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RE: APPROVE 1994 EMERGENCY SHELTER GRANT APPLICATION TO THE COLORADO DIVISION
OF HOUSING AND AUTHORIZE CHAIRMAN TO SIGN
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 a 1994 Emergency Shelter Grant
Application to the Colorado Division of Housing by the County of Weld, State of
Colorado, by and through the Board of County Commissioners of Weld County, on
behalf of the Department of Social Services, with 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 Board of Social Services, that the 1994 Emergency
Shelter Grant Application to the Colorado Division of Housing by the County of
Weld, State of Colorado, by and through the Board of County Commissioners of Weld
County, on behalf of the Department of Social Services be, and hereby is,
approved.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by the Board that the Chairman be, and hereby is,
authorized to sign said application.
The above and foregoing Resolution was, on motion duly made and seconded,
adopted by t e following vo e on the 30th day of March, A.D. , 1994.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
ATTEST: WELD COUNTY, CO ORADO
Weld County Clerk to the Board "---L C ri1/
r1 � Webster, Ch irma
BY: / Yi ��.�i SSl
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Deputy Clg k to the Board Dale 'e Hal , Pro F
APPROVED AS TO ((FORM: <!
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County Atto ney Constance L. Harbert
Barbara J. Kirk yer ,/
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Application for Date Received
Colorado Division of Housing.
EMERGENCY SHELTER GRANT
ASSISTANCE 1994
Project#
AMOUNT OF ASSISTANCE REQUESTED $ 90,201
APPLICATION INFORMATION •
Applicant (Name and Address)
Weld County
P.O. Box A
Greeley, CO 80632
Typed Name of Authorized Title Phone No. 356-4QQQ Federal ID No.
Representative Ext. 42 1111UU
Fax No. 84-6000813
W.H. Webster Chairman
Signet e f ,ze Ra es t' a Date Address P.O. BOX 758
X 4'7A/1)e
"7A #� �c//• o, /�U/14 Greeley, CO 80632
Designated Contact Person Tort on Title Director Phone No.352-1551
Judy A. Griego Weld Co. Social Serv. FaxNo. 353-5215
Address
P.O. Box A, Greeley, CO 80632
TYPE OF ORGANIZATION TYPE OF PROJECT
X Municipality/County/Consortia Operations
Nonprofit [501(c)] Essential Services
CHDO (Community Housing Development Organization) Prevention
Public Housing Authority Other(Specify) _
PROPOSED SUB-RECIPIENTSIIF APPLICABLE):
AGENCY: Greeley Transitional House
ADDRESS: 1202 6th Street, Greeley, CO AGENCY: Catholic Community Services
PHONE: 352-3215 ADDRESS: 1311 11th Street, Greeley, CO
CONTACT/TITLE: Linda Akers, Executive Director PHONE: 353-6433
CONTACT/TITLE: Mary Orleans, Director
AGENCY:A Woman's Place, Inc. AGENCY: Weld Information and Referral Service
ADDRESS: P.O. Box 71, Greeley, CO ADDRESS: P.O. Box 2404, Greeley, CO
PHONE: 351-0712 PHONE: 352-9477
CONTACTITITLE: Carol Hunter, Executive Directo - CONTACT/TITLE: Melanie George-Hernandez
Executive Director
ATTACH SEPARATE SHEE.FOR ADDITIONAL SUB-RECIPIENTS
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.. §ERVICE AREA a
COUNTY(ES) CITYIIESI EST. POPULATION
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
Greeley Transitional House provides emergency shelter, food, support
programs, case management and follow-up support services for homeless and
previously homeless families in Weld County. The requested funds would
provide support for operations, essential services and prevention to maintain
services to families in Weld County. Emergency Shelter Grant funds are
critical in maintaining Greeley Transitional House's level of services
(Sea drtarhmant 4)
LOCAL.GOVERNMENT:PRIORITIES(for projects submitted through locai'governmental Part A Operating Cost=_ /Essential
SUB-RECIPIENT NAME A Woman's Place #1 of 3 Services
SUB-RECIPIENT NAME Transitional House #2 of 3
SUB-RECIPIENT NAME Catholic Community Services #3 of 3
SUB-RECIPIENT NAME #4 of
APPROVED: X lifj,(//` / Q.(')) • / ,( 03/30/94
CHIEF ELECTED F'ri IAL 04/04/ DATE
Chairman, Weld County Housing Authority Board
TITLE
7993 ESG PERFORMANCE .. -
AMOUNT ACTIVITIES
COMPLETED
MANAGEMENT CAPACi1t 1Jsr.key staff posrfions:.responsihilttlee..and'experience ralated'to this%project
Management Capability
Weld County has administered the Emergency Shelter Grants program since 1991.
The program is administered through the Weld County Department of Social
Services. Judy Griego, Director of the Department of Social Services is
responsible for the overall administration of the Emergency Shelter Grants
program, while Jim Sheehan, Director of the Weld County Housing Authority
provides day-to-day program support. •
Activities of the program are carried out by the Shelter and Service
providers.
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 1993, 82% of Greeley Transitional
House's client families secured affordable permanent housing. 80% of the
families served by the Greeley Transitional House secured permanent
(cop. Atrarhment $)
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�EXTENTAND URGENCY'DF'NEED ,,,
Describe the extend and urgency of need for shelter end services to be provided.
URGENCY OF NEED
Greeley Transitional House-
The Greeley Transitional House provided 5907 total nights of shelter in 1993 .
This represents 56 families , consisting of 199 individuals. Of this 199
individuals , 69 were adults and 130 were children. Average length of stay was
33 days. Average family size was 3.3. Average length of stay was increased
27% from 1992. This is due to the significant decrease in the supply of
affordable housing. Greeley Transitional House turned away 16 families who
met their screening criteria but due to the lack of space, were unable to
serve them. For 1994, we have experienced a 11% increase from 1993 in the
number of nights of shelter provided thus far. (See Attachment D)
PRDJECT.IMPACT .:
What impact do you expect to have on identified needs if you receive ESG funding?
Greeley Transitional House
The Greeley Transitional House provides quality services to homeless families
in need of temporary shelter, food, clothing, support programs as well as
casemanagement. They also provide follow-up support services to previuosly
homeless families to prevent them from falling in th same cycle of
homelessness. Emergency shelter funds will make it possible to, maintain the
current level of services by funding aportion of those expenses. This support
is critical to continue to provide these needed services.
Weld Information and Referral Service
In order to meet the unmet need, this project will provide rental assistance
to 132 families or individual households during the months of October,
November and December.
(See Attachment E)
REHABILITATIDN'AND'REPAIR
If ESG funds have been requested for these activities, identify other sources of rehabilitation and repair you have sought. What was their
response to your request? Why?
The Greeley Transitional House has sought both City of Greeley funds and Weld
County funding for a portion of these expenses minus the follow up prevention
activities which include basic repair and maintenance activities . Their
response was positive and we have received committment from both resources.
Greeley Transitional House applied for and received a CDBG grant from the
City of Greeley for the rehabilitation of the Greeley Transitional House but
is still in need of $5,000 to complete the rehabilitation.
No other subrecipient is requesting funding for rehabilitation.
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PROJECT ACTIVITIES:!:AND BUDGET - Other FundingwI:
Total Funds
'..Budget Category & Project.Activities ' Project 'Requested.
.. Cost' Amount Source * Status
Operations
Utilities 5750 3450 2300.00 WC/CG/UW Confirmed
Insurance 2980 1788 1192.00 WC/CG/UW Confirmed
Repairs and Maintenance 5000 3000 2000.00 WC/CG/UW Confirmed
Rehabilitation 12000 5000 7000.00 CDBG Confirmed
Supplies 1500 900 600.00 WC/CG/UW Confirmed
Telephone 2500 1500 1000.00 WC/CG/UW Confirmed
Equipment 350 210 140.00 WC/CG/UW ' Confirmed
Subtotal 30080.00 15848.00 14232.00
Essential Services
Food 7000 200 6800.00 Local con— Confirmed
tributions
from individs
Resident Emergency Needs 500 500 -0- N/A N/A
Transportation for 1000 1000 -8- N/A N/A
Residents
Subtotal 8500.00 1700.00 6800.00
Prevention
Support Services to 13141.00 4600.00 8541 .00 omen's Fnd. Confirmed
Previous homeless Families arget
to Prevent them from onfort Fnd.
becoming homeless again
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Subtotal 13141.00 4600.00 8541.00
Other
Totals 51721.00 22148.00 29573.00
* Key abbreviations — resources
WC — Weld County 5
CG — City of Greeley
UW — United Way
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PROJECT ACTMTIES:AND.BUDGET Other Funding . ..::.• .:; Tots �,:.::..,::Funds ;;::�.::.>•.:::.:.:.::.::::::;
Bud•get..•Category::;& Proje•ct •Ac•finties Project • Re nested;.;,
•• •• 4
"::
•. .. '..Cost�
•
Operations
Essential Services
•
Prevention 58,900,00 27,720.00 21,000.00 FEMA lece i eved
• 8,180.00 HPP Receieved
2,000.00 CIA Expected
Other
•
Totals 58,900.00 27,720.00 31,180.00
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A Woman ' s Place
PROJECTACTNRIES ;AND BUDGET ,. , . a.... :. Other Funding .
` ;Total Rinds
Budget Category & Project Activities £ Project Requested
Cast ;Amount s , ..,.•Scutca status
For Shelter Housing
Operations -
Utilities $4 , 100 53 , 000 . $3 , 553 ACT
Insurance 4 ,000 3 ,000 5 , 540 FEMA Pledged
Telephone 6 ,750 2 , 000 3 , 245 DAAP for Shelter
Repairs & Maintenance 4 ,080 1 , 400 18 , 500 Weld Coun y Housing
Audit 2 , 000 350 30 , 300 United Wa
Staff Costs 45 , 544 620 1 , 500 Resident ees
Administrative Costs 35 , 211 930 7 ,000 Food Stam s
Other Shelter. Costs 5 , 598 0
Essential Services For Essential Progr m Services
Staff salaries necess-$26 , 830 $9 ,738 $1 ,223 ACT Pledged
ary to provide assist- 1 , 880 DAAP for
ance in obtaining 11 , 146 Colo . Ed . Program
permanent housing , Grant Service=_
medical and psychogical 23 , 848 VALE
counseling , employment 1 , 000 Counseli g
counseling , supplemental Fees
security income benifits , 880 COLTAF
and to families with
dependent children, fDod
stamps , childcare , joo
placement and job
training costs .
Prevention Funds To Complete ousing &
Program Services :
$42 , 146 Donations Fund RaisErs
Non desig ated Grant
dollars .
Other
Totals $107 , 283 $21 ,038 $151 ,761
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C atholic ContnuYtity SP fnc
' PROJECT1ACTiVt11ES AND BUDGET ;, er. .un Total Funds 1894 .35
Budget Category & Project ActfviUes ` Protect Requested
:;Cast::::::: Amountt. :.Source : :` Status
Operations $ 7 ,000 churches projected
utilities $7 , 500 $4 ,600
Telephone 700 700 5 , 000 donations
Sanitation/supplies 2 , 000 2 ,000 4 ,600 Fundrais/
Travel 3 , 500 3 ,000 membersh
Sa4.aries/operation staFP$60 , 455 1 , S00 18 , 000 United Wayrt
repair-maintenance 1 , 500 1 ,500
Food 2 , 000 1 , 200 8 , 000 FEMA ' ' 94 committed
postage/print/copy 620 500
Insurance , advertise , 13 , 500 Weld County ' 94 committee
dues , audit , P . R . ,
volunteer train , ' 95 projected
training , Furnishings
administrative 7 , 050 _0_ 5 , 000 grants projected
Essential Services
Prevention
Other
Totals qPq , 1a5 4;15 .P1nf1 ' R 1 , 1C10
To include 4 Mini-Alarms For exit Soars - includes equipment 6 installation
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�'ESSENTIAL'.SERVICPS ..
Federal regulations require that funds requested for essential services be used tc expand the availability of services. If
Essential Services funding is requested, explain how services will be expanded (in volume end/or by type of service) above
the current level of service. Provide methodology for specific line item requests.
A Woman's Place
Counseling, case management and advocacy services for clients of A Woman' s
Place have not been funded by local government sources although they are
considered vital services in the field of domestic violence programs . ESG
funding would be used in conjunction with funding from other sources to
provide casemanagement, counseling and advocacy to women and children who are
victims of domestic violence.
(See Attachment F)
HOMELESS PREVENTION
If homeless prevention assistance is requested, please identify specific homeless prevention activities and anticipated
outcomes. Provide methodology for specific line item requests.
Greeley Transitional House
The Greeley Transitional House can do much in 30-40 days to alleviate the
immediate crisis, but that does not allow sufficient time to affect long term
change. It is imperative that families have support and encouraging
environment when they leave Greeley Transitional House 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 present and the cycle may very well begin again. Research
supports the view that social supports enhance the health and welfare of
children and women, and the lack of social supports contributes to many
problems including family homelessness.
G1
(Sac Attachment
HOMELESS OPERATIONS
Reese explain how operations funds will be utilized and, if applicable, how this request differs from your 1993 request. How
is the overall project budget different from your 1993 budget? Provide methodology for specific line item requests.
Catholic Community Services
Operations funds will be used for: utilities, telephone, sanitation/supplies,
travel (transporting homeless clients to and from the shelter) , salaries
(operation staff) , repair/maintenace, food, and postage/print/copy costs.
Total request is for $15,000. Request for 1993 was for $12,000 to cover the
same items , With the expansion of the shelter from 20 to 40 beds it is
projected that operational costs will increase 9%. Total cost of each
operational item is based on previous year's actual cost of item. Budget
will increase from $77,970 in 1993 to $85,325 in 1994. The $15,000 request
would cover 17.5% of total cost of operation of the shelter.
(See Attachment H)
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Catholic Community Ser^ices
CLIENT SERVICE REPORT
SERVICE CATEGORY Dir.(D), Contract 1993 1994 (PROJECTED) No. % CHANGE
(C) Service, or No.
Not Applic.IN/A) No. Avg.H'Jei't Na. Avg.IYJdait
BEDS lied. basiatsl N/A 20 40 ` a' 100%
M : x
CLIENTS N/A 948 q 1 , 400 ,,.." 47%
SHELTER NIGHTS no. dents s no. KU i
nights/dentl N/A 8 , 678 :� ." t 9 ,800 tb 4 t 48%
OCCUPANCY RATE: shelter riohtsllno. _ 4,2.04717.g
u'iie""1 7✓:'i`t' it
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beds:OSS days)x 100 N/A 91% :""°mow.n«+""".�.. 67% ""'z"""" a..?. .. 24%
�f` ' err
MEALS SERVED 0 118 , 356 %+< .....,�... r.rar 22 . 600e--+y ix ; 38%
BASIC SERVICES Ngr.. -rD7
Shelter (7 z 57R - 4 a0.0 �'.. �. 48%
71««"5'- .'� le.MS�"`q`c
Food 0 18 . 356 'W.)1.• <'�... 22 . 600 �+S�::nc'Irisxrrre�sxy 8%
Clothing
. - x >
EXTENDED SERVICES "
Case Management 0 —0— —0— x •1.00 clients 10
Transportation C 1 , 335 3 1 , 960 5 47%
Daycare
Counseling (check all that
apply)
SWut.nce abuse
Psychdogid
Employment
We Sias
Budget
Educstiond
Assistance w/Pr,,.housing,
Medical treatment
Assistance applying for
other Gov't. programs
(forms assistance)
Other
(specify)
PREVENTIVE SERVICES •
UtSty assistance
_searity Deposit
Bade tart
Berk Mortgage Payments
Other wtovsave Services
'pedtyl
CLIENT PARTICIPATION
Paid hrs.
Unpaid hrs. N A 8 .500 6 . 8 9 , 800 7 51%
OTHER VOLUNTEER HOURS N/A 2 , 447 3 ,0130 23%
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A Woman ' s Place
CLIENT SERVICE REPORT
SERVICE CATEGORY Dir.ID), Contract 1993 1994 (PROJECTED)No. % CHANGE
(C) Service,or - No.
Not Appiic.IN/AI. No. Avg.Ibiden No. Avg.It/den
BEDS lend.basnett) -Y _
20 %, 20
tot �m
N/A " . p `: rat yRf
CLIENTS N/A 230 ..!;;C:5':'; '" ` 250 •H> : � .9%
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SHELTER NIGHTS (no.dans x no.
nights/dent, D : + -i x+4-''�f .
4840 ° 4250 - -12%
.
OCCUPANCY RATE: Shekel dm,t.rino. _ h Y
bade 365 day.Ix 100 N/A 66% 4.:..«e 4U 58% -8%
• ,o
MEALS SERVED D 14 , 520 litzsmea 12 ,750 � x 12%
3 ?Yat�+Y4'3 �:
BASIC SERVICES ataall 9au
Shelter .�p`.,s.�.':tF `'; �orrtY+wrm
ll
Food
y».n
Clothing .µ
EXTENDED SERVICES rtr �twgt
Case Management Tl 95 100 +5%
Transportation
Daycare
Counseling (check all that
aPPIY)
Substance abuse
_esycholog'd D 230 250 +9%
.Enploymelnt
XOIe Ski l.
Budget
XEducedawl
_.A..vbr.w wl Penn.twitting.
Medical treatment
Assistance applying for
other Gov't. programs D 95 100 +9%
(forms assistance)
Other
lace cif y)
PREVENTIVE SERVICES •
O'Day assistance
_seamy Deposit
Bed ran
Bede Mortgage Payment
Other Innovative Services
bpedlv)
CLIENT PARTICIPATION
Paid hrs.
Unpaid hrs. 150 1550
OTHER VOLUNTEER HOURS 7078 7078
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Greeley Transitional No
' CLIENT SERVICE REPORT
SERVICE CATEGORY Dir.(D), Contract 1993 1994 (PROJECTED) No. % CHANGE
ICI Service, or No.
Not Applic.IN/A1 No. Avg.'*./dent No. Avg.He/dert
BEDS Ind. helmets' D
• m , 9e m-1 -9--
CLIENTS "l`i've ' f 7 :' '
D 199 az e.f 221 11%
SHELTER NIGHTS (no.dents z no. „a r) )z:v {
Nghtsfdent) D 5907 - t 6556 v..r.:.< $ . #w 11%
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OCCUPANCY RATE: shaker nights/inc. �
beds a 365 days's 100 D 62.2% 69% ^.012 7%
MEALS SERVED "t-- vyiswez
D 19701 r4 arm 21879 11%
BASIC SERVICES r ate» i'"
ri
Shelter
D 1 Q9 -.w.—�1 9 9 1_ - i .' 1 1 7
Food D 199 221 F" zx 11%
Clothing ,. ; �...u; .r;,_;;.:d'
C 199 221 11%
EXTENDED SERVICES " ' *'a k r ,.,s, ;, €,t^
Case Management D
Transportation C
Daycare
r
Counseling (check all that
apply)
Substance abuse G.
>.Psychological r 15 hours 18 hours
LEnwbvnwnt D 199 221 per client
4ufeSlkbe per client 11%
A lodge D family family
T ea per week per week
EAssistance wl Perm.heeMMg, C -
C
Medical treatment C 199 Varies Rx 271 11%
Assistance applying for
other Gov't. programs 1-2 hours 1-2 hours
(forms assistance) D 199 per 221 per week 11%
week •
Other
(specify)
PREVENTIVE SERVICES
_x_Utsty assistance
jjSensity Deposit C
Back tent 2-3 hours 2-3 hours
_Badk Motgaga Payments per week per week
_x0the Innovative Service. per client per client
(3Pedfy) Follow—up D 179199 11%
family family
Prpventi on
CLIENT PARTICIPATION N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Paid hrs. D 2828 N/A 3000 N/A 6%
Unpaid hrs. D/C 10634 N/A 10000 N/A —6%
OTHER VOLUNTEER HOURS
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—h.1d Information and Refers Service
CLIENT SERVICE REPORT
SERVICE CATEGORY DIr.IDI, Contract 1993 1994 (PROJECTED) No. % CHANGE
IC) Service,or No.
Not AppIic.IN/A) No. Avg.iY./dent No. . Avg.W./ s t
BEDS Ind.!mimics) -..y
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CLIENTS
SHELTER NIGHTS Inc dame x no.
nights/cuan)
ix g4vz
OCCUPANCY RATE: Shelter nights/lno. C �.i ,; {
rewebed,x 365 days)x 100 _
MEALS SERVED t -
) �C.s�r.a
BASIC SERVICES :,4;1�tn"!"aIO4a>aq`A22. ,: Sw>•-'•^
Shelter
Food
Clothing
h :,x- -macro .m;,•:
EXTENDED SERVICES
Case Management
Transportation
Daycare
Counseling (check all that
apply)
_Substance adore
_Psychological
_Employment
Life Slags
Budget
_Educational
_Assistance wl Perm.housing,
Medical treatment
Assistance applying for
other Gov't. programs
(forms assistance)
Other
(specify)
PREVENTIVE SERVICES
iOtdny assetanca
Security Depoat
L132Back rent
N/A N/A
Lk Mortgage Payments
_Other Innovative Services
Ispedhl
CLIENT PARTICIPATION 100% 3 hrs /client N/A
Paid hrs.
Unpaid hrs.
OTHER VOLUNTEER HOURS
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The building standa 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 government 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 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.
W.H. Webster, Chairman, Board of Weld County Commissioners
(Name and Title)
elk12 41711 30/951
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E,.,ERGENCY SHELTER GRANTS PROGRAM
ASSURANCES AND CERTIFICATIONS
W.H. Webster (name of chief elected official or
appropriate non-profit signatory) of Weld County (Tcoxe4344`}t)F.TiYiYt'€+V
xxximmproditicimarsaatian) 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 sued 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 it's
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)(ii) 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.
The requirements of 24 CFR 576.51(b)(2)(iii) concerning that submission by nonprofit
organizations applying for funding of a certification of approval of the proposed project(s) from the
unit of local government 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 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.
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Attachment A
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
Weld Information and Referral Service
The Homeless Housing Case Management Program would provide limited, emergency
financial assistance to families or individuals who are at risk of becomming
homeless or needing utility assistance, provided: payments are in arrears,
all other resources have been exhausted, and payment is limited to one
month's cost.
A Womans' Place
A Woman' s Place , Inc. provides emergency safe housing, food and support
services to women and their children who are homeless as a result of being
victims of domestic violence. A Woman's Place is the only shelter in Weld
County that provides these servcies to abused women and their children who
are homeless because of domestic violence. Emergecny Shelter grant funds make
it possible to continuing providing this much neede type of shelter in Weld
County.
Catholic Community Services
Guadalupe Center is a 40 bed homeless shelter operated by Catholic Community
Services Northern to provide short term, emergency overnight services for
homeless single males, single females and families. Clients are provided with
a place to sleep, evening and morning meal, hygiene supplies, shower and
laundry facilities, information & referral, and limited casemanagement
services.
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Attachment B
Management Capability
employment and 86% are currently working towards their GED, higher
educational degrees and/or are enrolled in a vocational education program.
90% of their families served, are enrolled in the follow-up program and have
maintained both stability and self sufficiency.
During the eight years of existence, the Greeley Transitional House has
developed and implemented many successful projects and received support and
recognition locally, statewide, and nationally. Moreover, Greeley
Transitional House was selected to be a national demonstration project for
providing emergency shelter and supportive services to homeless families. The
recidivism rate for the Greeley Transitional House is 0% since a family may
be only served once.
Key staff include:
• Linda Akers, executive director with 20 years experience in
human service and two year as director.
• Jamie Schneider, program coordinator has worked for Greeley
Transitional Hose for a year and a half and has also served
as a case worker for Weld County Department of Social Services
• Gale Coddington, follow-up case manager with sixteen years of
experience in the human development field
A Woman's Place
A Woman' s Place is directed by a fifteen member volunteer Board. The agency
has served as the safe house for Weld County since 1981. The day to day
management of A Woman's Place is carried out under responsibility of its
executive director, Carol Hunter. Ms. Hunter has served as executive director
for two years and has seven years experience in counselling. Pauline Jaouen
serves as Financial Director for A Woman's Place and has served in that
capacity for two years. Ms. Jaouen has completed course work on a doctorate
in accounting. Kay Lauree Siegal serves as the Program Director.
A Woman's Place, Inc. , provides emergency safe housing, food and support
services to women and their children who are homeless as a result of being
victims 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 this
ability to provide effective domestic violence related services to the people
of Weld County.
Weld Information and Referral Service
Weld Information & Referral Service was created in 1968 by a few concerned
citizens who felt that the community needed a "one stop shopping" for
resource and referral. Under the umbrella of United Way, Housing Homeless
Case Management was created. Weld Information & Referral Service is
organized and structured to gather, record, analyze, and dispense information
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Attachment C
Coordination With Local Services Providers
All homeless service providers in the community provide Weld Information and
Referral Service with comprehensive statistics each month and these are
tabulated and complied by Weld Information and Referral Service. Weld
Information and Referral Service checks for possible duplication of service
or abuse of the service system. Referrals from one shelter provider to
another are accomplished through Weld Information and Referral Service or
directly from shelter to shelter.
During the past few years there have been discussions among the homeless
service providers regarding coordination and sharing of services. Services
such as accounting, purchasing, couseling, casemanagement, and others have
been the topics of discussion. To date there has been no workable plan
developed due to the unique nature of each program and target population and
to the resources developed by each organization. In the cases of counselling
and casemanagement, each agency feels that they are very short staffed and
unable to share staff. Guadalupe Center has had discussions with Weld
Information and Referral Service regarding providing some on-site
casemanagement services. The Emergency Housing Sub-Committee did a survey of
all the providers to identify areas of sharing and cooperation. The survey
showed that many of these cooperative efforts are taking place and have been
for several years.
Greeley Transitional House
A very positive attribute of the Greeley Transitional House continues to be
the cooperative efforts within the network of the community agencies. These
cooperative efforts have continued to expand Child Advoacy Resource and
Education (C.A.R.E. ) ) program which provides a trained facilitator to work
with the client families with parenting skills. The Center for Access and
Outreach provides client families with assessment and financial support to
assist with educational pursuits from GED up through graduate education.
Employment, vocation and career planning is provided through Weld County JOB
Servcie, Northern Colorado Family Medicine and a local dentist helps to
provide primary health and dental care to families who agree to seek routine
health care and are enrolled in Greeley Transitional House' follow-up
casemenanagement program. The Greeley Transitioanl House utilizes the Weld
County Pro-Bono Project to provide counselling and therepy at no charge to
the client families. Greeley Transitional House also utilizes a variety of
professionals to provide educational training on a variety of topics. These
topics include resume writing, family planning, AIDS education, child
development, nutrition, safety, maintaining a home, health education, budget
counselling and career counselling. Weld County's supportive services network
also includes food, clothing, transporation services for those who are
homeless and in crisis.
Greeley Transitional House works very closely with virtually every social
service agency including:
a) Weld Information and Referal Service (WIRS)
Referrals for emergency rental assistance and referrals from WIRS
to the Greeley Transitional House.
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b) Catholic Community Services
Referrals are made to the Guadalupe Center and from the Guadalupe
Center to the Greeley Transitional House. Each shelter serves in
a back up capacity when the other facility is full.
c) A Woman's Place
Referrals to A Woman's Place when families are more appropriate
for their program. Referrals from A Woman's Place to the
Transitional House when a family needs additional time to become
self sufficient and is no longer in danger of being abused.
d) Salvation Army
Referrals for meals and for short term shelter
e) Weld Food Bank
Referrals for food boxes for clients. Greeley Transitional House
also buys limited food items for emergencies.
f) Weld Mental Health
Referrals for emergency individual and family counselling.
g) Weld County Department of Social Services
Referrals for Food Stamps, LEAP, AFDC and other public assistance
programs. The goal is not to have the family depend on the
program as a way of life but to utilize the program as a safety
net until they obtain self sufficiency.
h) Weld County Human Resources
Job referrals and rpogram referrals.
i) Colorado Rural Legal Services
Referrals regarding legal issues such as divorce and financial
issues.
j) Consumer Credit Services
Referrals for budget and credit counselling
k) United Way
United Way provides volunteers through the Voluteer Resource
Bureau and as a funding source
Weld Infomration and Referral Service
Weld Information & Referral Service works together with United Way and
shelter providers to streamline service delivery via monthly and quarterly
meeting and reports. Other efforts include coordination of services and
networking with other agencies in order to promote a better understanding,
accessability, and awareness of services that are available to the client.
Weld Information & Referral Services also participates, along with shelter
providers, Department of Social Services, Housing Authorities, city
officials, and the private sector, in the Housing Task Force Committee
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meeting in order to identify and resolve housing needs.
The Guadalupe Center agrees to send clients who are staying at the shelter to
Weld Information & Referral Service for case management within three days of
date of arrival. All shelters have agreed to send a monthly shelter report
to Weld Information & Rererral Service which reflects statistics on the
homeless population they served during the month. Weld Information &
Rererral Service, in turn, agrees to provide the shelter providers, as well
as the community at large, with a yearly Homeless Statistics Report.
A Woman's Place
No other programs exist in Weld County that provides safe housing, crisis
intervention and support services specifically to current victims of domestic
violence and their children. The Greeley Transitional House and the Guadalupe
Center provide shelter and other services to different segments of the
homeless population in Weld County. The Greeley Transitional House has a 45
day program with follow-up services for homeless families who wish to become
self-sufficient and are willing to actively pursue self-sufficiency goals.
Guadalupe Center provides short term overnight shelter and food to single
women, single men and families who are homeless. They have recently expanded
their shelter to include more family space and almost twice as much capacity
overall and will be adding a casemanagement component to their program within
the next year. No daytime services are currently provided at this facility.
The three agencies serving the various homeless populations in Weld County
are all heavily committed to working cooperatively as much as possible and to
this end have participated very actively in the Weld County Homeless/Housing
Task Force. Directors of A Woman's Place and the Greeley Transitional House
participate on the subcommittees for Emergency Housing (Shelters) and for
Transitional Housing (up to two years) . Guadalupe Center is also represented
on the Emergency Housing subcommittee. In addition to this involvement, the
directors of all three agencies worked directly together on funding issues
with the city of Greeley, Weld county and United Way to facilitate
disbursement of funds to agencies serving homeless populations and to
generate ideas for additional needed funding and services. Weld Information
and Referral has also been involved with the three homeless providers and is
the central place for data management for Weld County programs which serve
the homeless. WIRS also provides some casemanagement services for homeless
persons and a minimal level of rental assistance and other support services.
These four agencies have all experienced a much higher demand for services
than they have been able to provide. Not only is there no duplication of
services, there are more homeless individuals that would use services if they
were available.
Each of these agencies utilizes the many resources available to the homeless
population in Weld County. The Weld County Department of Social Serves, the
Weld County Housing Authority, the Greeley Housing Authority, Job Training
Program Assistance and Human Resources all have services available to assist
homeless individuals in various ways.
Catholic Community Services
Guadalupe Center provides emergency, short term overnight shelter for
homeless single males, single females, and families. All individuals in need
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are eligible for service with the exception of those who pose a danger to
other clients in the shelter or thise who are under th influence of alcohol
or illegal drugs. In 1993, 956 homeless people were turned away from
Guadalupe Center due to limited space. For these people there was no other
shelter facility available. There is not only no duplication of service,
there is not enough service available to meet the need.
Weld Information and Referral Service acts as the clearing house for
information and homeless/shelter statistics. Statistics from all service
providers are provided to Weld Information and Referral Service monthly and
tabulated. Weld Information and Referral Service also provides information
and referral and homeless/housing casemanagement services. Weld Information
and Referral Service provides rent vouchers on a limited basis for those at
risk of becoming homeless.
Greeley Transitional House provides 30 to 45 days of shelter, counseling,
parenting groups, financial management, training, and other support services
for homeless families. Families must meet criteria of Greelye Transitional
House and must have a potential for employment and self-sufficiency. Sollow-
up services are provided.
A Woman's Place provides shelter, safe house, counseling, group support,
second stage housing, and a variety of support services for woment who are in
a battering situation. A Woman's Place has an office in Fort Lupton which
provides outreach, counseling and support services. Disabled American
Beterans provides shelter and counseling for veterans.
Weld Food Bank assists with food boxes on an emergency basis and individuals
and families are directed to Weld Department of Social Services to apply for
food stamps for a more long term solution.
Church Women United Clothing Bank provides clothing at no charge if they have
a referral from one of th homeless service providers.
Salvation Army provides a noon meal laily for anyone in need. During the
summer of 1993, they provided an evening meal for migrants.
Weld Job Service Provides assistance securing employment.
American Red Cross provides temporary housing in a motel in cases where a
family or individual is homeless due to a disaster.
Although there are a number of services avilable for the homeless in th
eCounty, many people are not appropriately or adequately served due to
limited space at shelters and limited funds to provide casemanagement, rent
vouchers, utility payments, and other needed services.
There is not a problem with duplication of service among agencies. Due to
the unique target population and services of each agency, duplication rarely
presents a problem. Weld Information and Referral Service keeps monthly
statistics on services provided to the homeless and checks for posible
duplication. The reality is that there are insufficient services available,
and many homeless people do not receive the services they need.
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COORDINATION WITH-LOCAL:SERVICES:P 'MERE- :
What is the level of availability of homeless services from other service providers? Explain how services for the homeless are coordinated in
your area.include all memoranda of agreement among homeless shelters and service providers. If there is duplication of services among
agencies,explain why such duplication is necessary.
The four programs providing shelter for the homeless in Weld County very
specifically segment their target populations. Although it may appear that
homeless services duplicate, each shelter serves targeted populations. The
Greeley Transitional House has specific criteria for admittance. Greeley !
Transitional House only serves families who meet criteria to become self-
sufficient. A Woman' s Place only serves women who have been in a domestic
abuse situation. while a Guadalupe Center serves primarily single men,
although they can now serve up to four families for a short time. Typically,
families at the Guadalupe Center only stay until room becomes available at
the Greeley Transitional House.
Local government support includes the administration of federal dollars to be
utilized for the support of the homeless programs provided by community
agencies. The City of Greeley provides funds for the support of homeless
activities to A Woman!s Place and Greeley Transitional House. Weld County
contributes $50,000 to Greeley Transitional House, Catholic Community
Services and A Woman's Place to be distributed under a funding allocation
formula which was developed cooperatively through the Weld County Homeless
Housing Task Force.
For several years the Weld County Housing Coalition met regularly to discuss
homeless issues, coordination, resources, and community support. Members of
this Coalition were housing/homeless service providers as well as planning
and funding agencies such as Weld County Housing Authority, the City of
Greeley Planning Office, and United Way. In 1992, the Weld Housing/Homeless
Task Force was formed. This includes Weld County Social Services, Weld
County Housing Authority, United Way, service providers, and a variety of
community leaders representing various factions of the community. The Task
Force is now in the process of completing a long range plan for addressing
housing/homeless issues in Weld County. Agency Directors and Board members
participated in the process. Sub-Committees to address specific housing
issues have been formed, such as Migrant Committee, Transitional Housing
Committee, Emergency Housing Committee. These committees have been meeting
on a regular basis to assess need, develop goals and set a plan of action to
address gaps in the system. Since November 1992, Weld Information and
Referral Service, A Woman's Place, Greeley Transitional House, -Guadalupe
Center, United Way, Weld County Social Services, and the City of Greeley have
met frequently to discuss an effective plan for allocation and use of monies
which have been designated by the County for homeless services.
The City of Greeley CHAS plan and Weld County CHAS plan were developed with
community input in several community meetings/forums. Housing needs were
assessed and a plan to address the needs was developed. Stratgies developed
by the Housing/Homeless Task Force are incorporated in the CHAS.
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Attachment D
URGENCY OF NEED
Weld Information and Referral Service
The geographic area to be served consists of Region A, which is Weld County,
including but not limited to the following cities: Ault, Briggsdale, Dacono,
Eaton, Erie, Evans, Firestone, Fort Lupton, Frederick, Garden City, Gilcrest.
Greeley, Grover, Hudson, JOhnstown, Keenseberg, Kersey, La Salle, Lochbuie,
Mead, Milliken, New Raymer, Nunn, Pierce, Platteville, Severance, and
Windsor.
Through the Information & Referral Program as well as the Homeless Case
Management Program, assessments can be made on a case by case basis. This
method has provided Weld Information & Referral Service with the foundation
to identity those families or individuals who are at-risk of becoming
homeless. The caracteristics that become evident are: lack of steady income,
lack of employment, working for minimum wage, under employment, inconsistent
work history, dysfunctional family, single parent family, Social Services
benefits pending, living with friends or relatives.
In 1993, Weld Information & Referral Service Homeless Case Management Program
received 260 applicants who qualified for reltal assistance. Of these
applicants 128 or 49.8% were provided financial assistance and 132 or 49.2%
were turned away due to the lack of funds.
Weld Information & Referral Service receives monies form the following
funders: Federal Emergency Management Assistance (FEMA) , Homeless Prevention
Activities Program (HPP) . and Greeley, Interfaith Association (GIA) .
Federal Emergency Management Assistance requires that a one time only payment
be made on rent in arrears or first month's rent. The purpose of this
assistance is to help bring delinquent balances current and to assure that
the family or individual will be anle to pay their rent thereafter. The
client is required to provide a minimum of $1.00 for rent. Funding year is
January 1 through September 31.
Homeless Prevention Activities Program requirements have changed. In the
past, the requirements were the same as Federal Emergency Management
Assistance funds. Funds are now being targeted for clients enrolled in case
managements. Clients are eligible for long term assistance not to exceed six
months. Utility payments can also be made in an emergency situation. THe
client is required to provide a minimum of $1.00 for rent or utilities.
Funding year is October 1 through September 31.
THe Greeley Interfaith Association funds are allocated through a group of
churches and administered by Weld Information & Referral Service as needed as
long as funds are available.
Due to fiscal funding year and/or critea of these programs, funding has been
unavailable for the months of October, November, and December.
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A Woman's Place
The Greeley Police Department and other law enforcement agencies in Weld
County respond to approximately 3000 calls involving domestic violence in the
course of a year. Approximately 500 of these result in the arrest of the
abuser. A Woman's Place houses 95-110 women per year who are domestic
violence victims. In 1992, A Woman's was full much of the year and therefore
unable to serve 95 women who were victims of domestic violence who called A
Woman' s Place to request safe housing. In 1993 only 37 women were turned away
for this reason due to the fact that A Woman' s Place opened up one additional
bedroom. During this time of overwhelming need A Woman' s Place was
understaffed by two positions due to funding difficulties.
Domestic violence is cited as the leading precipitating cause of homelessness
in a study done in Denver (The Status of Homeless Families in Metro Denver) .
Women and their children who are victims of domestic violence and need
services often have the choice of becoming homeless or remaining at the mercy
of their abuser in their home. In 1993 A Woman's Place provided a safe place
for 95 battered women and their 139 children for 4840 total nights of safe
shelter.
Catholic Community Services
In 1993, Guadalupe Center provided 6,678 mights of shelter for 948 homeless
people. In 1993, 956 people were turned away from the shelter due to limited
space. In 1992, Guadalupe Center provided 5,315 minghts of shelter for 765
people. From 1992 to 1993 there is a 26% increase in the number of homeless
people recceiving overnight services at Guadalupe. During January and
February, 1994, 152 honeless people received 1,382 nights of shelter. During
the first 2 months of 1993 we provided 1,125 mights of shelter for 144
people. In February, 1994 we opened anew addition of 3 new family rooms and
they were filled immedately. There is a great increase in the number of
families served from one year to the next.
During the summer months we see an increase in people needing shelter due to
the many migrants coming into this area to work the fields.
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Attachment E
Project Impact
A Woman's Place
ESG funding in conjunction with the other funding sources would allow A
Woman's Place to provide the following services in 1994:
Emergency response: 24 hour crisis phone line for phone advocacy (365
days/year)
500 crisis calls handled by staff and volunteers.
100 emergency intakes for safe housing
Safe housing: 4250 nights of safe housing for 100 adult victims of
domestic violence and their 150 children
Support/advocacy: 800 individual counseling sessions
1600 therapeutic group counseling sessions
3000 advocacy phone calls handled by staff and
volunteers
e y on the
Community advocacy: issues public presentations
p domestic loviolence h and �the ltresulting
problem of homelessness
Domestic violence support for male and female
students at local high schools
Catholic Community Services
Guadalupe Center is the only shelter in Weld County which provides overnight
services for any homeless person in need. Other shelters in the area have
specific criteria for people they accept. Guadalupe is the only shelter in
the area which accepts single males or single females.
Guadalupe often serves as an interim shelter for people waiting to get into
a Woman's Place, Transitional House, Island Grove Detox, or mental health
facilities. With our addition of 20 beds in February, 1994 we project that
we will provide 9,800 mights of shelter for 1,400 homeless people in 1994.
This will be a 47% increase over 1993. In 1993 there were 17,177 nights of
shelter provided by the three shelters in Weld County (A Woman's Place 4,762,
Greeley, Transitional House 5,737, Guadalupe 6,678) . A Woman's Place and
Greeley Transitional House combined provided 10,499 mights of shelter. Based
on 1993 stats and 1994 projections, Guadalupe will be providing 487. of the
total shelter nights in Weld County in 1994. Impact will be measured by
monitoring rate of recidivism and by tracking employment and housing status
as people leave the shelter. Data will be kept by a casemanager.
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Attachment F
BUDGET NARRATIVE
A Woman' s Place
Essential Services
Case management would consist of one to eight meetings with residential
clients. The case manager and client would formulate a case plan with
appropriate goals in the first meeting and would modify the plan and/or
monitor progress in subsequent meetings . The case plan would include
accessing needed services such as housing services, food stamps, employment
counseling, legal services, AFDC applications, ESL or ABE services, and other
services which the individual might require to become self-sufficient.
Counseling/advocacy would be coordinated with casemanagement for each
individual and would consist of crisis intervention counseling and emotional
support for victims. These services would be available to both women and
children who are residents of A Woman's Place.
Greeley Transitional House
Essential Services
The Greeley Transitional House is requesting $200 for the purchase of food
from the Weld Food Bank at 14 cents a pound. Many of the families who come
to the Greeley Transitional House come in the evening and are in immediate
need of food. Although a majority of the food is donated, food is not
readily at hand in the evening. Many families arrive after the Food Bank is
closed.
In the area of resident emergency, many of the client families are in need of
help on a one time basis for prescription, health care, gas, car repairs
personal items fees for obtaining documents to complete their applications
for public assistance or educational fees. This fund would meet those
emergency needs and expedite their obtaining a base level of self
sufficiency.
Transportation has, until recently, been provided by the City of Greeley
through free bus passes. With the adoption of Amendment One, the City no
longer is in a position to offer free bus passes. With the absence of
transportation to and from work, the clients are presented with a very
serious barrier to becoming self sufficient. Funds would permit the Greeley
Transitional House to purchase buss passes from the City to be used by the
resident families.
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Attachment a
BUDGET NARRATIVE
Greeley Transitional House
Homeless Prevention
The goal of this project is to empower families to attain their maximum level
of self sufficiency as they move from Greeley Transitional House into
permanent housing and prevent them from falling into homelessness again. This
goal will be accomplished in the following manner:
1) Facilitate a minimum of 25 adult head of households in life
skills group issues of self esteem, self awareness ,
stability, responsibility, budget, counselling and other
educational topics related to self-sufficiency.
2) Provide follow-up case management for a minimum of 85% of
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.
Homeless Prevention (WIRS)
The number of households to be served based on $27, 720.00 requested will be
132. The average cost per household is $210.00. As with other programs,
Weld Information & Referral Service will request that a minimum of $1.00 be
provided by the client for rent or utilities.
ACTIVITIES AND SERVICES TO BE PROVIDED
At-Risk clients will be provided services at Weld Information & Referral
Service through the Homeless Case Management Program. A personal interview
will be given to the individual or family to determine the issues involved
which are causing the immediate circumstance. Issues which will be addressed
will include financial status, employment status, affordable housing, family
relationships, tenant/landlord disputes, health problems, death in the
family, child care etc. Once the issues are identified, referrals will be
made to the proper human service agencies.
A budget overview will be prepared with the individual of family to show all
sources to income that may be utilized to stabilize the family before funds
can be appropriated. Sources of income will include monies that are
available from friends or family; nuclear or extended, stocks , bonds , savings
accounts, checking accounts, rental properties , or any other source which
generates income. All sources will be considered in the final determination
of funds to by utilized to meet. the client' s need. All data will be
documented in the client file for future reference to determine eligibility
of services.
Landlord verification will be required and vendor payments will be made
directly to the landlord.
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tachment H
BUDGET NARRATIVE
Greeley Transitional House
Homeless Operations
Operations funds will be utilized to pay 60% of our total cost for utilities,
insurance, repairs and maintenance, rehabilitation, supplies, telephone, and
equipment. This request is the same as 1993 with one exception. This
exception is that for 1994 Greeley Transitional House is requesting funds for
rehabilitation. Greeley Transitional House received a CDBG in the amount of
$7,000 to complete rehabilitation to ensure the safety and personal hygiene
of the resident clients. The total cost of the rehabilitation project is
$12,000. Greeley Transitional House is requesting an additional $5,000 to
complete the rehabilitation.
A Woman' s Place
Homeless Operations
Operation funds are requested to assist with the cost of insurance,
utilities, telephone repairs and maintenance, audit staffing costs to operate
the shelter and other administrative costs. The amount of funds requested is
approximately 11% of the total operations costs of A Woman' s Place.
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WELD COUNTY HOUSING AUTHORITY
PHONE(303)352-1551
P.O.O. Box Box A
GREELEY,COLORADO 80632
COLORADO
TO: W.H. Webster, Chairman, Board of County
Commissioners /1
FROM: Judy Griego, Director, Department of Social Service (�
SUBJECT: Emergency Shelter Grant Application for 1994 (vI
DATE: March 29, 1994
Enclosed for Board of Commissioners consideration is Weld County's Emergency
Shelter Grant application for 1994. The application to the Colorado Division of
Housing requests $90,201 to support operating costs and essential services for A
Woman's Place, Greeley Transitional House and Catholic Community Services/Guadalupe
Center and for homeless prevention activities for Greeley Transitional House and
Weld Information and Referral Service. The State requests that the County
prioritize the requests from the service providers to the County. The Homeless
Housing Local Selection Committe consisting of United Way, Weld County and the Weld
County Homeless/Housing Task Force has prioritized the service providers in the
above order. The proposal also includes $4,295 to Weld County for the
administration of the Emergency Shelter Grant Program.
It is our understanding that the State will provide the authority to the County to
determine funding levels for the service providers based on the formula as
developed by the Homeless Housing Task Force as was done last year.
Staff recommends your approval of the Emergency Shelter Grants application for
1994.
If you have any questions, please telephone me at 352-1551, Extension 6200.
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