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RE: APPROVE 1994 EMERGENCY COMMUNITY SERVICES HOMELESS GRANT APPLICATION TO
THE COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF LOCAL AFFAIRS 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 Community
Services Grant Application to the Colorado Department of Local Affairs 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
Community Services Homeless Grant Application to the Colorado Department of Local
Affairs submitted 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 the following vote on the 30th day of March, A.D. , 1994.
ATTEST: Wa4414 BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
WELD COUNTY, COLORADO
Weld County Clerk to the Board / £\ 2 2 i i
Webster, C irm
BY: .�if/� t / Y U�c,���-
Deputy Oerk to the Board Dale I . Hall, P iT
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APPRO TO FORM: � c , R/ <y
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County ttorne e L. Harbert/
arbara J. Kirkmeyer
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ECSH 1994 APPLICATION
A. SYNOPSIS
1. County: Weld County
2 . Contact Person: Name Judy A . crieon
Title Director . Weld County Department
of Social Services
Address Per A
Greeley , en S0632
Telephone 352_ 1551 ext C_2nn
3 . Chief Elected Official : Name W.H . Webster
4 . ECSH Amount Requested: $ 21 . 878
5 . ECSH Budget: Grantee Personnel Costs $ _
Grantee Operating Costs $
Grantee Subcontract Costs $ 91 R7R
TOTAL ECSH BUDGETED $ 23,878
Grantee Personnel Position/s Funded (Name & % of time funded)
Catholic Community Services
Grantee Operating Costs Funded (by line item & amount)
Grantee Subcontract Costs Funded (Name, Amount, Services
Purchased)
Catholic Community Services $3 , 600 Case Management
Weld Information and Referral Service $10 , 000
a . Casemanegement
b . Supplies
c . . Fees and Administration
(See Attachment A)
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ECSH 1994 Application - Cont.
B. LOCAL PRIORITIZATION OF ACTIVITIES FOR WHICH FUNDING HAS BEEN.
REQUESTED
•
Weld Information and Referral Service 1 of 4
Greeley Transitional House 2 of 4
Catholic Community Services
3 of 4
A Woman ' s Place
4 of 4
C. PROBLEM/NEED DESCRIPTION
Catholic Community Services Northern
The Project would provide eight hours per week casemanagement services for
homeless families and homeless families and homeless singles staying at
Guadalupe Center. An additional eight hours per week would be added to the
20 hour per week position which has recently been established through our
migrant outreach program to provide casemanagement services for migrant
families. The Migrant Casemanager will be based at the shelter so that
services can be provided on site. The additional 8 hours provided by the ECSH
grant would be directed to other families and singles at the shelter to
assist them in breaking the cycle of poverty and moving on to stable
employment, adequate housing and self-sufficiency.
(See Attachment B)
D. PROJECT IMPACT
Catholic Community Services
In 1993, Guadalupe Center provided shelter for 47 families. Due to the
expansion, that number will more than double in 1994 and approximately 100
families will receive shelter. We will provide casemanagement services for
25% or 25 families in the funded year. .During 1993 we provided shelter for
541 singles. With the expansion that number will increase by 25%. We will
provide casemanagement services for 30 singles or 5% of the singles staying
at Guadalupe Center.
The goal is to assist these people to move toward self-sufficiency, to access
the services which ' will provide the support system they need to be
independent, and to help them realize economic stability. It is our intent
to assist them in moving out of the cycle of poverty and prevent future
homelessness.
Services currently in place in the community will „Joe a vital part of the
casemanagement process as Guadalupe staff, clients and other service
providers each play a part in the plan for change. Specialized services such
as mental health, medical, educational, housing, food, financial management
and others will be coordinated to assist the homeless people in reaching
their goals of independence and self-sufficiency.
(See Attachment C )
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ECSH 1994 Application - Cont.
E. DESCRIPTION OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT COORDINATION
LOCAL GOVERNMENT COORDINATION
The fundamental basis for coordination of services is currently in place.
Through Weld County Information and Referral Service data management and case
management programs, all service providers have been integrated into a
coordinative effort to address the homeless issues of the County.
Weld County Department of Social Services has been given the responsibility
of the coordination of homeless activities. The purposes of coordinative
measure are three-fold:
• 1. To develop a process of review for applications submitted
for homeless activity;
2. To establish criteria as a means of avoiding the duplication
of homeless services; and
3. To evaluate the effectiveness of homeless services being
provided in Weld County.
In addition to the coordination of requests for funding through such programs
as Emergency Shelter Grants and Emergency Community Service Housing, Weld
County Social Services has the job of contracting for services, as well as
the submission of all required reports.
In support of the homeless activities, other activities, other agencies which
provide support services are utilized heavily as referral sources. These
agencies include Weld Mental Health, Social Services programs; including Aide
for Dependant Children, Food Stamps, Low income Energy Assistance Program,
and Jobs, Human Resources, Colorado Rural Legal Services, Consumer Credit
Services, United Way, and Red Cross.
Homeless service providers meet on a regular basis to discuss needs,
services, and compliance with Weld County homeless program contracts.
Homeless service providers communicate on nearly a daily basis regarding need
of clients, referrals„ avoidance of duplication, casemanagement, and
statistical data. Comprehensive data is reported to Weld County Information
and Referral Services and Social Services monthly.
(See Attachment D)
Catholic Community Services
Catholic Community Services is requesting funds for personnel to provide
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ECSH 1994 Application - Cont.
SERVICE ELIGIBILITY CATEGORY
Proposed Eligibility Service Provider ECSH Funds
Activity Category* Name Allocated
1 2 3 4 5 6
Casemanegement 1 Catholic Community Services $3 , 600
Follow-up 1 Greeley Transitional House 6 , 571
Case Management
Violence Counselling 6 A Woman ' s Place 3 , 707
Case 2'anagement _ 1 Weld Information and 10 , 000
Referral Service
*1. Expansion of comprehensive services to homeless individuals to
provide follow-up & long-term services to make the transition out
of poverty.
2 . Renovation of buildings to be used to provide such services as
listed in #1 provided that all procedures required under the
National Historic Preservation Act are followed.
3 . Provision of assistance in obtaining social, maintenance,
services & income support services for homeless individuals.
4 . Promotion of private sector and other assistance to homeless
individuals.
5 . 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.
6. Provision of, or referral to, violence counseling for homeless
children and individuals, and the provision of violence counseling
training to individuals who work with homeless children and
individuals.
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ECSH 1994 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;
Renovation of buildings to be used to provide such
services;
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;
Provision of, or referral to, violence counseling for
homeless children and individuals, and the provision of
violence counseling training to individuals who work with
homeless children and individuals;
Services for the prevention of homelessness as defined in
paragraph five of Eligible ECSH Activities contained in
the Application Instructions for FFY 1994 ;
- 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 and/or its subgrantees shall develop fiscal
control and fund accounting procedures necessary to assure the
proper disbursal of and accounting of federal funds.
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ECSH 1994 Application - Cont.
- the contractor and/or its subgrantees shall comply with the
National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (USC 470 et seq. ) ,
as amended, requiring consideration of the effect of a project
on any district, site, building, structure or object that is
included in or eligible for inclusion in the National Register
of Historic Places.
The County ensures the cooperation of its staff, the cooperation of
its subcontractors, and the availability of all records to the
Department of Local Affairs and the Office of the Secretary of
Health & Human Services or his/her designee charged with monitoring
or investigating theuse Jof the�j tfunds provided.
Signed t y' /2( �1A1g�1 l_/ / Title Ciiairnan /py/oyl9
W .H .Name Webster l
Date 1)2/,6/qy"
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Attachment A
GRANTEE SUBCONTRACTOR COSTS FUNDED (NAME, AMOUNT, SERVICES PURCHASED)
Woman's Place Childrens Coordinator $3,707
Greeley Transitional House
1. Staffing $5,733
a. Project Director
b. Program Coordinator
c. Case Manager
2. Operating Costs
a. Utilities $300
b. Equipment and Supplies $313
c. Milage $225
Total Operating Costs $838
Total $6,571
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Attachment B
The Casemanager will:
-Provide information and referral for support services
-Assist homeless clients in obtaining stable employment and permanent
housing.
-Spend 2 hours/2 nights per week working at the shelter one on one
helping homeless clients develop goals and a plan for change.
-Spend 1/2 day per week (4hours) working with homeless clients to help
them through the community systems so they can become independent.
-Work with other community agencies and organizations to coordinate and
access services.
-Maintain records on client progress and document outcomes.
-Provide and document follow-up on clients after they have stabilized
their employment and living situation.
Greeley Transitional House
The goal of this project is to empower families to attain their maximum level
of self-sufficiency as they move from the Greeley Transitional House into
permanent housing. For the purpose of this project empowerment is defined as
having a sense of control over important events and actions in one's life and
being in a position of power in which one can make change. Self-sufficiency
is defined as the ability to function independently and self reliantly as
possible within one's own parameters. 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 counseling and other educational topics related to
self-sufficiency for the grant period. 2) Provide follow- up casemanagement
for a minimum of 48 families completing the initial 30 - 45 day program.
Case management will involve the establishment of trusting, collaborative
relationship, information and referral, psychosocial support and
encouragement, assessment of needs and desires, goal setting and advocacy.
Utilize all community agencies and resources to aid in support of the
enrolled family.
Woman's Place
A Woman's Place is requesting $3,707 to partially fund a position to
coordinate the children's program. This would enhance our ability to serve
the homeless families who cone to our safe house due to domestic violence in
their homes. Homelessness caused by domestic violence is an inter-
generational problem which is most effectively addressed by direct
intervention with the children who are exposed to violence in their homes.
The program we are proposing would give A Woman' s Place the capability to
work with these children in a safe environment while enhancing their life
skills. A multifaceted approach would include: 1) Individual crisis
counseling with each child to work on issues generated by being part of a
violent family system. 2) Family intervention and skill building for
mothers and their children to improve communication and life skills, 3)
Advocacy with schools and other agencies to obtain the best possible services
for these children, and 4) Opportunities to participate in groups with other
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children of similar ages and experience. The combination of intervention
strategies will enable children to gain understanding and control of their
own lives and will increase their chances for escaping violent homes, the
children's program coordinator would facilitate groups for non-resident
children in local schools to offer them the option of living non-violently
from the beginning of their adult lives rather than going into the cycle of
violence and homelessness.
Weld Information and Referral Service
The Homeless Case Management Program will provide a holistic structured
program targeted for families at risk of becoming homeless. The program will
provide an assessment, plan of action, support services referrals, long term
and short term goals, and a comprehensive case management system that will
enable a family or individual to identify and resolve issues affecting their
housing needs. The program will also provide financial assistance to families
and individuals who are participating and enrolled in case management in the
areas of rental and utility assistance.
Types of services will include a single entry case management for social,
health, and employment service linkages at-risk or homeless families and
individuals. The program will prepare and provide client tracking and the
monitoring of participation, program goals, and program outcomes. The overall
goal is to prevent homelessness through the holistic approach of case
management in meeting not only the immediate crisis of facing the homeless or
at risk issues, but to meet the long term goal of maintaining housing and the
responsibilities that go along with it; i.e. patenting, budgeting,
employment, etc.
Through various programs that Weld Information and Referral Service provides,
such as the FEMA and Colorado Homeless Prevention, Weld Information and
Referral Service is able to assist with foreclosure, eviction, and possible
termination of utility services. These programs are specifically set up to
target the at risk population or those transitioning out of shelters. The
goals of these programs are to alleviate the family from facing not only the
short term crisis of losing their home, or obtaining affordable housing, but
also to help them obtain the supportive services they need to reach their
long term goals as well.
Weld Information and Referral Service publishes a directory that provides
information about area Human Service providers. As part of the coordination,
Weld Information and Referral Service will meet with as many agencies as
possible to explain the directory, Weld Information and Referral Service's
current programs, and how to access other information.
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IDENTIFY PROBLEM AND NEEDS ASSESSMENT
Catholic Community Services
Weld Information and Referral Service collects and maintains all shelter and
homeless service statistics for Weld County. According to Weld Information
and Referral Services 1993 statistics, 1,417 homeless individuals were
provided shelter at the four shelters in the County, A Woman' s Place - 218,
Greeley Transitional House - 199, Disabled American Veterans - 52, and
Guadalupe Center - 948. In 1993, Guadalupe Center found it necessary to turn
away 956 homeless people due to limited space. Guadalupe Center built an
expansion which opened in February, 1994, and increased the number of beds
from 20 to 40. During the month of February, over 800 nights of shelter were
provided. The three new family rooms have been filled each night since they
opened up. Our conservative projection is that we will provide 9,800 nights
of shelter for 1,400 people in 1994 due to the additional beds available.
Although Guadalupe Center staff and administration has always believed that
on site casemanagement is imperative to producing positive outcomes with the
homeless clients, we have never been able to generate the funding to pay for
a casemanager. Clients are sent to Weld Information and Referral Services
for casemanagement. According Weld Information and Referral Services 1993
report, Weld Information and Referral Services provided casemanagement
services for 93 households (10 singles and 83 families) during that year.
Casemanagement provided by Weld Information and Referral Services represents
only 19% of the total households and 1.8% of single homeless staying in
Guadalupe Center. Some of the homeless receiving casemanagement from Weld
Information and Referral Services are not Guadalupe clients, so the actual
percentages of Guadalupe people served is even lower. Statistics on outcomes
for people receiving Weld Information and Referral Services casemanagement
are not available. The projected 48% increase in the number of people to be
served at Guadalupe Center in 1994, due to expansion, makes the need even
greater. At this time only a very small fraction of homeless people being
sheltered have casemanagement services available to them. There is a clearly
demonstrated need for additional casemanagement services for people staying
a Guadalupe Center.
Greeley Transitional House
The Greeley Transitional House can do much in 30 - 45 days to alleviate the
immediate crisis, but that does not allow sufficient time to affect long term
change. It is imperative that families have a supportive and encouraging
environment when they leave 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
homelessness are still present and the cycle may very well begin again. By
creating a case management family support system, these families will not
fall through the cracks of the system. Research supports the view that
social supports enhance the health and well-being of children and their
families, and the lack of social support contributes to many problems
including family homelessness (bassuk st al. ,1990) .
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The follow-up case management program has served 94 families since its
inception October 1990. In 1993, 1086 visits were made by the caseworker,
the total count at year-end follows:
-55 families were self-sufficient, stable and not on any assistance
programs.
-38 families were on some type of assistance program but stable and
working towards being self-sufficient and removing self from
assistance program.
-1 family is self-sufficient, not on any assistance but unstable.
This continues to be a very important component of the Greeley Transitional
House delivery of service. The follow-up case management family support
system helps to empower the families to attain and maintain their maximum
level of self-sufficiency. Needless to say, this remains a priority program
for the community of Weld County aimed at prevention.
A Woman's Place
A Woman's Place houses approximately 150 children from violent families each
year with another 150 receiving non-resident services. Violence in the home
has both immediate and long term effects on children. The vast majority of
children living in a household where their mother is physically abused are
aware of or witness the abuse (Sonkin, Martin & Walter, 1985) . To compound
the child's trauma, the adult male who is beating his female partner is
typically also beating his children (Bowker, Artitell & McFerron, 1988) . The
immediate cost to children (as well as adults) is the loss of a sense of
safely. Children's behavior may "regress." They may get poor grades
because they are unable to concentrate in school or do their homework. They
may act out violent behaviors toward objects, animals, siblings and school
mates. As adults, males from these homes are more likely to beat their
female partners and children (Gelled & Cornell, 1990:Straus, etal. , 1981)
than males who come from non-violent homes. Male children who witness the
abuse of one parent by another are, as adults, 700 times more likely to beat
their female partners (Straus, Gelled, Steinmetz, 1981) . Sixty-three percent
of the boys between the ages of 11 and 20 who committed homicide, murdered
the men who were beating their mothers (Lindsey & McBride, 1993) .
According to the U.S. Department of Justice (1984) in the United States:
A battering incident occurs every 15 seconds.
Battering is the most under-reported crime.
Adult-to-adult domestic violence is experienced by more than 15 million
women, children and men each year.
As domestic violence increases, families flee their homes, leaving jobs and
schools behind. A Woman's Place would like to address this problem directly
with children in an attempt to break the intergenerational cycle of violence
and homelessness.
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Weld Information and Referral Service
IN 1992, 2,429 unduplicated individuals were either homeless or at risk of
becoming homeless. In 1993, 3,553 individuals were either homeless or at risk
of becoming homeless. The number increased in 1993 by 1,124 or 32%. Of the
1993, 1,173 individuals, representing 779 households, were at risk of
becoming homeless or were confronting acute housing issues. Client
characteristics were as follows:
51% were families
49% were single
33 was the average age
2.4 was the average family size
655 were female heads of households
847 were male heads of households
17,958 total nights of shelter were provided
17.8 average stay for A Woman's Place
34.6 average stay for Greeley Transitional House
7.2 average stay for Guadalupe Center
12.4 average stay for Disabled American Veterans
Weld. Information and Referral Service Case Management Demographics
93 households participated
89% were families (83 households)
11% were single (10 households)
31.2 was the average age
3.4 was the average family size
66% success rate (62 households)
Of the 34% (31 households) that were not necessarily successful in case
management, 55% (17 households) did find affordable housing and all were
referred to at least two additional service providers; one being Employment
Service of Weld County.
The Weld Information and Referral Service' services to the homeless target
population includes: homeless individuals or families that are not in a
shelter (except Guadalupe Center) , that are at risk of becoming or actually
homeless. These people must be willing to change their situation. We cannot
make our clients do what they do not want to do, but we also cannot create a
dependency on our agency by a client who wants, rather than needs, services.
Funding is so limited that although we may not give a client what they want,
we do our best to provide them with what they need, as our society dictates
these needs.
In Weld County, there are a number of agencies that provide services to the
homeless population. However, each agency serves a specific target group:
A Woman's Place - battered women and their children
Greeley Transitional House - families who are employed or continuing
their education to transition out of homelessness
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Disabled American Veterans - veterans
Guadalupe Center - migrants, single individuals, and families
Weld Information and Referral Service - addresses issues for homeless
and at risk populations
Weld Information and Referral Service will continue to work with other
agencies to meet individual or client needs without duplication the services
that other agencies are already providing.
NOTE: Weld Information and Referral Service administers such programs as
FEMA, GIA, HPP, and Weld Information and Referral Service Housing Service,
these numbers reflect these programs.
LAST CURRENT PROJECTED
No. % No. % No.
1. Migrants 17 05% 50 07% 100 100%
2. Single males 49 15% 81 11% 121 49%
3. Single females 27 07% 42 06% 63 50%
4. Two Parent Households 120 33% 328 45% 378 15%
5. One Parent Household 166 45% 272 38% 322 18%
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Attachment C
Of the 25 families who participate in casemanagement service, we project that
all will have improved their living situation to some degree. At least 15
will have employment and acceptable living arrangements. All children of
school age will be enrolled in school. All 15 families will be connected
with devices which they need such as financial management, patenting classes,
GED classes, etc. Of the 30 singles who will participate in casemanagement,
20 will secure employment and acceptable living situations.
Greeley Transitional House
A major benefit of this program will be the improved status of the families
self-selecting to participate. Through participation in this program,
families will gain the necessary skills to become more independent, self-
reliant, self-sufficient and self-assured. This program has proven to be
successful in decreasing the frequency that a family finds itself homeless as
well as breaking the generational cycle of homelessness.
As mentioned previously, homeless families lack a social support system, or
at best have a fragmented system which they rely on. Through this program,
families will be provided a functional support system and will be encouraged
to develop their own support system. Families will also be encouraged to
look at choices and alternatives available to them. Another benefit arising
from this project will be the potential long term effects on the children
within these families. The children will directly benefit from the exposure
to a different role model (case manager) . A secure and responsible adult
deals much more rationally with a child than an insecure and dependent adult.
This program will provide the adults with a sense of security and self-
responsibility that will, in turn, filter down to the children thus allowing
them to grow into more secure and responsible adults.
The homeless family lacks the "safety-net" provided by a social support
system and also lacks coping skills, assertion skills, and self-esteem that
is also provided by a good social support system. Without a social support
system, self-sufficiency is difficult to obtain. This program will provide
the social support system that can prevent a crisis and allow families to
maintain and retain self-sufficiency.
Below is a plan how this project will offer comprehensive ancillary services.
Follow- up Casemanagenemt Program
Goal: , To provide casemanagement (family support system) as families move
from Greeley Transitional House into permanent housing to empower them to
attain their maximum level of self-sufficiency.
OBJECTIVE
1. Provide follow-up case management for families completing 30-45 day
program. A minimum of 48 families will be selected to participate in a home-
based case management family support system.
ACTIVITIES
Home visits to each family (lx weekly for the first month then
frequency will be based on need) .
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PERSON RESPONSIBLE
Follow-up casemanager
TIMEFRAMES
1. Weekly for the first month of an
enrolled family and twice monthly
thereafter or as need.
OBJECTIVE
2. Continue to maintain 90% of families enrolled will attain and maintain
self-sufficiency.
ACTIVITIES
Monitor statistical reports including: contracts, financial
status, education, and employment as well as other family need.
Contact log-documenting each contact and the outcome.
PERSON RESPONSIBLE
Follow-up Casemanager/Program Coordinator/Director
Follow-up Casemanager/Program Coordinator
TIMEFRAMES
Weekly as well as summary reports are to
be monthly.
Daily
OBJECTIVE
Life Skills Group
ACTIVITIES
Enrolled Families Evaluations of progress.
Utilize all community agencies to aid in support and needs of
enrolled families.
Monday and Tuesday evening support/educational groups offering a
wide variety of life skills topics.
PERSON RESPONSIBLE
Follow-up Casemanager and enrolled families
Follow-up Casemanager/Program Coordinator
Follow-up Casemanager and other Professional
Facilitator
TIMEFRAMES
Monthly and at the end of an enrolled
families program.
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On-going
Weekly
The project evaluation will look at the following four components: 1) number
of clients served; 2) quality of service; 3) impact of service on client; 4)
service program description. Data will be collected on the number of clients
served as a means of determining if the stated objectives were attained.
Monthly reports, based on information gathered from assessment tools, will be
generated indicating the number of clients served per month, both in case
management and life skills support group. These reports will also include
information about the number of contact per month, the reasons for the
contact, the amount of time spent per contact, the status of the client at
the end of the month, and if the client is able to remain in their home and
break the cycle of homelessness. This information will be tabulated and will
be used to provide a complete description of the services provided, both as
an evaluation measure and a means of dissemination information gained from
the project. The assessment tools used to generate the above report will
also be used as a means of measuring the impact of service. Each family will
be given an initial assessment and then the same assessment will be repeated
of a regular basis in order to evaluate improvement, decline or maintenance
in status. Each individual client family program will be adjusted from these
assessment to enable progress to occur.
In addition to determining how well the client is performing, we also want to
determine how well we are performing. To that end, we will also administer
an assessment tool to assess how the client feels about case management and
the life skills support group. We want to know if the client is happy with
the service being provided and feels that the service is beneficial. It is
not enough that we feel the client is making progress, the client also must
feel that progress is being made.
The information gathered from this project will be disseminated in several
ways. A project description will be developed, outlining the creation of the
project, the implementation of the project, and the success of the project.
Also included in this description will be a profile of the clients, including
number of contacts and length of contacts, types of issues most frequently
problematic and the status of clients at the end of the project. This
project will be described in a newsletter of the Colorado Coalition for the
agencies desiring to replicate the project. All assessment tools and
evaluation procedures will also be included in this description.
In addition, a paper will be prepared describing the project and including
recommendations for future directions for submission to appropriate journals.
Also review Section E, #1.
A Woman's Place
This project will impact the overall efficacy of services at A Woman's Place
by dealing with a part of the homeless population that is often ignored - the
children. The impact on families of learning coping and life skills that are
violence-free will be immediately evident as children improve their
performance in school and begin to make other healthy choices in their lives.
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This project will provide an average of two to four counseling, advocacy
and/or skill building contacts to each of 150 resident children at A Woman's
Place during calendar year 1994. In addition at least four groups will be
held to educate non-resident children about domestic violence and all of the
resulting problems including homelessness.
Weld Information and Referral Service
The impact of the project will be to decrease homeless or at risk families or
individuals in Weld County. In helping a family become self-sufficient, not
only does it make a difference to the family or individual's lifestyle, but
more importantly, it sets an example for the children to follow therefore
alleviating cycles. Self-sufficiency also promotes community acceptance and
participation. Goals for this program are to alleviate the family from facing
not only the short term crisis of losing their home or obtaining affordable
housing, but also to help them obtain the supportive services they need to
reach their long term goals as well.
Program objectives include:
To be the source agency which has extensive information on housing issues and
to provide exact knowledge of current landlord referrals in Weld County to
service providers instead of each agency trying to compete against one
another i.e.
Continued Coordination of Services
Lists of Landlords in Weld County
Lists of Voucher Assisted Housing
Low Income Housing Lists
Housing Foreclosure Prevention in Weld County
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Housing Counseling
The anticipated, measurable outcomes of this project are as follows:
1. To promote a better understanding and awareness of Weld
Information and Referral Service's services so clients may have
ready access to shelter related services.
2. To promote case management services by soliciting 12
presentations to organizations and agencies who also deal with
housing issues.
3. To provide 100 quality referrals to other agencies and
organizations, such as A Woman's Place, Greeley Transitional
House, Guadalupe Center, Job Service, Salvation Army, Social
Security Administration, and Department of Social Services;
therefore promoting client self-sufficiency.
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4. To assist a minimum of 45 clients in achieving self-sufficiency.
5. To assist a minimum of 40 clients in obtaining permanent,
affordable, or subsidized housing.
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casemanagement services on a very part time basis - 8 hours per week. They
will continue to explore the possibility of other funding from foundations or
corporate grants. We are increasing our efforts at fundraising and hope to
have some fundraising monies available for casemanagement services. We
believe that we will demonstrate in one year that the service we propose to
provide will be effective and cost efficient and will produce desired
outcomes. We are hopeful that this demonstration of success will generate
additional funding.
The CHAS states that the City of Greeley sees the continued support of
emergency housing and transitional housing for the homeless and other persons
with special needs as a priority. The intent is to move people out of
shelters as quickly as possible and on to self-sufficiency. Guadalupe Center
Casemanagement project will address this issue and begin to move in the
direction of moving people out of poverty.
The CHAS states that Weld County is committed to providing funds for shelter
operational costs. The homeless population needing shelter is recognized as
a need by the County as well as a need to move people out of poverty and on
to self- sufficiency. The Guadalupe Center casemanagement project will
address this issue and begin to move in the direction of moving people out of
poverty.
Catholic Community Services Northern - Guadalupe Center did not have an ECSH
contract with the County during 1993 - 1994.
Greeley Transitional House
The Greeley Transitional House will apply to the Women' s Foundation, Monfort
Foundation and Target to receive funding to leverage our request from ESCH.
We have received funding from these resources in the past for this project
and have a very positive relationship with these resources. We also have
applied for ESG funding for this project under the category of Homeless
prevention.
This program remains to be a significant need with respect to breaking the
cycle of homelessness within families of Weld County. Currently there are no
other follow-up programs available in Weld County for the homeless families.
This program will utilize all community agencies and resources to expedite
the level of self-sufficiency with the enrolled family.
This is level one priority for both the City of Greeley and Weld County.
Both entities support emergency housing, transitional housing and support
services for homeless families.
A Woman's Place
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This project will impact the overall efficacy of services at A Woman's Place
by dealing with a part of the homeless population that is often ignored - the
children.• The impact on families of learning coping and life skills that are
violence-free will be immediately evident as children improve their
performance in school and begin to make other resources to build a
comprehensive children's program in conjunction with the excellent programs
already in place to serve battered women at A Woman's Place. If done
effectively a large number of these children will not repeat the cycle of
violence in their own lives.
As the only domestic violence program and shelter in Weld Count, A Woman's
Place will provide services to homeless domestic violence victims, according
to the objectives of the City/County Comprehensive Housing Affordability
Strategy (CHAS) . The children' s program will be an integral part of these
services.
Weld Information and Referral Service
Even though funding on this project is based on a one year basis, additional
funding will be pursed through other grants, i.e. United Way, State
Prevention Monies, FEMA, as well as private funders, etc. When landlords
insist on receiving payment before vouchers can be processed, the case
manager will ask local churches to help with rental assistance. Our board and
agency is committed to pursue funding for this program.
Under the scope of CHAS, Weld Information and Referral Service has supplied
information on the needs and the current available resources in Weld County.
The Weld Information and Referral Service Case Management Program strongly
emphasizes the goals of CHAS which focuses on "households at the bottom of
the income distribution." These households are most likely to need assistance
in obtaining adequate and affordable housing assistance because of the tight
economy. People are in part-time or full-time employment with little, if any,
benefits. These are the people that Weld Information and Referral Service is
targeting to serve. The ECSH monies will enable Weld Information and Referral
Service to provide services to these populations. Although housing is a big
issue, it is not the entire issue. Numbers of families face issues, such as
drug abuse, dysfunctional family, lack of employment, etc. Supportive
services must be a part of the total housing plan. CHAS lists two major
housing deficiencies; affordable housing and lack of migrant housing.
The general scope of services contained in the 1993-1994 local contract
between Weld Information and Referral Service and Weld County Department of
Social Services consists of homeless services in accordance with the Stewart
B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act of 1987 and the ECSH Grant to enable
homeless individuals to make the transition out of poverty.
The 1993 Contract included the following goals:
A. Develop a quality and timely referral network by monitoring one hundred
clients:
1. Identify the number of clients referred. See attachment A
& Al
910.11 "Y
Weld Information and Referral Service has made more than
100 quality referrals. 93 were clients enrolled in Case
Management and measured by follow up activities. Although
others were not enrolled in case management, they were
assisted with addressing acute housing issues.
See attachment A & Al
See attachment A2 - acronym definition
2. Identify those receiving services within 30 days. All
clients receive either a direct service or a referral to
other agencies as they come in.
3. Identify barriers incurred in obtaining services. The major
barrier in obtaining services is the lack of affordable
housing for clients. We are currently looking at other
avenues to help solve the issue of lack of affordable
housing, i.e. Housing Coalition.
B. Meet with housing service providers monthly beginning August 1993,
through June 1994, to coordinate services.
Our goals of establishing a common case management criteria fall under
the same guidelines of share case management practices and finding
common ground from each of our agency case management services.
We meet monthly to discuss how we can best provide each other with the
best documentation and reporting methods to improve reporting on the
homeless and common clients. We continue to meet individually with
agencies to better coordinate our case management services and to
define strategies to meet our clients needs. We are currently in the
process of working out details on case management for shelters for
special cases, such as single mothers with very small children who are
in dire need of case management, but cannot come to Weld Information
and Referral Service during normal business hours.
C. Monitor self-sufficiency achievements by short and long term goals over
a nine month period.
1. Short term achievement goals for clients in the areas of:
Training/Education
See Attachment A & Al
Employment
See Attachment A & Al
Subsidized & Unsubsidized Housing
See Attachment A & Al
D. Investigate the feasibility of establishing a Housing Foreclosure
Prevention Program.
Weld Information and Referral Service has learned, and is currently
working with an existing non-profit community agency called Consumer
Credit Counseling Service of Northern Colorado. The agency, among other
things, assists individuals in prevention of housing foreclosures.
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E. Listing of landlords and rentals in Weld County:
Weld Information and Referral Service tries to keep a current and
updated listing of landlords and rentals for the purposes of
determining vacancies and assisting clients in their search for
housing. Weld Information and Referral Service also distributes
listings of low income housing providers and landlords and apartment
complexes that accept housing vouchers.
Weld Information and Referral Service is continually establishing a
current and updated copy of all housing lists. See attachments B, Bl,
C, Cl, D, & E.
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WELD COUNTY HOUSING AUTHORITY
PnorvE(303)352-1551
Box
P.O. Box A
GREELEY COLORADO 80632
COLORADO
TO: W.H. Webster, Chairman, Board of County
Commissioners
FROM: Judy Griego, Director, Department of Social Service
SUBJECT: Emergency Community Services Homeless Grant Applicatr 199
DATE: March 29, 1994 ffI�JJ
Enclosed for Board of Commissioner consideration is Weld County's Emergency
Community Services Homeless Grant application for 1994. The application to the
Colorado Department of Local Affairs requests $23,878 to support casemanagement
services for Weld Information and Referral Service, Greeley Transitional House, A
Catholic Community Services/Guadalupe Center and A Woman's Place. The State
requests that the County prioritize the requests from the service providers to the
County. The Homeless Housing Local Selection Committee consisting of United Way,
Weld County, and the Weld County Homeless/Housing Task Force has prioritized the
service providers in the above order.
The program will provide casemanagement and counselling to homeless persons through
subcontract with the service providers.
Staff recommends your approval of the Emergency Community Services Homeless Grants
application for 1994.
If you have any questions, please telephone me at 352-1551, Extension 62OO.
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