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Home My WebLink About25B - AGMT - ALLOCATION ESG FUNDS REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION ~g CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: APRIL 1, 2013 TITLE: APPROVED ? As Recommended ALLOCATION OF FY 2013-2014 ? As Amended ? Ordinance on 1" Reading EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS GRANT FUNDS ? Ordinance on 2nd Reading ? Implementing Resolution ? Set Public Hearing For CONTINUED TO FILE NUMBER CITY MANAGER RECOMMENDED ACTION 1. Approve the proposed FY 2013-2014 Emergency Solutions Grant Program. 2. Approve the proposed contingency plan for the Fiscal Year 2013-2014 Emergency Solutions Grant Program. 3. 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. COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION At its regular meeting on March 19, 2013, by a vote of 7:0 the Community Redevelopment and Housing Commission recommended that the City Council: 1) approve the proposed FY 2013-2014 Emergency Solutions Grant Program, 2) approve the proposed contingency plan for the Fiscal Year 2013-2014 Emergency Solutions Grant Program, 3) 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. 25B-1 Allocation of FY 2013-2014 ESG Funds April 1, 2013 Page 2 In November 2012, a Notice of Funding Availability was mailed to 48 non-profit providers soliciting applications for FY 2013-2014 grant funding. Additionally, a notice was published in the Orange County Register. Twenty-five proposals were submitted from 18 organizations with funding requests totaling over $1,225,000. The City is estimating to receive $538,354 of which $40,350 will be used for administration of the program. On February 6, 2013, 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 2013-2014 is provided in Exhibit 1. Twenty-one of the 25 proposals are being recommended for funding. The four organizations that received the lowest average rating were not recommended. The City has yet to receive information from the U.S. Department of HUD on the amount of ESG funds to be awarded for FY 2013-2014. Therefore, staff has proposed the following contingency plan. Each application that has been recommended for funding shall be increased or decreased by a proportionate amount of the difference between the anticipated grant amount and the actual grant amount while still remaining within the statutory caps per category. No recommended application shall be reduced to an amount below $10,000 nor increased to an amount above the requested amount. Additionally any unallocated FY 2012-2013 funds shall be redistributed in the same manner. FISCAL IMPACT ESG funds will be available in the Emergency Solutions Grant account (no. 13518785-various). APPROVED AS TO FUNDS AND ACCOUNTS: Nancy T. wards Francisco Gutierrez Interim Ex utive Director Executive Director Community Development Agency Finance & Management Services Agency NTE/FH/kg Exhibit: 1. ESG Recommendations 25B-2 ESG Recommendations Average Score • Grant Name Activity Type Grant Request 30 Max- Recommendation Grandma's House of Hope Rapid Re-Housing $ 25.000.00 25.75 $ 15,200.00 Grandma's House of Hope Shelter-Domestic Violence $ 25.000.00 28.25 $ 20,200.00 Human Options Shelter-Domestic Violence $ 20 000.00 26.5 $ 15,200.00 Illumination Foundation Rapid Re-Housing $ 60.000.00 24 $ 18,900.00 Interval House Rapid Re-Housing $ 100,000.00 26.25 $ 40,400.00 Interval House Shelter-Domestic Violence $ 40,000.00 26 $ 27 300 00 JC Center, Inc Homeless Prevention $ 369.148.00 275 $ - Laura's House Shelter-Domestic Violence $ 15,000.00 27.25 $ 14,100.00 Legal Aid Society of OC Shelter-Legal Assistance $ 12,000.00 25.75 $ 10,100.00 Mercy House Homeless Prevention $ 40.000.00 24.75 $ 19,700.00 Mercy House Rapid Re-Housing $ 40.000.00 25.5 $ 30,300.00 Mercy House Shelter-Emergency $ 45,000.00 _ 27.5 $ 40,400.00 Mercy House Shelter-Transitional $ 40.00.00 25 $ 24,600.00 OC Mental Health Street Outreach $ 30,000.00 25.5 $ 19,304.00 Public Law Center Homeless Prevention $ 40 000.00 25 $ 30,300.00 Santa Ana Police Dept. Street Outreach $ 5.000.00 29 $ 35,000.00 Serve the People Street Outreach $ 50.000.00 0 $ - SMEDA Homeless Prevention $ 60.800.00 24 $ 29,200.00 The Villa Center, Inc Shelter-Transitional $ 15.000.00 24.75 $ 10,100.00 Thomas House Shelter-Transitional $ 18.100.00 27 $ 15,200.00 Veterans First Shelter-Emergency $ 25.000.00 18 $ WISEPIace Homeless Prevention $ 25.000.00 22.5 $ - WISEPlace Rapid Re-Housing $ 20 000.00 23.25 $ 20,000.00 WISEPlace Shelter-Transitional $ 32,000.00 25.75 $ 20.200.00 WTLC Shelter-Domestic Violence $ 44,500.00 28.25 $ 32,300.00 Sub-Grantee Total $ 488,004.00 Outreach $ 54,304.00 Shelter $ 229,700.00 Homelessness Prevention $ 79,200.00 Rapid Rer::using s 124,800.00 HMIS $ 10,000.00 Administration $ 40,350.00 Total $ 538,354.00 Estimated Grant $ 538,354.00 Under / (Over) $ - Exhibit 1 25B-3 25B-4