the same cycle of homelessness again and again. This goal will be accomplished in the following
manner: 1) Facilitate a minimum of 35 adult head of households in life skills group issues of self
esteem, self awareness, stability,responsibility,budget counseling and other educational topics related
to self-sufficiency; 2)Provide follow-up case management for a minimum of 42 families completing
the initial 30-45 day emergency program. Case management will involve the establishment of a
trusting, collaborative relationship, information and referral, psychosocial support and
encouragement, assessment of needs,goal setting and advocacy. Utilize all community agencies and
resources to aid in support of the enrolled family.
The progression from crisis management to self-sufficiency is accomplished through an intensive case
management program in which residents participate in setting realistic immediate and long-range
goals. Residents must be active participants in finding employment, participating in training
programs, and pursuing affordable housing. Resident progress is monitored by caseworkers who
encourage and support residents in accomplishing their goals. GTH has also implemented a follow-up
case management program to continue to work with these families once they have left the initial 30-
45 day program. In 2003, 76%of the resident families secured affordable housing and 92%secured
employment or training by the time they left the initial program. In 2003, the Greeley Transitional
House provided 5618 nights of shelter. This number represents 49 families totaling 152 individuals.
The primary goals for 2002 include obtaining 85% of residents will be able to secure affordable
housing, and striving, over the next three years, to aim for a 95% success rate in working toward
affordable housing placement for residents. Greeley Transitional House turned 10 families away due
to lack of finding for additional services.
The follow-up case management program has served 538 families since its inception October 1990.
The following statistics represent the success of the program:
• 89% of the families were self-sufficient, stable and not on any assistance programs.
• 11 %of the families were on some type of assistance program but stable and working towards
being self-sufficient and removing self from assistance programs.
This continues to be a very important component of The Greeley Transitional House delivery of
service. GTH can do much in 30-45 days to alleviate the immediate crisis, but that does not allow
sufficient time to affect long-term change. It is imperative that families have a supportive and
encouraging environment once they leave the initial program and move into permanent housing.
Often families return to the same environment and fragmented support system which attributed
initially to their homelessness. Without intervention and prevention all the factors which led to their
homelessness are still present and the cycle may very well begin again. The support network of the
homeless families needs to be restructured and rebuilt. The follow-up case management family
support system helps to empower the families to attain and maintain their maximum level of self-
sufficiency. Needless to say this remains a priority program at GTH aimed at prevention.
As summarized from above the program will be evaluated through a variety of specific short and
long-range percentage goals regarding the homeless population served. These goals guide the
process daily at GTH.
Catholic Charities
Catholic Charities will provide 13,000 nights of shelter and 32,000 meals for 1,017 homeless people.
This will include 70 families with a total of 200 children. Sixty families will be served through the
Catholic Charities case management program assisting them in transitioning into the community and
becoming self sufficient
Rent Assistance: With ESG funding Catholic Charities will be able to prevent 59 families from
becoming homeless.
Room At The Inn
Room at the Inn has seen an increase in the number of families requesting services. Recent statistics
show that during 2003, Room at the Inn increase the families served by 5% overall, while the
breakdown shows 54%of all families at Room at the Inn were 2-parent families. This is reflective of
a worsening economy and its growing impact on populations who were previously only slightly
affected.
During 2003, Room at the Inn received 149 requests for assistance, with 127 of those requesting
services utilizing the shelter. All who have graduated the program have to date remained stable.
ESG funds will assist RATI with providing essential services to the homeless population while
providing homeless prevention as well. RATI is expecting to assist more than 135 people during
2004.
Attachment E
Other Resources
The Weld County Housing Authority requests that each subgrantee be responsible for securing
matching funds for their portion of the grant. Resources secured for the purpose of the grant
include funds from:
1. United Way
2. Weld County
3. City of Greeley
4. Colorado Trust
5. Windsor Ministerial Association
Funds secured by the agency not used as matching funds includes:
1. Private Donations
2. Volunteer time and in-kind items
3. Various Foundations
4. Church funds
5. Corporations
6. FEMA
7. CEAF
8. Fundraising events
The ESG program is well supported by the local communities. The funding from the ESG
program is very much needed in order to continue to offer services. All of the shelters turn
people away due to lack of funding and space. When a homeless family can't even get a space at
a shelter, they truly feel there is no hope to become a housed family. The funds provided by the
ESG are stretched as far as possible with matching of funds and use of volunteers.
Attachment F
First Time Request for Essential Services
The increase in the amount requested for Essential Services is partially due to all case
management being moved from Homeless Prevention to Essential Services. While case
management is to primarily to prevent homelessness and promote stable living conditions, it is
more appropriate to ask for these funds under Essential Services because all shelters provide case
management to all who are accepted into the program.
The additional increase is due to Stepping Stones requesting money for their facility, which has
not been funded in the past. Stepping Stones of Windsor is a new organization focused on
assisting families in the town of Windsor when they face eviction, foreclosure, and utility shut-
offs. The Essential Service funds requested will be used to assist in paying for counseling, and
transportation for those without transportation.
Housing Authority Work Session
March 15, 2004
Tab A
We are again applying to the Colorado Division of Housing for an Emergency Assistance
Grant in the amount of$77,200 to be distributed to five Weld County Agencies.
1. Greeley Transitional House
2. A Woman's Place
3. Catholic Charities
4. Room at the Inn
5. Stepping Stones of Windsor (new this year)
The Agencies themselves have requested a total of$81,500 after talking to the DOH
we reduced our request to $77,200. There may be additional reductions by DOH.
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