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Home My WebLink About25A - ALLOCATION OF FY 2012-2013 EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS GRANT FUNDS AND SECOND INSTALLMENT OF TY2011-2012 EMERG SOLUTIONS GRANT FUNDREQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: MARCH 19, 2012 TITLE: ALLOCATION OF FY 2012-2013 EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS GRANT FUNDS AND SECOND INSTALLMENT OF FY 2011- 2012 EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS GRANT FUNDS ? ?"L L----:: CITY MANAGER RECOMMENDED ACTION CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: APPROVED ? As Recommended ? As Amended ? Ordinance on 1" Reading ? Ordinance on 2nd Reading ? Implementing Resolution ? Set Public Hearing For_ CONTINUED TO FILE NUMBER 1. Approve the proposed FY 2012-2013 Emergency Solutions Grant Program, which includes the second installment of FY 2011-2012 Emergency Solutions Grant Funds. 2. Direct the City Attorney to prepare and authorize the City Manager and the Clerk of the Council to execute agreements with non-profit agencies and/or sub-recipients awarded funds as part of the approved program, subject to non-substantive changes approved by the City Manager and City Attorney. DISCUSSION The Homeless Emergency Assistance and Rapid Transition to Housing Act of 2009 (HEARTH Act), enacted into law on May 20, 2009, consolidates three of the separate homeless assistance programs administered by HUD under the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act into a single grant program, and revises the Emergency Shelter Grants program and renames it as the Emergency Solutions Grants (ESG) program. This interim rule revises the regulations for the Emergency Shelter Grants program by establishing the regulations for the Emergency Solutions Grants program, which replaces the Emergency Shelter Grants program. The change in the program's name, from Emergency Shelter Grants to Emergency Solutions Grants, reflects the change in the program's focus from addressing the needs of homeless people in emergency or transitional shelters to assisting people to quickly regain stability in permanent housing after experiencing a housing crisis and/or homelessness. For FY 2011-2012, the City received a total of $471,714 in ESG funds, which was provided in two installments. HUD divided the allocation into two installments to allow entitlement communities to continue providing services until regulations governing the new ESG program could be created. 25A-1 Allocation of FY 2012-2013 ESG Funds March 19, 2012 Page 2 The City has already allocated $297,635.84 from the first installment and of the FY 2011-2012 allocation. The recommendations for the remaining balance of $174,078.16 is combined with the FY 2012-2013 allocation of $538,354 to comprise the FY 2012-2013 proposed ESG program. In January 2012, a Notice of Funding Availability was mailed to 50 non-profit providers soliciting applications for FY 2012-2013 grant funding. Additionally, a notice was published in the Orange County Register, La Opinion and Nguoi Viet News. Twenty-seven proposals were submitted from 18 organizations with funding requests totaling $1,035,360. On March 1, 2012, an ad hoc committee (comprised of two commissioners from the Community Redevelopment and Housing Commission, one representative from the Orange County's Community Services-Homelessness Prevention Department and one City staff member) conducted applicant interviews to rate and rank the proposals using the following criteria: 1) community need, 2) capacity to provide service, and 3) effective and efficient use of funds. A list of the agencies submitting proposals, type of program, grant amount requested, the evaluation panel average rating, and the recommended funding for FY 2012-2013 is provided in Exhibit 1. Twenty-four of the 27 proposals are being recommended for funding. The two organizations that received the lowest average rating were not recommended as well as an organization whose proposed activity was at a level where it was not cost-effective for the City to administer. FISCAL IMPACT ESG funds will be available in the Emergency Solutions Grant account (no. 13518785-various). Nancy T. Ee Interim Exe Director Community Development Agency CJN/NTE/FH/mlr Exhibit: 1. ESG Recommendations APPROVED AS TO FUNDS AND ACCOUNTS: Francisco Gutierrez t?sA Executive Director Finance & Management Services Agency 25A-2 2012-2013 EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS GRANT Name Activity Type Grant Request Average Kating (Max 30) ina Recommendation Boat People SOS Homeless Prevention $ 50,000.00 10 $ _ Grandma's House of Hope Rapid Re-Housing $ 25 000.00 16 $ 20,000.00 Grandma's House of Hope Shelter-Domestic Violence $ 15,000.00 18 $ 12,900.00 Human Options Shelter-Domestic Violence $ 20,000.00 18.25 $ 15,100.00 Illumination Foundation Street Outreach $ 30,000.00 17.25 $ 20,000.00 Illumination Foundation Rapid Re-Housing $ 50,000.00 16.25 $ 40,000.00 Interval House Rapid Re-Housing $ 100,000.00 16 $ 40,000.00 Interval House Shelter-Domestic Violence $ 40,000.00 21 $ 27,000.00 Laura's House Shelter-Domestic Violence $ 15,000.00 21.75 $ 12,000.00 Legal Aid Shelter-Legal $ 20,000.00 19.75 $ 10,100.00 Mercy House Homeless Prevention $ 30,000.00 18 $ 30,000.00 Mercy House Rapid Re-Housing $ 30,000.00 19 $ 30,000.00 Mercy House Shelter-Emergency $ 60,000.00 22.25 $ 45,000.00 Mercy House Shelter-Transitional $ 73,500.00 20 $ 30,000.00 OC Mental Health Street Outreach $ 30,000.00 22.5 $ 25,000.00 Public Law Center Homeless Prevention $ 80,000.00 18.75 $ 40,000.00 Santa Ana Police Dept. Street Outreach $ 72,000.00 21.25 $ 35,000.00 Share Our Selves SMEDA SMEDA Homeless Prevention Homeless Prevention Street Outreach $ $ $ 75,000.00 40,960.00 2,400.00 17.75 19.5 20 $ $ $ 42,793.01 40,960.00 - The Villa Center Thomas House Veterans First Shelter-Transitional Shelter-Transitional Rapid Re-Housing $ $ $ 15,000.00 17,000.00 25,000.00 21.75 19.75 12.25 $ $ $ 10,100.00 15,100.00 _ WISEPIace WISEPIace WISEPIace WTLC City of Santa Ana Homeless Prevention Rapid Re-Housing Shelter-Transitional Shelter-Domestic Violence Administration $ $ $ $ $ 25,000.00 20,000.00 30,000.00 44,500.00 60,679.15 16.75 17 20 22.75 $ $ $ $ $ 25,000.00 20,000.00 26,200.00 39,500.00 60,679.15 Total Request $ 1,096,039.15 Total Recommendation $ 712,432.16 FY 2011-2012 Funds Available $ 174,078.16 FY 2012-2013 Funds Available $ 538,354.00 Total Funds Available $ 712,432.16 215??3 25A-4