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Gene Brantner, Chairman
To Board of County Commissioners Date June 14, 1990
COLORADO From Walter J. Speckman, Executive Director, Human Resources
subject, Revised Application for Emergency Community Services Homeless
Program Funds
Enclosed for Board approval is the Weld County Division of Human
Resources' revised application to the Department of Local Affairs
for Emergency Community Services Homeless Program Funding.
The funds will be subcontracted to the Greeley Transitional House
and the Guadalupe Center for case management services to their
homeless clients.
The funding would be $5,000.00 to each agency for a total request
of $10,000.00.
If you have any questions, please telephone me at 353-3816.
900532
ECSH 1990 APPLICATION
A. SYNOPSIS
1. County: Weld
2. Contact Person: Name Walter J. Soeckman
TitleExecutive Director, Weld Co. Human Resources
Address 1551 N. 17th Avenue---P.O. Box 1805
Greeley, Colorado 80632
Telephone (3O.3) 353-.1816
3. Chief Elected Official: Name Gene Brantner, Chairman, Weld Co. Board of
County Commissioners
4 . ECSH Amount Requested: $ 10,000
5. ECSH Budget: Grantee Personnel Costs $
Grantee Operating Costs $
Grantee Subcontract Costs $ 10,000
TOTAL ECSH BUDGETED $
Grantee Personnel Position/s Funded (Name & % of time funded)
Grantee Operating Costs Funded (by line item &amount)
Grantee Subcontract Costs Funded (Name, Amount, Services
Purchased)
Guadalupe Center--$5,000---10 Hours of casemanagement per week for homeless clients.
Greeley Transitional House--$5,000---16 Hours of follow-up case management
that will meet with families who have left the Transitional house's 30-45
day program.for the homeless.
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ESCH 1990 Application - Cont.
B. LOCAL PRIORITIZATION OF ACTIVITIES FOR WHICH FUNDING HAS BEEN REQUESTED
The Weld County Housing Coalition has identified casemanagement for
homeless individuals and families as a top priority.
C. PROBLEM/NEED DESCRIPTION
Greeley Transitional House provides temporary housing and case management
to homeless families in Weld County for 30-45 days. The Transitional House
has been very successful during this initial time period in helping
families find permanent housing and employment. In 1989 over 68% received
permanent housing and employment by the time they left the initial 30-45
day program. In order to truly evaluate and facilitate long-term success,
a long-term follow-up program is needed. Currently, Greeley Transitional
House uses interns from the University of Northern Colorado to provide
follow-up services on a limited basis. However, students lack experience,
and since they only work for a semester, long gaps in client follow-up are
created. With funding, Transitional House can provide consistent,
professional case management to its homeless clientele.
Guadalupe Center, a shelter for the homeless, houses 475 - 525 homeless
individuals each year. 70% are single males and 30% are females and
children. All clients using the emergency shelter are without adequate
housing or employment. At least 30: are in need of medical, mental health,
or rehabilitation services. 20% are in need of job training. 80-90% are
in need of clothing, food, and community support services. Families
frequently need assistance registering children in school, applying for
housing, securing food stamps, obtaining clothing and household supplies.
D. PROJECT IMPACT
Transitional House---Through this project, a follow-up case manager will
be hired to continue providing case management services to residents
leaving the Greeley Transitional House 's initial program. This case
manager would be able to coordinate services, monitor long-term progress
and continue ongoing support to these clients. Transitional House's
current system of using UNC interns, has proven this position to be and
important component of the program but, as previously mentioned, the
present follow-up program is also very limited because of the use of
students. With the addition of a case manager, progress could be monitored
and any crisis that might develop could be dealt with in a more
comprehensive and expedient manner. This project would also make available
more comprehensive data as to the long-term problems facing clients and
which families are most likely to be able to continue to be self-
sufficient.
Guadalupe Center---See next page for project impact on this agency.
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ESCH 1990 Application - Cont.
D. PROJECT IMPACT CONTINUED
Guadalupe Center---Currently, casemanagement services are not available
at Guadalupe Center, due to limited funding and limited staffing. A ten
hour per week case manager would do planning and provide extensive
casemanagement and follow-up services for 25 individuals or families during
a one year period. An additional 75 people or families would receive short
-term support services. 70 would be single males and 30% single females
or families. 70% of those served would be Hispanic, 25% Anglo, and 4%
other minorities. At the end of one year ten individuals or families will
be in permanent housing and stable employment.
E. DESCRIPTION OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT COORDINATION
Short-term emergency shelter services in Weld County are provided by the
Guadalupe Center, Salvation Army, and Disabled Veterans Outreach Center.
Longer term shelter, 30 to 45 days, is provided by the Greeley Transitional
House and A Woman 's Place (battered women 's shelter) with supportive
services designed to move clients to a position of self sufficiency as
quickly as possible. All of these agencies are engaged in cooperative case
management activities. Weld County Housing Authority and Greeley Housing
Authority are also very important agencies in this networking in the area
of housing. Local government agencies involved in funding homeless
programs include both the county and the city. The county has been
instrumental in coordinating ESG and ESCH grants through the Human
Resources Department, and Weld County Social Services has provided limited
funds to both the Woman 's Place and Transitional House for clients waiting
for AFDC. The Transitional House and A Woman 's Place have also received
grants from Greeley Urban Renewal Authority to purchase and rehabilitate
their facilities. Other local government coordination has been developed
through the Greeley Housing Coalition, in which employees of the Greeley
Planning Department, Weld and Greeley Housing Authorities and Weld Social
Services are active members along with members of each of the homeless
provider agencies.
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ECSH 1990 Application - Cont.
SERVICE ELIGIBILITY CATEGORY
Proposed Eligibility Service Provider Active ECSH Funds
Activity Category* Name 1/1/87 Allocated
1 2 3 4 Y/N**
Case Management Greeley Transitional
Follow-up X House Y $5,000
Case Management X Guadalupe Center Y $5,000
*1. Expansion of comprehensive services to homeless individuals
to provide follow-up & long-term services to make the transition
out of poverty.
2 . Provision of assistance in obtaining social, maintenance,
services & income support services for homeless individuals.
3 . Promotion of private sector and other assistance to homeless
individuals.
4 . Provision of assistance to any individual who has received a
notice of foreclosure, eviction, or termination of utility
services, if (a) the inability of the individual to make mortgage,
rental, or utility payments is due to a sudden reduction in income;
(b) the assistance is necessary to avoid the foreclosure, eviction,
or termination of utility services; and (c) there is a resonable
prospect that the individual will be able to resume the payments
in a reasonable period of time.
**Was the provider providing urgent homeless services as of January
1, 1987.
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ECSH 1990 Application - Cont.
ECSH RESOLUTION & CERTIFICATION
The County of Weld , which is applying to
the State of Colorado for funding through the Emergency Community
Service Homeless (ECSH) Grant program from the U.S. Department of
Health & Human Services, hereby assures and certifies that:
- the amounts awarded under the ECSH program will be used only
for the following purposes-
Expansion of comprehensive services to homeless
individuals to provide follow-up and long-term services
to enable homeless individuals to make the transition out
of poverty,
Provision of assistance in obtaining social and
maintenance services and income support services for
homeless individuals,
Promotion of private sector and other assistance to
homeless individuals,
Services for the prevention of homeless as defined in
paragraph four of Eligible ECSH Activities contained in
the Application Instructions for FFY 1990;
- no amount received under this program will be used to
supplant other programs for homeless individuals administered
by the grantee;
- political activities will be prohibited in accordance with
subsection 675 (e) of P.L. 97-35 as amended (the Community
Services Block Grant Act) ;
- there will be coordination of activities among all
participating local governments and non-profit organizations
funded by the State;
- the contractor or its subcontractors shall have been
providing critically urgent homeless services as of January
1, 1987;
- the contractor and/or its subgrantees shall develop fiscal
control and fund accounting procedures necessary to assure the
proper disbursal of and accounting of federal funds.
The County ensures the cooperation of its staff, the cooperation
of its subcontractors, and the availability of all records to the
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ECSH 1990 Application - Cont.
Department of Local Affairs and the Office of the Secretary of
Health & Human Services or his/her designee charged with monitoring
or investigating the use of the funds provided.
Signed 7P S4( .oc✓ Title Chairman
Name Gene Brantner. Chairman Date June 18, 1990
Weld
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- Board of County Commissioners
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WELD COUNTY OiliERK AND RECORDER
- AND CLERK TO THE 'CARD
Deputy County Clerk
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