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Staff Report for Approving Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Agreements for FY 2013-2014 Between the City of San Leandro and CDBG Subrecipients For Public Services Grants
Staffreport
SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Staff recommends that the City Council approve a resolution to enter into six (6) public services grant agreements with the following service providers:
* Child Abuse Listening, Interviewing, and Coordination Center ($13,000);
* Davis Street Family Resource Center ($41,520);
* Family Emergency Shelter Coalition ($13,000);
* Service Opportunities for Seniors, Inc. ($16,900);
* Spectrum Community Services ($13,000); and
* Eden Council for Hope and Opportunity Housing for fair housing services ($10,000).
These CDBG projects were authorized by the City Council on May 6, 2013 in the FY 2013-2014 Consolidated Annual Action Plan.
BACKGROUND
Six organizations providing the public services programs applied for funds under the City's FY 2013-2015 Community Assistance Grant Program (CAP) in January 2013, and with the Human Services Commission's (HSC) recommendation, were approved for funding for FY 2013-2014 and FY 2014-2015 by the City Council on May 6, 2013.
The Council-approved funding recommendations were for projected amounts as the City was still waiting for the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) to provide the City's official CDBG allocation for FY 2013-2014. On May 29, 2013, HUD announced that the City received an increase to its CDBG, rather than the anticipated decrease due to the federal sequestration. The City's $649,471 CDBG allocation for FY 2013-2014 represents a 15.82% increase from last fiscal year's $560,739 allocation. Consequently, the public services agencies will each receive additional funding.
While the HSC's CAP recommendations are for a two-year period (FY 2013-2014 and FY 2014-2015) funding for FY 2014-2015 is dependent upon the City's annual entitlement grant from HUD ...
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