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Home My WebLink About980505.tiff RESOLUTION RE: APPROVE 1998 EMERGENCY SHELTER GRANT APPLICATION AND AUTHORIZE CHAIR 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 the 1998 Emergency Shelter Grant Application from 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, to the Colorado Division of Housing, 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 1998 Emergency Shelter Grant Application from 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, to the Colorado Division of Housing be, and hereby is, approved. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by the Board that the Chair be, and hereby is, authorized to sign said application. The above and foregoing Resolution was, on motion duly made and seconded, adopted by the following vote on the 30th day of March, A.D., 1998. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WELD COUNTY, COLORADO ATTEST: I�•,� �lj��i�, �- ��O��/.at �c%%T �� Constance L. Harbert, Chair Weld Couh � liCrW. H. ebster, P o-Tem BY: Deputy y�y�[• t�� .Csr t George . Baxter AP V AS ORM: EXCUSED Dale K. Hall nt tt Y e Y ✓ uz .i,%/:,r1 , Barbara J. Kirkmeyer 980505 exL . 55 OD SS0024 • TO: Constance L. Harbert, ChaiT,9noer4 of County Commissioners /) FROM: Judy Griego, Director, Department of Social l /� Services COLORADO RE: Approval of the Emergency Shelter Grant Application for 1998 DATE: March 26, 1998 Enclosed for Board consideration is Weld County's Emergency Shelter Grant application for 1998. The application to the Colorado Division of Housing requests $46,078 to: 1. support operating costs for A Woman's Place, Catholic Charities Northen, and Greeley Transitional House; 2. support essential services for A Woman's Place, Greeley Transitional House, and Catholic Charities Northern; 3. support homeless prevention activities for Greeley Housing Authority; and; 4. provide resources of$2,000 to Weld County for the administration of the Emergency Shelter Grant Program. Provided that the proposal is accepted by the State, the formula funding allocation process, which was developed through the Inter-Agency Strategic Planning Committee, and approved by the Board, will be used as a basis to allocate the funds to the homeless service providers. Staff recommends your approval of the Emergency Shelter Grant application for 1998. If you have any questions, please telephone me at 352-1551, Extension 6200. 980505 WIliC. COLORADO EMERGENCY SHELTER GRANT APPLICATION 1998 90505 TABLE OF CONTENTS SECTION APPLICANT FORMS I ASSURANCES AND CERTIFICATIONS II CERTIFICATION OF CONSISTENCY WITH CONSOLIDATED PLAN III ATTACHMENTS PROJECT DESCRIPTION CONTINUATION A PROJECT MATCH CONTINUATION B MANAGEMENT CAPACITY CONTINUATION C EXTENT AND URGENCY OF NEED CONTINUATION D PROJECT IMPACT CONTINUATION E 9F0505 s:. .. 2 nn „5 'J .'r, r..o: 1.APPLICANT(Name and Address) 2.PROJECT NO. • Weld County P.O. Box A 3.Amount Requested 4. Date Received Greeley, CO 80632 $46,078.00 5.Name and Title of Local Elected Official or Authorized Agency Representative 6. Name/Title of Contact Person for (Please Type) Application Constance L. Harbert, Chair Jim Sheehan, Director WCHA 7.Signature .) Authorized Representative 8. Date 9. Phone No. 10. Fax No. � 03/30/98 (970) 356-4000 (970) 392-1791 b b: b 'C r Y g eatitStinaranitigetaiThtereanirlreMaon.‘.‘nda, v.: 11. Municipality/County 12. Nonprofit 13. Federal I.D. No. Weld County 14. SERVICE AREA 84-6000813 15. POPULATION . Weld County, Colorado 131,821 16. PROJECT DESCRIPTION&ACTIVITIES Weld County has administered the Emergency Shelter Grant Program for the past six years. Four local agencies serve as the delivery system for homeless services: Greeley Transitional House A Woman's Place, Inc. Catholic Charities, Inc. Greeley Housing Authority (Continued Attachment A) Mn .P `. x.`g$( 'zn. •`• e ' ' stgeaV' 'w�"a eer. a°ct .. R s'0.°. W4 LINE ITEMS 18. Operations 19. Essential Services 20.Homeless 21.Other Prevention (Administration) Direct Staffing $2,000 Utilities/Phone 13,442 Supplies 3.000 Tnauranra 3,121 Repair/Maintencance 5,250 Case Management $9,265 Security Deposits 1 ,500 22.SUBTOTAL $26,813 $10,765 $5,000 $2,000 (See Attachment B) 23.TOTAL REQUEST�w+.. $26,813 _ ?3 urce :R c₹xr., `ca' �.3.3 R `.�4"%u �m`e�f�'3sx'.^ a c3`Y"F''c' `r 8cr`lS nn +%�`::'�.� .,.. '• ;fl:'_ ..,, ' �g' ?3z �"W'a2kV'L ..awe � Source . . �xx ' e:...:> . :.,. .`'I,i.:..,F'w'�.'r..<.:.re8f� Weld County Amount City of Greeley $7 0 0 ;078 United Way $ FEMA 28,000 13,380 Total $53,958 SliyA7tl�{ IfAI'/\( u n1jJ1 ,0 ..a>• r r;.:.rxa.ri;;; 's:: � �, BG'.�} I.;. {r�� n-z. �I£e5 s :1 . 25. BEDS end.Melons) ,ar�xs4l:raz'r� x '� O `; 9r ''�'% ,'.a:3 v rxs0Ekr %... s k 2 0 gzslt 2 0 20 26.SLEEPING ROOMS 27.TOTAL FAMILIES SERVED 6 6 28.TOTAL PERSONS IN FAMILIES 70 80 29.TOTAL INDIVIDUALS SERVED - - ______21.5 6 40 2 4 25 30. SHELTER NIGHTS tse.•ubvcrton papal 4000 c 31. MEALS SERVED - a • e re 0 CLIENT PARTICIPATION REPO a rx , rprjt { REPORT e xi a tl£ � £�i35zctr +S 3ixi��% 3'g si i. a q pit .n :i:ni ^ �'Fu,.wa..t�w �`:pa..w•,° '.a�x .,.sl.iSTIk .tarw:•t,.�tt ,i ; 'LC^�..if£ �" �` ro veetni 0 0 o 0 34 Odw volunteer Howe 0 0 0 H CONTINUUM OF®E/SER®ORDINATION 6640 6000 x = " fly �e�iTs yTI ,! <g3.. a cam,: ilks✓z.+ . 36. framitionamousinil_______IIMINIMIEnnallINIMMIN R Inde• nazmarl housin. „ -WC Housing A IIIIIIIIMMI ao. aoth g - Salvation Arm •, - MINIONME IIIIIIIIIIIIIII Seventh Da A. The bus IIIIIIIIIIIIII liaalillillIll 43. Daycare _ 44. Substance Abuse Counseling 45.Psychological ° ` • Island Groves IMMIlli 46. Employment • WC Pro Bono UNC Coun. Ct , 47 LHeSkills/BudgeUrq Job Service Local Tem. A•ennallIMIM 48. Educational. Right To Read Consumer .Ctr. Right To Read anallillillni 49.Assistance w/Penn.housing 50. Medicaltreatmem iimmimmmmm.___IlanlINTIMINII WC Housing A. ellIMIIIIIIII 51.Forms Assistance - • WC Health De IMIIIIIIIMIIZCMMIIIII52 Other __ k3 .f;Flrliallirill { .. n' Fgs3a�`TSs`eF`fii€ ,"es?ss� -,a .7s i. 53 Utility Assistance �'"' €z t1?SksJ `�"{ 3 f: te°k �vI� " Et ss 3 r... :. 54. Security Deposit ° " t -• • it local Churches MINIMIIIIIIIIIIIIMINIMENrill i5. Back rent 6. Back Mortgage Paymems i 7. Other Innovative Services (specify) ., ---■(1)Services provided by your agency mark with an X. (2)All Service Providers which you have written agreements with mark with an *, 2 SHELTER REPORT " . .f' ara .^M�'H,i? a": t� k:'�i4'St rss}r •. '' .qC 81t ' . M a 25. BEDS fret Lentil ;.R� ". . -.; `�.. �.�a.,.,.� � ''*.> 22 beds 22 beds 22 beds 26. SLEEPING ROOMS 6 • 6 627. TOTAL FAMILJES SERVED 57 60 62 28. TOTAL PERSONS IN FAMILIES 29. TOTAL PERSONS INDIVIDUALS IS SERVED �' 192 IMME 177 186 192 6098 6250 6350 31. MEALS SERVEDMier � ' '• ' 'wn-No statistics Provide Supple. CLIENT PARTICIPATION REPORT ��I�r�'Fl"nce.�.rar,K«y�y„F, ^°"n'f�"S'"7tt^<i" 1�' reg.. x va {y Y -m�ey�ntary Foods) k f�i 3 l b' .0 f < f75;i3:'i 2 ? 1 ' '4Y A \ ✓.y' 0`�3VY.'113 • .i•Y` 4..yrnmvf"b�+� Y » ?t`X grati— EL 0' mac':S 669 780 780 . � EIIMZMNIIIINNENEEIIMMIMNE 4300 4300 3s. Ott VVaunts*,Hours H Other 5203 5200 5200 CONTINUUM OF CARE/SERVICE COORDINATION n r krs. .� AT.,11A y+.. .{y,e$ �3 ° t aad� # y e 2 ,,,r p .....0 l n S .� . b a.. ik .. .du E `Tf,>Try a�. o Y SY- 35' Emer'e shelter IMMINEMEMIMINIMIN • w G. H. A . * * W, C . H . A . o IIIIIINIIIIIII O W. C . H.A . * Private*Vendo . s m m Salvation Army 40. clowrq '.omen United * h day*Adventf sts 'rivate donors If funds allow X Cit of Greeletailiall s3. Daycare MIMENIEVIIIIII W. C . D . S . S . Private Vendo s Island Grove North Ran:e Behavioral Healt h{Qrth Ran.e Beha ioral�Health Private Vendor . •b r vices � ��lYl a •the Private onsumer Cred • t * E. O. C. * Right-To-Read* W. C . H. A - ©dicine onfort , ' Sunrise clinic 52.OLLw Parenting/TANIIF/Food stamps W.C.D.S.S. 1111111 .."1:..1jn ,>�r., l'LN' s`•; x s ? kF[I`.'�svn� .�,. 1111111 56. Seca.n y Deposit Malnillal 55. Back rent alai= 56. Back Mortgage Payments 57. Other Innovative Services(speedy) III Services provided by your agency mark with an X. l2I All Service Providers which you have written agreements with mark with an *. 2 9"n 505 ta i.<a rva5CF.Fs 2fs x..' ,� RI aXS ' a' aisa e . a.... • A'def sY 25. BEDS row.twin.tu 40 40 40 26. SLEEPING ROOMS 5 5 5 27.TOTAL FAMILIES SERVED 88 88 88 28.TOTAL PERSONS IN FAMILIES -� '�ri0 350 , 29. TOTAL INDIVIDUALS SERVED 1 ,123 1 , 000 1 , 000 — 30.SHELTER NIGHTS tsae Imuvction caa.i _11 , 719 , 10 ,000 _10 , 000 31. MEALS SERVED 25 , 920 20 , 000 20 , 000 CLIENT PARTICIPATION REPORT irAr n'Smi Yfas.F.c.r r:�i:� rz d:. i£ dt`.�A xY ," w a :Y '3' x' "T �kx7�xri n 5 4 i:&,•tc t S 3`s . xFa ; " Y, ' er•4, 3'�yPfig, 7; 3..'.• �`%, ,e r, .; yy..�. . ra...i '..w 'J..C..... „a.....,:.74,-,. .,.,.;.y xr.+..Sy:. v1SiM�'S^.�S yu 5�<„ ' � )��.:R�fi1.: 32. Paid hrs. 0 0 0 P rt 33. Unpaid hrs. 11 , 000 11 , 000 I 1 , 000 0 34.Other Volunteer Hours 6 , 000 6 , 000 6 , 000 H. CONTINUUM OF CARE/SERVICE COORDINATION ten, m H 35. Emergency Shelter Information and Referral X CCN * WIRS * AWP r Il 36.Transitional Housing * GTH m 37. Permanent Housing (with services) x CC PI * GTHo rt rt 38. Permanent Housing (without services) * WITS m 39. Soup kitchen rt * SA O 40. Clothing x CCN * CW Clothing BK 41.Transportation 42. Case Management X CCN * 0TH * AWP 43. Daycare * WIRS 44.Substance Abuse Counseling * Island Grow 45. Psychological * NRBS * UNC 46. Employment X CCN * Job Service 47.Life Skills/Budgeting x CCN * CCC C 48.Educational * Right to Re d 49.Assistance w/Perm.housing X Cm; * WIRS * GTH 50. Medical treatment * Sunrise CL * Chn Clinic 51. Forms Assistance v CCPS 52. Other Food/meals x CC'S * Food Bank NI 53. Utility Assistance * WIRS * Red Cross 54. Security Deposit 55. Back rent 56. Back Mortgage Payments 57.Other Innovative Services(specify) i ' (1)Services provided by your agency mark with an X. (2) All Service Providers which you have written agreements with mark with an *. 2 9`'0505 Management Capacity Weld County has coordinated the Emergency Shelter Grants Program since 1991. The program is administered through Weld County Department of Social Services. Judy Griego, Director of Weld County Department of Social Services is responsible for the overall administration of the Emergency Shelter Grants Program, while Jim Sheehan, Director of Weld County Housing Authority, is responsible for the day-to-day program support. Activities of the program are conducted by the shelter and homeless service providers. (Continued Attachment C) Extent and Urgency of Need A Woman's Place A Womans Place provides safe shelter for women and their children who are endanger due to domestic violence, The women who come to A Womans Place need support services to break the cycle of violence in their lives. Many do not have good support systems or cannot become self sufficient while in an abusive relationship. They need comprehensive services, such as those provided by A Womans Place, to get out. A Womans Place is the only agency that offers these services to battered women and their children in Weld County (Continued Attachment D) Project Impact A Woman's Place With ESG funding, A Woman's Place can continue to provide a safe place for women and their children. and continue to provide the support services needed to end the abuse cycle in their family system and become self sufficient. It is the case management services and support that provide the opportunity for women in an abusive situation to break out of the abusive cycle and move toward self sufficiency. In 1997, 39 women out of 82 sheltered found new living situations. (Continued Attachment E) 3 9.°'4V05 EMERGENCY SHELTER GRANTS PROGRAM ASSURANCES AND CERTIFICATIONS Constance L. Harbert, Chair (name of chief elected official or appropriate non-profit signatory) of Weld County, Colorado (town,city,county or nonprofit organization) which is applying to the State of Colorado for funding through the Emergency Shelter Grant Program from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), hereby assures and certifies that: Amounts awarded under this program will used only for these purposes: 1. Assist in the prevention of homelessness. 2. Renovate, rehabilitate, expand or convert (but not acquire) facilities for use as homeless shelters. 3. Assist in supporting the essential operating costs of shelters. 4. Assist in improving the quality of supportive services to the homeless. Projects will not require participation in religious services, as a condition for receiving assistance. All projects funded will develop and administer, in good faith, a policy designed to ensure the shelter is free from the illegal use, possession or distribution of DRUGS and ALCOHOL by 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. 99'0505 The building standards requirement of 24 CFR 576.75. The requirements of 24 CFR 576.77, concerning assistance to the homeless. The requirements of 24 CFR 576.79, other appropriate provisions of 24 CFR Part 576, and other applicable Federal law concerning nondiscrimination and equal opportunity. The requirements of 24 CFR 576.80 concerning minimizing the displacement of persons, as a result of a project assisted with these funds. The requirements of 24 CFR 576.80 concerning the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Acquisition Policies Act of 1970. The requirement of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (Public Law 101-625, November 28, 19900 contained in Section 832(e)(2)(C) that grantees develop and implement procedures the ensure the confidentiality of records pertaining to any individual provided family violence prevention or treatment services under any project assisted "under the Emergency Shelter Grants Program" will, except with written authorization of the person or persons responsible for the operation of such shelter, not be made public." The requirement that local government will comply with the provisions of and regulations and procedures applicable under section 104(g) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 with respect to the environmental review responsibilities under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and related authorities, as specified in 24 CFR Part 58, and as applicable to activities of nonprofit organizations. The requirement that no Federal appropriated funds have been paid, by or on behalf of the local government or nonprofit organization, to any person for influencing or attempting to influence an officer or employee of any agency, a Member of Congress, an officer or employee of Congress, or an employee of a Member of Congress in connection with the awarding of any Federal loan, the entering into of any cooperative agreement, and modification of any Federal contract, grant, loan or cooperative agreement. The requirement that if any funds, other than Federal appropriated funds have been paid or will be paid to any person for influencing or attempting to influence an officer or employee of any agency, a member of Congress, an officer or employee of Congress, or an employee of a Member of Congress in connection with this Federal contract, grant, loan or cooperative agreement, the local 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. Constance L. Harbert, Chair / (� (Name and Title) �-'ice-2 e--�� %� 03/30/98 Signature Date 9°9505 CERTIFICATION OF CONSISTENCY WITH CONSOLIDATED PLAN I, Terrie McKellar , authorized to act on behalf of city of Greeley certifies that the activities proposed by Weld County are consistent with the Consolidated Plan submitted on 02-15-95 and approved by the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development on 03-15-95 444,t.0 227C4? -ea2J Signature Community Development Specialist Title March 25, 1996 Date 9°0505 Attachment A PROJECT DESCRIPTION(CONTINUED) The 1998 ESG program will address three activities: 1. Operating Costs 2. Essential Services 3. Homeless Prevention Each of the four Shelter/Homeless service providers operate separate programs serving distinct population groups. Below is a summary of the projects to be conducted for the 1998/99 ESG program for Weld County: Greeley Housing Authority Greeley Housing Authority is requesting ESG funds for Homeless Prevention. Limited emergency financial assistance to 25 households needing a one time assistance with rent or mortgage delinquency in order to avert homelessness . Catholic Charities/Northern Catholic Charities/Northern is requesting ESG funds for Operation Costs associated with the Guadalupe Center and for Essential Services. Guadalupe Center is a forty bed shelter providing short term, emergency overnight services for homeless families, single males and single females. Clients are provided with a place to sleep, evening and morning meals, hygiene supplies, shower and laundry facilities, information and referral and family casemanagement services. Funds will be used to defray the costs associated with the operation of the Guadalupe Center. Casemanagement services are provided to promote self sufficiency for families. For families that do not follow through on their case management goals, will be expected to find alternative housing after seven days. Greeley Transitional House Greeley Transitional House is requesting ESG funds for Operation Costs, and Essential Services Operating Costs 4"f505 Two-thousand dollars is requested to provide staffing for shelter. This amount would cover a portion of the resident manager's salary This shelter is a twenty-four hour operation and with the reductions in other areas of funding, it is necessary to request funds in this area. The operational funds requested for repair and maintenance, utilities, telephone, supplies and equipment and insurance represent 37% of GTH's budget and is the same as the previous year. Essential Services The Greeley Transitional House is applying for threeur support needs within the area of essential services. Those are case management, transportation for client families to and from work, and security deposits. In the area of case management, GTH is applying for $3,500 to provide this service to client families, in coordinating and advocating for services that are necessary for a family to be come self-sufficient. This also includes providing assistance in obtaining permanent affordable housing. Case management is a very significant component of service delivery. Greeley Transitional House can accomplish much in 30-45 days to alleviate the immediate crisis, but that does not allow sufficient time to affect long term change and prevet homelessness from reoccurring again. Often familes return to the same environment and fragmented support system which attributed initially to their homelessness; without intervention in this envirornment, all factors which led to their homelessness are still present and the cycle may very well begin again. By creating a case management support system, these families will not fall through the cracks of the system. Research supports the view that social supports enhance the health and well being of families and prevent homelessness (Bassuk et al., 1990) Clients have difficulties in obtaining resources as well as completing the proper documentation to access these resources. Many times the barrier to becoming self- sufficient is the inability to access the necessary resources to attain stability and productivity. Case management will be provide the tool to overcome this barrier. The absence of transportation is many times a stumbling block in one being able to attain a base line level of self-sufficiency. Funding for this project would eliminate a barrier to self- sufficiency for client families. Currently, no funding is available for gas vouchers to families served by the Greeley Transitional House. Funding through the Emergency Shelter Grant Program would allow families to utilize their own mode of transportation and overcome this barrier. Many families are able to afford the first month's rent but are unable to save enough for the security deposit. By being able to provide a level of assistance with security deposits, we will be able to reduce the average length of stay in the emergency shelter as well as eliminate another barrier to self-sufficiency. A Woman's Place, Inc. A Woman's Place provides emergency safe housing, food and support services to women and their children who are homeless as a result of being a victim of domestic violence. A Woman's Place is the only shelter in Weld County that provides these services to abused women and their children who are homeless because of domestic violence. ESG funding will enhance their ability to provide effective domestic violence related services to the people of Weld County A Woman's Place is requesting funds for Operation Costs and Essential Services. Operating cost funding will help defray utility costs, insurance for the shelter and repairs/maintenance. Essential services will help to support case management of clients which are provided safe housing. Attachment B Project Budget Line Items Operations Essential Services Homeless Other Administration Prevention Transportation I I $1,500 Subtotal $1,500 Attachment C Management Capacity (Continued) A Woman's Place The case manager is the key position for this project. Her responsibilities are 1. crisis intervention counselling 2. intake 3. assessment of needs 4. follow up on goals and self sufficiency plan 5. appropriate referrals 6. client assistance on transitional skills and self esteem She is bilingual and provides assistance for Spanish speaking clients Greeley Housing Authority The Housing Authority of the City of Greeley currently manages under contract with the Department of Housing and Urban Development, a Section 8 Tenant based permanent renal assistance program and a public Housing Program. The Section 8 program consists of 286 Certificates and 95 Vouchers. The Public Housing program consists of 86 units under contract with HUD. The Greeley Housing Authority is rated by HUD as a Standard Performer. Staff experience ranges from 18years to less than one year. The Greeley Housing Authority manages the the Federal Emergency Management Agency emergency reanal assistance funds provided through United Way of Weld County. 1. The Intake Specialist for the rental assistance program has four years experience and currently is the intake Specialist for the FEMA rental assistance program. This individual will be supervised by the Executive Director. All assistance payments will be approved by the Executive Director. 2. There are no outstanding audit findings at this time. 3. The effectiveness of this program will be measured by the individuals who are assisted and do not later need to apply for permanent housing assistance due to being homeless. 5. The Housing Authority works closely with the Greeley Transitional House, Catholic Charities Northern and the Woman's Place and other social service agencies to place their clients in permanent housing. 6. The Housing Authority receives an average of 100 requests for assisatcne per month. Of these requests, 25 to 40 percent are either homelss or about to be homeless. All clinets are referred to either the Greeley Transitional House, Catholic Charitites or A Woman's 9"050►5 Place, whichever agency is the most appropriate. 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 1997, 85% of our client families secured affordable permanent housing. Ninety-six percent of our families secured permanent employment and 100% are currently working towards their GED, higher educational degrees and/or are enrolled in a vocational education program. 90% of our families are enrolled in the follow-up program and have maintain both stability and self-sufficiency. During eleven years of its existence, The Greeley Transitional House has developed and implemented many successful projects and received support and recognition locally, statewide and nationally. In fact, The Greeley Transitional House was selected to be a national demonstration project for providing emergency shelter and supportive services to homeless families. The Greeley Transitional House has eleven years of experience working with Federal funding. Currently all staff have extensive knowledge of and interaction with the homeless population and have established relationships with both The Greeley Transitional House and social service agencies in Weld County. In addition each staff member consistently has demonstrated exceptional capacity to perform the administrative, managerial, and operational functioning necessary to successful development and operation of this project. The staff includes: Executive director,( Linda S. Akers), a professional social worker holding a Masters in Social Work, Bachelors of Arts in Family Studies with two minors; business administration and developmental psychology and an Associate of Arts in Early Childhood Education with 22 years of experience in human services; eight of those years in management of non-profit agencies, primarily with agencies serving the indigent. She has been the executive director of this organization for the past six years. Previously worked for five years at A Woman's Place serving women and children in domestic violence environments as well as development and implementation of programs. Previous to this position, she developed and implemented a child/parent program for parents and children at risk within Larimer County. She has also worked extensively with parents who have been found guilty of child abuse, providing individual counseling and parent education classes. Also within this framework, she developed and executed a research project measuring the effectiveness of parenting classes in terms of reducing child abuse. She also has extensive background working with the elderly providing assessments and direct services. She has also developed and implemented a crisis line on the campus of the University of Northern Colorado and owned and operated her own preschool/day care program. She serves on the Weld County Homeless Task Force and demonstrated extensively her commitment to empowerment, dignity and respect for q"l}2f5 human beings. Deb DeBoutez, assistant director, holds a Bachelor of Arts in Family Studies. Deborah has extensive background with a variety of agencies serving a diverse target population with many needs. Deborah has been a VISTA volunteer worker. In this capacity she was responsible for promoting agency services to the community with an emphasis on recruiting volunteers and fund raising. Deborah demonstrates extensively her commitment to empowerment of both individuals and families. Laura Ulmer, follow-up services coordinator holds a Bachelors of Arts in Elementary Education with an emphasis in Social Science from the University of Northern Colorado. Laura has an extensive background working with families at high risk and in poverty. Although this is a career change for Laura, her skills from her educational background have been an exceptional fit. These skills include crisis intervention, advocacy and assessments. Laura is also trained in stress reduction techniques and effective problem-solving. Laura is committed to working with individuals who are committed to helping themselves. Catholic Charities The agency has operated Guadalupe Shelter since 1987 and has operated a shelter in Larimer County since 1985. The agency Executive Director, who reports to a 21 member Board of Directors, is responsible for operation of 10 programs of the agency in Weld and Larimer Counties. Supervisor Shelter Services supervises the administration of the two shelters for Catholic Charitites and has been with the agency for three and a half years. The Weld County Director has overseen shelter project since 1987, does budgeting, secures revenues, maintains records and supervises program coordinator. Full time program coordinator is responsible for day to day operation of shelter including maintenance, management of supplies, supervision of night staff, supervision of volunteers, provision of Information & Referral, and daily records. He has held this position for six months. Three part time night shelter workers rotate 12 hour shifts. They are responsible for overseeing client activity, serving food, cleaning, assist with registration, distribute supplies, maintaining inventory, respond to emergencies. They have held the positions from I to 4 years. Case Manager provides case management services for families and singles in shelter (four months with the agency) a n5n5 Management Capacity Weld County has coordinated the Emergency Shelter Grants Program since 1991. The program is administered through Weld County Department of Social Services. Judy Griego, Director of Weld County Department of Social Services is responsible for the overall administration of the Emergency Shelter Grants Program, while Jim Sheehan, Director of Weld County Housing Authority, is responsible for the day-to-day program support. Activities of the program are conducted by the shelter and homeless service providers. (Continued Attachment C) ?"0505 Attachment D Extent and Urgency of Need Greeley Housing Authority The geographic area to served consists of all of Weld County. Without funding through the ESG program, Greeley Housing Authority will not be able to provide rental assistance to the twenty five families which are faced with homelessness due to eviction or foreclosure. Greeley Transitional House The Greeley Transitional has observed a significant increase in the number of homeless families turned way due to lack of space. In 1995, sixty-three families were turn away because of this factor. Although the number of families served has decreased slightly, this is not an indicator that the need has decreased. Currently, families are staying longer in the shelters due to the severe shortage of affordable housing. This factor hinders our ability to serve the current need. We have currently been awarded a Federal Supportive Housing grant. With these monies we are anticipating a decrease in the average length of stay thus increasing our ability to serve the increasing need and decrease the number of turn-aways. Catholic Charities In 1997, Guadalupe Center provided 11,719 nights of shelter and 23,438 meals for 1,111 homeless people. This included 889 adults and 222 children. In 1997, 193 people were turned away from the shelter due to lack of space. ESG represents approximately 10 percent of the operation budget for the shelter. Without this funding Catholic Charities would be required to reduce services and jeopardize the continuation of this valuable community service Attachment E Project Impact (Continued) Greeley Housing Authority This project will accomplish the following: 1. Rental/Mortgage assistance to at least 25 qualified applicants. 2. Refer all clients to Consumer Counselling Services of Northern Colorado 3. Provide other referrals to client based on individual needs. Greeley Transitional House The Greeley Transitional House can do much in 30 -45 days to alleviate the immediate crisis, but that does not allow sufficient time to affect long term change. It is imperative that families have a supportive and encouraging environment when they leave GTH and move into permanent housing. Often these families return to the same environment and fragmented support system which attributed initially to their homelessness; without intervention in this environment, all the factors which led to their homelessness are still present and the cycle may very well begin again. Research supports the view that social supports enhance the health and well-being of children and women, and the lack of social supports contributes to many problems including family homelessness (Bassuk et al., 1990). The goal of this project is to empower families to attain their maximum level of self- sufficiency as they move from the Greeley Transitional House into permanent housing and prevent them from falling into the same cycle of homelessness again and again. This goal will be accomplished in the following manner: 1) Facilitate a minimum of 35 adult head of household in life skills group issues of self esteem, self awareness, stability, responsibility, budget counseling and other educational topics related to self-sufficiency; 2) Provide follow- up case management for a minimum of 42 families completing the initial 30-45 day emergency program. Case management will involve the establishment of a trusting, collaborative relationship, information and referral, psychosocial support and encouragement, assessment of needs, goal setting and advocacy. Utilize all community agencies and resources to aid in support of the enrolled family. The progression from crisis management to self-sufficiency is accomplished through an intensive case management program in which residents participate in setting realistic immediate and long range goals. Residents must be active participants in finding employment, participating in training programs, and pursuing affordable housing. Resident progress is monitored by case workers who encourage and support residents in accomplishing their goals. GTH has also implemented a follow-up case management program to continue to work with these families once they have left the initial 30-45 day program. In 1997, 85% of the resident families secured affordable housing and 100% secured employment or training by the time they left the initial program. In 1997, 5988 nights of shelter was provided the Greeley Transitional House. This number represents 53 families totaling 162 individuals. Of those 162 individuals, 64 were adults and 98 were children. The primary goals for 1998 include obtaining 90% of residents will be able to secure affordable housing, and striving, over the next three years, to aim for a 95% success rate in working toward affordable housing placement for residents. In addition, we definitely want to maintain the 100% success rate of our residents families securing employment and/or training by the time they complete the initial 30-45 day program. The follow-up case management program has served 303 families since its inception October 1990. The following statistics represent the success of the program: 88% of the families were self-sufficient, stable and not on any assistance programs. 12% of the families were on some type of assistance program but stable and working towards being self-sufficient and removing self from assistance programs. This continues to be a very important component of The Greeley Transitional House delivery of service. GTH can do much in 30-45 days to alleviate the immediate crisis, but that does not allow sufficient time to affect long term change. It is imperative that families have a supportive and encouraging environment once they leave the initial program and move into permanent housing. Often families return to the same environment and fragmented support system which attributed initially to their homelessness. Without intervention and prevention all the factors which led to their homelessness are still present and the cycle may very well begin again. The support network of the homeless families needs to be restructured and rebuilt. The follow-up case management family support system helps to empower the families to attain and maintain their maximum level of self-sufficiency. Needless to say this remains a priority program at GTH aimed at prevention. The children's room was completed in 1991 and has proven to be a very positive asset to The Greeley Transitional House programs. As of August 16, 1993, GTH secured finding from the Hasbro Children's Foundation as well as several local contributions and was able to develop and implement a children's program. Funding was secured through state monies and the program has expanded to a full-time children/adolescent program. The goal of this program is to provide the much needed support in the short term and help the children and youth coping skills to affect the long term change and stop the cycle that causes dependency in the future. As summarized from above the program will be evaluated through a variety of specific short and long range percentage goals regarding the homeless population served. These goals guide the process daily at GTH. The long range funding goals for GTH include a specific target for revenues and support over the next three years. This includes a three year goal to stabilize and further secure the funding of the programs. 3yr.long range United Way 16% Federal Funds 23% Foundation Support 30% Local Contributions 20% Fund-Raisers 11% The Greeley Transitional House.anticipates the current funding trends over the long term with the goal of securing a realistic balance to maintain a healthy financial foundation. Catholic Charities Catholic Charities will provide 12,000 nights of shelter and 26,000 meals for 1,200 homeless people. This will include 110 families. 30 families will be served through the Catholic Charities case management program assisting them in transitioning into the community and becoming self sufficient Substitute or Request for Taxpayer Identification W'S Number (TIN) Verification Do NOT send to IRS PRINT OR TYPE RETURN TO ADDRESS BELOW Name Weld County, Colorado Second Name (ONLY IF Doing Business as(DBA)) Address P.O. 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