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File Number: 13-099 <br />The proposed CDBG-funded activities in the FY 2013-2014 Annual Action Plan fall into the <br />following eligible categories: Public Services, Public Facilities, Housing Activities , and General <br />Administration. <br />In accordance with HUD regulations, the City will commit no more than 15% (or $84,110) of its <br />annual CDBG allocation (plus the estimated CDBG generated program income from the <br />current fiscal year) toward Public Services. The City issued a Community Assistance Grant <br />Program (CAP) Request for Funding Proposal (RFP) in November 2012 to award two-year <br />grants through FY 2013-2015 (July 1, 2013 through June 30, 2015). Similarly since 2010, the <br />City anticipates that it will be unable to allocate local General Funds to the CAP Program , and <br />as a result, the CAP Program is again anticipated to be funded solely with CDBG funds . <br />The Human Services Commission (HSC) and staff reviewed and updated the RFP’s funding <br />criteria in order to most effectively target the limited CDBG funding resources towards the <br />City’s most critical basic needs , which the HSC identified as food, shelter, mental health and <br />health care. The following were added to the existing funding criteria of the CAP Program : <br />·A CAP Program recipient will receive a minimum grant of $10,000 ($5,000 was the <br />previous minimum award amount). <br />·Agencies will be limited to submitting only one (1) grant application (previously <br />agencies that provide multiple services and programs were awarded with multiple <br />grants). <br />·A fresh look at funding will be considered (historical funding was previously used as a <br />funding criterion). <br />·A program’s sources of funding will be considered (other funding sources were <br />previously not used as a funding criterion). <br />HSC made final funding recommendations on February 26, 2013, approving CDBG grants for <br />public services for two (2) years, with the stipulation that CDBG grants are subject to change if <br />HUD increases or decreases the CDBG entitlement grant from the prior year. Per the HSC’s <br />recommendation, the following non-profits were awarded CAP funding for FY 2013-2014 as <br />well as for the next fiscal year, 2014-2015: <br />·Child Abuse Listening , Interviewing and Coordination Center (CALICO) - $10,000 <br />·Davis Street Family Resource Center - Basic Needs Program - $40,000 <br />·Family Emergency Shelter Coalition (FESCO) - $10,000 <br />·SOS/Meals on Wheels - Senior Support Services - $14,000 <br />·Spectrum Community Services - $10,000 <br />CALICO, FESCO, and Spectrum Community Services are new CAP grantees . Girls, Inc., <br />Safe Alternative to Violent Environment (SAVE), and ECHO Housing Rental Assistance <br />Program, which received CAP funding in the last 2-year funding cycle in FY 2010-2012, were <br />not selected to receive funding. In addition, Building Futures with Women & Children, which <br />operates the San Leandro Shelter, and ECHO Housing Tenant-Landlord Counseling, both of <br />which have historically received CDBG CAP funds , will now receive General Funds <br />designated for affordable housing activities . These allocations from the General Fund will be <br />cost neutral. <br />Page 3 City of San Leandro Printed on 3/26/2013