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RE: APPROVE 1999 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 1999 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 Weld County Housing Authority, 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 Housing Authority Board, that the 1999 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 Weld County Housing Authority, 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 26th day of April, A.D., 1999.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
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ATTEST:
Dale K. Hall, Chair
Weld County Clerk to - :.-
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FINAL APPROVAL FOR THE 1999 EMERGENCY SHELTER GRANT APPLICATION
The housing authority is submitting the 1999 Emergency Shelter Grant Application to the board
for final approval.
990905
April 23 , 1999
To the Board of Commissionors :
Per your request, here are the break down of funding requests
included in the Weld County ESG Grant .
Catholic Charities $16, 500 . 00
Catholic Charities (rent ass. ) 5, 000 . 00
Greeley Transitional House 14, 105 . 00
Womens Place 7, 078 . 00
WCHA Adminstration 2 , 000 . 00
Total $44, 683 . 00
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WELD COUNTY
EMERGENCY
SHELTER
GRANT
APPLICATION
1999
TABLE OF CONTENTS
SECTION
APPLICANT FORMS
ASSURANCES AND CERTIFICATIONS IT
CERTIFICATION OF CONSISTENCY WITH CONSOLIDATED PLAN ITT
ATTACHMENTS
PROJECT DESCRIPTION CONTINUATION A
PROJECT BUDGET CONTINUATION B
MANAGEMENT CAPACITY CONTINUATION C
EXTENT AND URGENCY OF NEED CONTINUATION D
PROJECT IMPACT CONTINUATION E
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F° • Application for Colorado Division of Housing • .
• EMERGENCY SHELTER GRANT ASSISTANCE 1999
1.APPLICANT(Name and Address) 2. PROJECT NO.
Weld County
P.O.Box A 3. Amount Requested 4. Date Received
Greeley, CO 80632 44,683
5. Name and Title of Local Elected Official or Authorized Agency Representative 6.Name/Title of Contact Person for
(Please Type) Application
Dale K Hall Tom Teixeira Director WCHA
7. . nature of Authorized R resentative 8. Date (Q.SI1,4/9Q) 9. Phone No. 10. Fax No.
03/31/99 (970)353-7437 (970)353-8248
TYPE OF.ORGANIZATION
11. Municipality/County 12. Nonprofit 13. Federal J.9. No,
000813
Weld County
14.SERVICE AREA 15. POPULATION
Weld County Colorado 168,000 est
16. PROJECT DESCRIPTION &ACTIVITIES
Weld County has admistred the Emergancy Shelter Program for the past several
years. The local agencies serve as the delivery system for homeless services.
Greeley Transitional House
A Woman's Place
Catholic Charties, Inc
17.PROJECT BUDGET
LINE ITEMS 18. Operations 19. Essential Services 20. Homeless 21.Other
Prevention (Administration)
Direct Staffing 2,000
Utilities Phone 12,047
Supplies 3,000
Insurance 3.121
Repair Maintence 5,250
Case Management 9,265
Security 2,000
22.SUBTOTAL 25,418 11,265 5,000 2,000
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23.TOTAL REQUEST ~ 25,418 12,265 5,000 2,000
24.PROJECT MATCH
Source Amount
Weld County 7,078
City of Greeley 10,000
United Way 22,105
FEMA 13,000
Total 52,183
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MANAGEMENT CAPACITY. List key staff positions, responsibilities, and experience related to this
project.
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 Emergency Shelter Grants Program, while Thomas Teixeira, Director of Weld
County Housing Authority, is responsible for the day-to-day program support.
Activities of the progam are conducted by the shelter and homeless service providers.
(Continued Attachment C)
EXTENT AND URGENCY OF NEED
Describe the extent and urgency of need for shelter and services to be provided.
A Woman's Place provides safe shelter for women and their children who are endanger
due to domestic violence. The women who come to A Woman 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 com-
prehensive services, such as those provided by A Woman Place, to get out. A Woman
Place is the only agency that offers these services to battered women and their
children in Weld County.
(Continued Attachment I))
PROJECT IMPACT
What impacf'de youtiexpect'to-have Ton identified needs if you receive ESP funding?
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 man-
agement 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
199 4 4.1 women out. of 89 sheltered .found new li_vi.ng situations. •
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(Continued Attachment E)
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SHELTER REPORT
SHELTER CHARACTERISTICS 1997-98 Actual 1998-99 Projection 1999-00 Projection
25. BEDS (inci.basineis) 20 2D 20
26. SLEEPING ROOMS
5 5 5
27. TOTAL FAMILIES SERVED 73
7 fLn
28. TOTAL PERSONS IN FAMILIES 214
220 225
29. TOTAL INDIVIDUALS SERVED 70 24 25
30. SHELTER NIGHTS (See instruction page) 4009 400Q 4100
31. MEALS SERVED
CLIENT PARTICIPATION REPORT
1997-98 Actual 1998-99 Projection 1999-0O Projection
32. Paid hrs. _ 0 0 0
33. Unpaid hrs. 0 0 1- 0
34.Other Volunteer Hours R7c�9 X50 8000 8500
CONTINUUM OF CARE/SERVICE COORDINATION
SHELTER /SUPPORTIVE SERVICES SERVICES PROVIDERS
35. Emergency Shelter Information and Referral X WIRS a
36. Transitional Housing
Grly Trans. Howse
37. Permanent Housing(with services) W
Grly. Ctr. T dependence
38. Permanent Housing (without services) to
Grly. Housing, WC Housing
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39. Soup kitchen Salvation Arm /CCN p~i
0
40. Clothing X ;o
SPVPnth Ina Adventist/CEN
41. Transportation X CCN C)
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42. Case Management X
43. Daycare X
44. Substance Abuse Counseling ARC Island Gr ve •
45.Psychological North Range WC Bono UNC CDunseling
46.Employment
Job Services ocal Temp. Monfort/others
47. Life Skills/Budgeting Right To Read Consumer Credit
48. Educational
Right to Read Aims/UNC c.a.r.e.
49. Assistance w/Perm.housing
Grly Trans./ C Housing/Gil Housing
50. Medical treatment Sunrise WC He ith Depart. NC 7C Salud
51. Forms Assistance
x WtRS/CCN
52. Other ;
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•PREVENTIVE SERVICES • "
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53. Utility Assistance
AM_ RPd Crnss LEAP CCN
54. Security Deposit
55. Back rent WIRS /CCN
56. Back Mortgage Payments WTRS /CCN `
57. Other Innovative Services (specify) I d
(1) Services provided by your agency mark with an X. (2) All Service Providers which you have written agreements with mark with an
SHELTER REPORT
SHELTER CHARACTERISTICS 1997-98 Actual 1998-99 Projection 1999-00 Projection
25. BEDS (incl.basinetsl _ 22 beds 22 beds 22 beds
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26. SLEEPING ROOMS 6 6 6
27. TOTAL FAMILIES SERVED 60 62 62 •
28. TOTAL PERSONS IN FAMILIES 1R h 192 192
29. TOTAL INDIVIDUALS SERVED 186 192 192
30. SHELTER NIGHTS(See instruction page) 6250 6350 6350
31. MEALS SERVED Clients prepare own - No statistics. 1
CLIENT PARTICIPATION REPORT
1997-98 Actual 1998-99 Projection 1999-00 Projection
32. Paid hrs. 765 780 780
33. Unpaid hrs. 4205 4300 4300
34. Other Volunteer Hours 4898 4900 4900
CONTINUUM OF CARE/SERVICE COORDINATION
SHELTER /SUPPORTIVE SERVICES SERVICES PROVIDERS
35.Emergency Shelter Information and Referral X *CCSN Salvation Army �
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36. Transitional Housing X CCSN
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37. Permanent Housing(with services) G/W. C. H. A . X f-
r--,
38. Permanent Housing (without services) G/W.C. H. A . *Private Vendors
39.Soup kitchen X Salvation Army _
40. Clothing ..*Women United *7th Day Adventist Private Dc 2
41. Transportation X *C i t y of Greeley `
42. Case Management X
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43.Daycare W. I . R. S. W.C. D. S . S. Private Vendors :�
44.Substance Abuse Counseling Is1And.i Grove North Range Behavioral Healtt'
45.Psychological North Range Behavioral Healt Private Vendor
46.Employment Job Services *Western Staf Private Vendor
47. Life Skills/Budgeting X *Consumer Cre e it
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48. Educational X *E.0.C. *Rightto Read
49.Assistance w/Perm.housing X G. /W. C. H.A.
50. Medical treatment Sunrise Clinic Monfort Clini *NCMC
51. Forms Assistance X W. I . R. S .
52.Other Parenting/TANIF/Food Stamps W.C. D. S . S . *CARE
.PREVENTIVE SERVtQES$ ',. • _ .. . . -
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:53. Utility Assistance X W. I . R .S: Leap
54. Security Deposit X
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55. Back rent X
56. Back Mortgage Payments y
57. Other Innovative Services(specify) N/A
(1) Services provided by your agency mark with an X. (2) All Service Providers which you have written agreements with mark with an _
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SHELTER REPORT
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SHELTER CHARACTERISTICS 1997.98 Actual 1998-99 Projection 1999-00 Projection
25. BEDS (incl.bas.ners) 40 36 36
26. SLEEPING ROOMS
5 5 5
27. TOTAL FAMILIES SERVED 62 70 70
28. TOTAL PERSONS IN FAMILIES 333 350 350
29. TOTAL INDIVIDUALS SERVED 931 1000 1000
30. SHELTER NIGHTS ISee instruction page) 8374 9000 9000
31. MEALS SERVED 20935 22000 22000
CLIENT PARTICIPATION REPORT
1997-98 Actual 1998-99 Projection 1999-00 Projection
32_ Paid hrs. 0 0 0
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33_ Unpaid hrs. _ W 11,000 11,000 11 ,000
34. Other Volunteer Hours 6,000 6,000 6,000
CONTINUUM OF CARE/SERVICE COORDINATION •
SHELTER /SUPPORTIVE SERVICES SERVICES PROVIDERS
35. Emergency Shelter Information and Referral *WIRS *AWP n
X CCN a)
36. Transitional Housing �GT11 m"
— , 0 .
37. Permanent Housing(with services) XCCN ^GTH ice •
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38.Permanent Housing (without services) *WIRS n
39.Soup kitchen SA ,fit
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4O. Clothing X CCN *CW CLOTHING B NK
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41. Transportation
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42. Case Management X CCN *GTH *AWP n
43. Daycare *WIRS
44. Substance Abuse Counseling ISLAND GROVE •
45. Psychological *NRBS * UNC
46. Employment X CCN * JOB SERVICE
47. Life Skills/Budgeting X CCN * CCC
1.8. Educational ^ RICHT TO READ .
19_ Assistance w! Perm. housing X CCN WIRS 'GTH •
iO. Medical treatment • * SUNRISE CLINIC CHILDRENS CLI.I : •
31. Forrtls Assistance - - • X GCN ' •- • '
i2. Other
Food/meals. • X CCN '- FOOD BANK ' !
'REVENTIVE SERVICES
i3. Utility Assistance X CCN .
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i4. Security Deposit
35. Back rent
i6. Sack Mortgage Payments •
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:7. Other Innovative Services (specify)
III Services provided by _...- -- _ --- -- --• ---- .... ----- ;
your agency mark with an X. (? t•) All Service Providers w ,ch you have written a.•recrnent: v,:th :nark .-,;.
EMERGENCY SHELTER GRANTS PROGRAM
• ASSURANCES AND CERTIFICATIONS ' •
Dale K. Hall (name of chief elected official or
appropriate non-profit signatory) of Weld County (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.
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• -The requirements of 24 CAR 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)1v) 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.
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.
Dale V . Hall Chair;-Board of County Commissioners
( ame and Title)
4/91 /99
Signature Date
CERTIFICATION OF CONSISTENCY WITH
CONSOLIDATED PLAN •
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1, 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 and approved by the U.S. Department of Housing &
Urban Development on March 13, 199.6
_fr 4 .JJC 'rXXCY/7)
Signature
Community Development Specialist
Title
March 25, 1996
Date
Attachment A
PROJECT DESCRIPTION(CONTINUED)
The 1999 ESG program will address three activities:
1. Operating Costs
2. Essential Services
3. Homeless Prevention
Each of the three 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:
Catholic Charities/Northern
Catholic Charities/Northern is requesting ESG funds for Homeless Prevention.
Limited emergency financial assistance to 25 to 30 households needing a one time assistance with
rent or mortgage delinquency in order to avert hopelessness .
Catholic Charities/Northem
Catholic Charities/Northern is also 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 case management services. The Homeless Services program focuses on the
needs of chronically hopelessness, the new homeless and those at risk of becoming homeless
Funds will be used to defray the costs associated with the operation of the Guadalupe Center.
Case management 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
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 three 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 prevent hopelessness from reoccurring again.
Often families return to the same environment and fragmented support system which attributed
initially to their hopelessness; without intervention in this environment, all factors which led to
their hopelessness 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 hopelessness (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
l ransportation $1 .000
Subtotal $1,000
Attachment C
Management Capacity (Continued)
A Woman's Place
The case manager is the key position for this project. She has 6.5 years experience in case
management at A Woman's Place and fourteen years experience in the human services field
before hare current position. She is bilingual and bicultural. 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
Catholic Charities/ Northern (Rent Assistance)
This is a new program of Catholic Charities in Weld County. The decision to have Catholic
Charities take on this mission was a result of looking for one agency that could be a one stop
homeless prevention center. Another consideration was the possibility of additional funding from
faith groups. The current Supervisor of the Greeley office of Catholic Charities has 14 years with
the agency. They have been selected by the local FEMA board to administer the emergency rent
assistance funds provided to United Way. A bilingual intake specialist has been hired to accepted
and review applications . This individual coordinated with the Greeley Housing Authority the
1998 find recipient to assure a contium of service and procedures.
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 Fatly Childhood Education with 23 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 seven 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 human beings.
Laura Ulmer, assistant director, 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 beenan 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.
Lori Romo, follow-up case manager, holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Family Studies . Lori
has approximately four years of experience working as a case manager with high risk families.
She is highly committed to the self-sufficiency model and empowers clients to problem solve
independently as well as take responsibility for their life plan.
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 Charities 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 1.5 years and has a BSW degree from Colorado State University. 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 1 to 4 years.
Family Case Manager Coordinator provides case management services for families in the shelter
and up to two years after they leave the shelter. The case manager has 1.5 years with the agency
and has a BSW degree from the University of Kentucky.
Attachment D
Extent and Urgency of Need
Catholic Charities ( rent assistance)
The geographic area to served consists of all of Weld County.
Without funding through the ESG program, Catholic Charities/ Northern will not be able to
provide rental assistance to the twenty five families which are faced with hopelessness 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 1998 we observed a 271% increase in need based on the
number of families who met our criteria but were turned away due to lack of space. The average
stay will increase this year due to a 56% reduction in federal transition housing funds and the fact
that the local Housing Authority is leased with respect to vouchers. We continue to see an
increase in the number of working poor who are unable to secure affordable housing.
Catholic Charities
In 1998. Guadalupe Center provided 8,374 nights of shelter and 20,935. meals for 931 homeless
people. This included 681 adults and 251 children. In 1998, 49 people were turned away from the
shelter due to lack of space, all of these people were members of families , the fastest growing
segment of this population.
Attachment E
Project Impact (Continued)
Greeley Housing Authority
This project will accomplish the following:
1. Rental/Mortgage assistance to at least 25 - 30 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 hopelessness; without intervention in this environment, all the
factors which led to their hopelessness 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
hopelessness(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 hopelessness 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 1998, 88% of the resident families secured affordable housing
and 100% secured employment or training by the time they left the initial program. In 1998, 6674
nights of shelter was provided the Greeley Transitional House. This number represents 51
families totaling 163 individuals. Of those 162 individuals, 63 were adults and 100 were children.
The primary goals for 1999 include obtaining 95%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 356 families since its inception October
1990. The following statistics represent the success of the program:
90% of the families were self-sufficient, stable and not on any assistance programs.
10% 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 hopelessness. Without intervention and prevention all the factors which led to
their hopelessness 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 funding 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.lont
range
United Way 12%
Federal Funds 20%
Foundation Support 23%
Local Contributions 15%
Fund-Raisers 15%
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 9,000 nights of shelter and 22,000 meals for 1,000 homeless
people. This will include 70 families with over 250 children. We project that 60 families will be
served through the Catholic Charities case management program assisting them in transitioning
into the community and becoming self sufficient
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