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File Number: 23-182 over 8% from last year’s amount (from $747,498 to $808,949). The FY 2023-2024 HOME funding amount decreased almost 3% from last year ’s pro-rata share from $231,786 to $225,239. HOME funds are available for general administration and affordable housing activities. Up to $13,670 (of the $225,239) will be allocated to administration of HOME funds by City staff. The City shall allocate the remaining $211,569 available in HOME funds to the acquisition and rehabilitation of the Nimitz Motel (Lewelling Shelter) for use as an interim shelter and drop-in navigation center for San Leandro residents experiencing chronic homelessness, as well as for relocation costs for eligible residents. Analysis Below is a summary of the proposed FY 2023-2024 CDBG funding allocations by funding category as shown in Attachment B. Public Services The City issued the Two-Year FY 2023-2025 Community Assistance Grant Program (CAP) and CDBG Public Services Request for Proposals in early December 2022 and applications were due January 16, 2023. CAP public services are funded from an annual allocation of City General Fund monies ($160,000 for FY 2023-2025), and CDBG funds (statutorily capped at 15% of the total CDBG annual entitlement grant plus prior year program income for public services). There was no program income this year. There is a total of $121,342 in funding available from CDBG for Public Services grants in FY 2023-2024 ($808,949 x 15%). The City’s Human Services Commission (HSC) met on April 4, 2023 to make funding recommendations to City Council. The Human Services Department and Housing Division staff also evaluated the applications and provided their recommendations for HSC to consider (see Attachment E). The Housing Division recommended that four nonprofit agencies receive CDBG funding: Davis Street Family Resource Center, Spectrum Community Services, SOS Meals on Wheels and CALICO. The Housing Division based their recommendations on the review of 1) the application submittals for FY23-25, 2) past performance of existing recipients (including quarterly reports, meeting of goals, and timeliness of billing and reports, 3) funding requests of the applicants, and 4) priority needs identified in both the City Human Services Gap Analysis (October 2017) and the recently updated HUD Five-Year Consolidated Plan for FY 2020-2024. The City’s Human Service Department also submitted their recommendations to the HSC, but only for how CAP grant applicants should be funded. Because HUD is only concerned with CDBG-funded activities in the City’s Annual Action Plan, CAP funded public service programs are not included in this staff report and will be brought forward to City Council by the Human Services Department separately. The HSC recommended to City Council the following CDBG Public Service grant funding allocations for FY 2023-2024: ·CALICO (Child Abuse, Listening, Interviewing, and Coordination) - Building Resiliency: Family Support Services for Abused Children Program ($22,000); ·Davis Street Family Resource Center - Basic Needs and Family Counseling Services Page 2 City of San Leandro Printed on 4/26/2023