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Weld County Homeless Demonstration Grant
Enclosed for Board approval is a competitive grant submission to the
Employment and Training Administration of the U.S. Department of Labor.
It is a one-time only project and will serve to augment employment and
training services for the adult and youth homeless.
The title of the grant is the Weld County Homeless Demonstration.
Project. The total proposed grant budget is $240,000. Of this total
budget, $:180,000 is federal training dollars and $60,000 is in-kind
support from the Weld County Homeless Coalition and other community
agencies.
We are proposing to serve 200 homeless participants through a case
management process with the Weld Information and Referral Services and
through a variety of activities that would include: job clubs, testing,
vocational and remedial education, on-the-job training, Youth Try-Out
Employment, supportive services, and other similar activities.. We
anticipate positive outcomes for a total of 141 adults and youth in such
areas as placement, competency attainment, and other positive
terminations.
If you have any questions, please feel free to telephone me at 353-3816.
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Greeley, Colorado 80632 Judy A. Griego, Director
Employment Services of Weld County
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I.:CATALOG Of FEDERAL DOMESTK II. DESCRIPTIVE ITILE Of APP1.CAN S PROJECT:
ASSISTANCE NUMBER •
TITLE N/A Weld County Homeless Demonstration
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Weld County of the State of Colorado
IL PROPOSED PROJECT: 14. CONGRESSiONALDiSTRICIS of: 4th Congressional District _
Start Oat* Ending Date a.Apptcsnt b.Project
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IS.ESTIMATED FUNDING: Ii.IS APPLICATION SUBJECT TO REVIEW BY STATE E%ECUTVE ORDER 11312 PROCESSI
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Weld County Homeless Demonstration
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II. Project Narrative
A. Need for the Project
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The Weld County Homeless Coalition estimates that approximately 11,000 - -
individuals are homeless per year in Weld County. Chart 1 below describes the
demographics of these individuals.
Chart 1
Weld County Homeless Client Demographics
Employed 13%
Unemployed 87%
Male 45%
Female 55%
Recipient of Some 71%
Social Service Program
Ethnic Group:
White 58%
Hispanic 41%
Indian 1%
Source: Weld County Homeless Coalition Data Bank: 6/30/88
The Weld County Homeless Coalition has estimated the following preliminary
demographic estimates of the homeless population: individuals who have a
multitude of problems including those who are mentally ill , substance abusers ,
• etc. (15%) ; offenders (5%) ; teen parents (5%) ; two parent households (15%) ; youth
who are potentially eligible for the Job Training Partnership Act (5%) ; and
single males/females who are the majority of homeless (54%) .
The high rate of unemployment in Weld County (6.9%) and the rural nature of
the county indicate the need for a specialized approach in regards to marketing
the employment needs of this targeted group, and the necessity of providing a
more accessible pool of services through which these individuals can reach
independency.
The Weld County Homeless Coalition is composed of eleven agencies, including
Employment Services of Weld County. These agencies are described in Chart 2.
Chart 2
Weld County Homeless Coalition
1. A Woman's Place (Battered Women) 7. Salvation Army (Overall Homeless)
2. Camelot Independence Services (Disabled) 8. Social Services - FEMA (Overall Homeless)
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Chart 2 (continued)
3. Catholic Community Center (Overall Homeless) 9. Social Services - Weld
County Housing Authority (Families)
4. Disabled American Veterans (Veterans) 10. Transitional House (Families)
5. Greeley Housing Authority (Families) 11. Weld Mental Health (Chronically Ill)
To achieve the goal of long term employment a holistic approach towards the
family individuals be taken. Current studies indicate that the majority of
homeless individuals tend to receive services on an emergency basis, but do not
receive comprehensive services to address social , psychological , educational or
other problems. These other problems are caused from, or encountered during
their homeless status. A more complete system of services directed toward
employment must be developed to expedite the transition of these individuals from
a "homeless" status to a "self-sufficient" status.
To provide necessary employment services required to meet the needs of the
homeless population, a coordinated effort between local agencies must occur
through an individualized approach that is provided through case management.
The case management approach will ensure that comprehensive services can be
interconnect to meet the needs of the homeless and assist the homeless in
maintaining long term employment.
An effective employment, training, and support services delivery system,
will be developed through the efforts of the Economic Development Action
Partnership, Weld County Homeless Coalition, Weld Information and Referral
Services (wins) , Aims Community College, the Weld County Division of Human
Resources, the Employment Services of Weld County, Island Grove Treatment Center,
and School District 6.
B. Project Service Methodology
1. Description of Activities
The Weld County Homeless Demonstration Project is directed toward
assisting the homeless participant become self sufficient by obtaining and '
retaining employment. This project will provide services to the homeless
individual who is unable to receive services through existing programs. The
objectives of the project will be to: 890486
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a. Increase the capability of the local employment and training delivery
system to place the homeless individual into employment and to modify the
system to meet the needs of this target population.
Employment Services of Weld County is the Weld County Service
Delivery Area and also administers the Job Service. Because of this
linkage, the homeless participant will have access to available job
search activities, including registration, job club, vocational and
remediation training, career counseling, eligibility verification, file
search (automated job bank match) , referral and training activities, as
well as other appropriate supportive services such as child care,
transportation, and relocation assistance.
Employment Services of Weld County will , provide job club and
testing activities to 200 homeless adult and youth participants. Of the
200 participants, 30 or 15% will be youth and 170 or 85% will be adults.
It is anticipated that 115 adults will participate in the following
activities: 15 in On-the-Job Training; 20 in remediation activities; 30
in vocational training; 10 in relocation activities; and 40 in direct
placement.
Of the youth participants , 26 will participate in the following
activities: 8 in the Youth Try-Out Program; 10 in Basic Skill
Competencies; 5 in On-the-Job Training; 3 in direct placement.
Of the total number of participants to be served, 40 or 25% will
terminate negatively; 9 or 5% youth will receive competencies; 50 or 25%
youth and adults will terminate positively; and 82 or 45% will be placed
into unsubsidized employment. It is anticipated that the average wage at
placement will be $5.50 per hour, which may be compared to the state
average wage at placement for Colorado of $4.67 per hour.
Employment Services will provide child care assistance for 20
participants enrolled in job search, instructional skills training ,
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alternative programs, and during the first month of employment.
Transportation to and from job search as well as, provision of bus passes
while the participant is in instructional skills training, alternative
programs, and during the first month of employment, will be provided by
Employment Services. Relocation expenses for 10 participants will be
also be provided by Employment Services.
b. Coordinate support services to enable the employment and training system
to place the homeless participant into employment and provide support in
order for the participant to retain employment.
The Weld County Homeless Coalition will provide shelter for the
homeless families and single individuals, will refer to and secure
permanent housing, and assist with supportive services, which will allow
the homeless participant to search for and retain employment. The Weld
County Homeless Coalition will provide pre-employment activities
including identification of employment barriers and the initiation of the
Employment Service Application (equivalent to the Job Service 511A) to
collect work history information.
Weld Information and Referral Services (WIRS) will initiate case
management services to 200 homeless participants and their families , in
conjunction with staff from each of the shelters and to coordinate
supportive services for the homeless participants. It is anticipated
that 60 participants will require intensive case management. The
critical linkage for these cases will be services from Island Grove
Treatment Center, for drug and alcohol treatment; Mental Health for
counseling services: and the Restitution Center for rehabilitation
services to offenders who meet the Restitution Center's eligibility
criteria. •
School District 6 Alternative Education Case Management will provide
education and training programs for youth who have dropped out of school ,
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returning to school , or to assist at risk youth complete school in a
quality manner.
c. Identify the demographics of the homeless population through
collaborative efforts among the employment, training, and support
services network in order to make the system more response to the needs
of this target population.
2. Coordination and Outreach Plans
This proposal seeks to allow the Employment Services of Weld County to
manage and initiate new efforts to enhance and expand employment, training,
and support services systems to meet the needs of the homeless population.
This will be accomplished through the collaboration of the agencies and
institutions providing employment, training, and supportive services in rural
and urban Weld County.
a. Employment Services will enter in a purchase of services agreement with
Aims Community College (Aims) to enhance the participant's employment
skills by offering vocational and remediation skills training and
counseling assistance to 50 homeless participants who wish to choose,
change, or adjust their career goals through its offices in Greeley and
Ft. Lupton.
The counseling services will :
1) determine, through testing and evaluation, the areas of employment
in which the participant is best suited
2) provide counseling to assist the homeless individual 's transition
into employment
b. Employment Services will enter into a purchase of services agreement with
WIRS to provide case management services on behalf of the homeless.
1 ) provide a tracking system by which the needs, employment or
otherwise, of the targeted group can be determined through a central
data bank. This information would become accessible to the agencies
participating in the project and will result in the development
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It is anticipated that through the utilization of a central case
management system, the coordination of various support services provided by
local agencies and the development of greater job opportunities and training
through employer relations and relocation services, the possibility of
assisting the homeless participant achieve self-sufficiency can be realized.
5. Project Action Plan
The plan of action is to begin October 1, 1989, and will end
September 30, 1990.
a. Pre-grant Award Phase: From July 1 , 1989 through September 30, 1989,
Employment Services will :
1) identify, through the Weld County Homeless Coalition and WIRS,
preliminary demographics of the adult homeless population in order to
develop specific curriculum for job search classes, enhance or modify
the skill instructional classes and counseling services through Aims,
2) identify, through EDAP, occupational openings and skill needs for the
homeless.
3) initiate process by which purchase of services agreements and
non-financial agreements will be developed an finalized with the
collaborating agencies under the project.
4) modify and enhance a common data bank, through WIRS.
5) determine if other agencies not identified within this proposal need
to become involved in the process.
b. Grant Award Phase: From October 1, 1989 through September 30, 1990, the
following will take place:
1 ) WIRS will initiate case management services and refer those homeless
participants in need of employment and training to Employment
Services and include demographic information into the central data
bank beginning October 6, 1989.
2) Employment Services will provide intake and register the homeless
participants in the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) , the Job
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Services, and identify these participants under this project for
tracking purposes. Employment Services will initiate and complete
an employability development plan on each homeless participant.
Employment Services will complete reports for the central data bank
located at WIRS beginning October 6, 1989.
3) Aims, EDAP, and Employment Services will review curriculum with
employers, modify curriculum as appropriate, and ensure the
curriculum continues to respond to the homeless participant by
November 30, 1989. Aims will enroll homeless participants into skill
instructional training in January, 1990.
4) Employment Services will meet quarterly with the agencies involved in
the project to determine the status of the project.
5) Employment Services will provide quarterly reports as required by the
U.S. Department of Labor to describe the project's progress.
6) Employment Services will provide evaluation reports to the Private
Industry Council and U.S. Department of Labor as required.
c. Closing Grant Award Phase: From September 1, 1990 through December 31 ,
1990, the program review and evaluation process will take place.
1) interviews with those agencies collaborating in the project to
determine their perspective on the strengths and weaknesses of the
project, service gaps, and duplication.
2) interviews from employers will be provided through EDAP and
Employment Services that identify employer concerns and interests.
3) interviews held with homeless participants through surveys held for
evaluation purposes and client tracking information gathered through
central case management system will be analyzed.
4) Final evaluation report completed and submitted to the Department of
Labor, Employment and Training Administration.
6. Client Flcw Chart
The following Chart 4 indicate the sequence of services available to
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program participants.
C. Evaluation Methodology
Evaluation of the project will involve analyzing information gathered by the
central case management system, as well as information gathered through a project
survey. Through case management all client information will be collected and
compiled for the purpose of reflecting a clear picture on the need and the
ability or inability of the project to meet that need.
The criteria used to determine the effectiveness or ineffectiveness of the
project will include:
1. 200 of individuals served 5. 13 weeks average retention rates
of placements
2. 82 of incividuals placed
6. 10 Number of individuals
3. $_ average training costs relocated to other areas
for placement
4. _ supportive service costs
7. _ Number of individuals remaining in
the area
Included in the above criteria will be the results of the surveys done with
participating clients, collaborating agencies, and employers. A Request of
Proposal process will be used to acquire an independent source to apply and
summarize the survey findings.
Employment Services will complete and submit to the U.S. Department of Labor
preliminary program evaluation not later than the end of the first year of
project assistance.
D. Expected Outcomes
Employment Services of Weld County, which is the Weld County Service
Delivery Area and the Job Services, in conjunction with the Weld County Homeless
Coalition, Aims Community College (Aims) , Island Grove Treatment Center, and the
Weld Information and Referral Services proposes through collaboration of
comunity services agencies, to provide a coordinated delivery system of
employment, training, and support services to assist the homeless individual
obtain and retain self sufficiency.
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The project will provide employment an training services to 200 homeless
participants with 82 of the participants placed in full-time employment at $5.50
per hour.
1. Supportive Services
An on-going goal of Employment Services is to continue to identify all
the services available in Weld County, any service gaps, and a plan of action
for connecting clients with necessary services.
There are a number of agencies in Weld County that provide supportive
services. Employment Services will develop a method by which homeless
clients can be connected to appropriate services.
Employment Services staff will provide employment retention services for
13 weeks after the participant terminates into unsubsidized employment.
E. Level of Effort
The project will be administered by Employment Services with intensive
coordination between, WIRS, EDAP, Aims, and the Weld County Homeless Coalition.
1. Staffing Plan
Employment Services will administer and manage the project.
Additionally„ Employment Services will provide in-kind staffing for intake,
eligibility determination/verification, placement, and other employment and
training `unctions.
Employment Services will purchase comprehensive case management
activities from WIRS for 60 homeless participants and initial case management
services -For 140. This will total to 200 participants.
Employment Services will purchase from EDAP specific job development
activities to 30 employers on behalf of the homeless.
2. Match Budget
The Weld County Homeless Coalition members will provide the following .
match resources (in-kind) or a total of $ G01
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a.
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b.
c.
The United Way of Weld County will provide a total of $ in-kind
resources as follows:
a.
b.
F. Organizational Capability
The Employment Services is the Weld County Service Delivery Area under the
Job Training Partnership Act and is the Job Service Center, under contract with
the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment. The organizational structure of
the Employment Services, which is a department of the Weld County Division of
Human Resources and an entity under the Weld County Board of County Commissioners
is described below in Chart 5.
Chart 5
Organizational Chart of the Employment Services of Weld County
(Weld County Division of Human Resources)
Board of Weld County Commissioners
Private Industry
Council
Weld County Division of Human Resources
Walt Speckman, Executive Director
Administrative Unit
Children/Parent Employment and Training Senior citizen
Programs Programs Programs
Head Start Employment Services of Area Agency on Aging
Weld County
The Manager for the project is Ms. Judy A. Griego, Director of the
Employment Services of Weld County. Her qualifications consist of 12 years
experience in successfully directing Comprehensive Employment and Training Act .
Programs, nationwide demonstration project under Employment Opportunities Pilot
Program (welfare demonstration project) , Job Training Partnership Act programs,
and the Job Service.
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nARRATIVE BUDGET INFORMATION SUMMARY
The budget for the Homeless Demonstration Project is:
Description Budget Request
I . Training $126,000
- Educational , skill and occupational assessments for
200 adults and youth at $54.00 10,800
- Job Clubs for 200 individuals at $30.00 6,000
- Adult Remedial Education for 20 individuals at $75.00 1 „500
- Youth 'Remedial Education for 10 individuals at $150.00 1 ,500
- Classroom training for 30 individuals at $250.00 7,500
- Youth try-out experience for 8 individuals at $900.00 7,200
- Adult On-the-Job Training for 15 individuals at $2,349.00 35,235
- Youth On-the-Job Training for 5 individuals at 2,349.00 11,745
- Relocation for 10 individuals at $250.00 2.500
- Purchase of Service Agreement with Weld Information and
referral to provide case management services 15,000
- Project Staff
1.5 Monitoring Staff 20,267
.5 Evaluation and follow-up 6 ,753
II . Supportive Services $ 27,000
- Day care assistance for 20 individuals at $750.00 15,000
- Transportation services for 200 individuals 2,000
- Purchase of Service with Greeley/Weld Economic
Development Action Partnership for Employer/Job
development services 10,000
III. Administrative Costs $ 27,000
- Personnel 12,000
- Indirect 14,500
- Travel 500
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