CC 2018-04-10_08a City Manager ItemCITY MANAGER/DIRECTOR REPORT:
8.a. Request for Discussion and Direction to Staff to Prepare a Letter
to the County of San Luis Obispo in Support of the 5Cities
Homeless Coalition’s Request for Reconsideration of the
Community Development Block Grant Allocations in the 2018
Action Plan Draft Allocations as it Relates to Funding for South
County Homeless Services
Supporting documentation attached.
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TBRA - Tenant-Based Rental Assistance - HOME FUNDS
$0 funding is being recommended
Through the Supportive Housing Consortium, of which 5CHC is a member, our clients have benefited significantly through the
TBRA program. We have been able to leverage dollars using TBRA when other funds have not been available. This is an
important source for rapid re-housing dollars, used countywide.
As your recommendation for funding the ESG Rapid Re-Housing Program is remaining flat from 2017, the loss of TBRA
funding will have an additional net affect of reducing resources available to residents in South County.
OTHER IMPACTS TO SOUTH COUNTY HOMELESS SERVICES PROGRAMS
There are two program changes in 2018 that will have significant impact to services available to South County residents -
resulting in roughly a $500,000 decrease in South County services in 2018.
1) Klaproad Rapid Re-Housing Program: Through a grant from the Community Foundation, 5CHC has provided Rapid Re-
Housing services for the past 2 1/2 years, $800,000. This program was only available to families and individuals who were
homeless, and became homeless living in South County. More than 200 families benefited from this program. 99 families
were permanently housed through case management, deposit and rental assistance; with 95% maintaining their housing since
the program inception. Funding for this program, provided through a bequest to the Community Foundation, was exhausted on
Dec. 31, 2017.
2) CAPSLO South County Case Management Program: For the past several years CAPSLO provided a homeless case
management program in Grover Beach. Funding for this $200,000 program was cut mid-year 2017 due to changes in HUD
priorities, and the program has been discontinued. The net affect has been a significant reduction of case management
services for those who are homeless in South County.
RECONSIDERATION OF THE RECOMMENDED GRANT ALLOCATIONS
CDBG recommendation of $25,000 for subsistence payments for eviction prevention and deposit assistance:
Please consider an increase to the $37,000 requested. 5CHC successfully managed a pilot program in Grover Beach in 2017
for this program. Currently a similar application has been submitted through the City of Grover Beach to continue this program
for Grover Beach residents through 2020. 5CHC is seeking to expand this program for services in the Urban County, as one
means of maintaining the services that will no longer be supported through the Klaproad Rapid Re-Housing Program.
General Fund Grant Request:
As the primary provider of homeless services in South County, which encompasses more than 1/3 of the County's homeless
population, 5CHC is seeking funding though the General Fund to augment rapid re-housing services with financial literacy;
case management; street outreach and engagement (including homeless youth outreach); benefits counseling (SSI, SSDI,
MediCal, DSS); respite care for medically fragile and substance abuse treatment (contracting with Good Samaritan Shelter);
and assistance for immediate needs. Since moving to our new offices in May, we are now seeing over 300 visits per month, in
addition to phone traffic. About ¼ of these visitors have not sought services with 5CHC previously. Of the $75,000 requested,
for which no funding is recommended, we would ask specifically for reconsideration of three areas of our proposal. In these
three areas in particular costs currently exceed dedicated resources, or in the case of detox services there is no other funding
source for the program which is regularly requested.
• Engagement and Outreach (incl Information & Referral) $7,500
• Coordinated Entry: $5,000
• Social Model Detox Services: $10,000
Thank you for your time and reconsideration,
Michael Byrd
Board President
5Cities Homeless Coalition
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From: SLO County Planning and Building Department <actionplan@co.slo.ca.us>
Date: Fri, Feb 23, 2018 at 5:21 PM
Subject: 2018 Action Plan - Revised Draft Recommendations
To: janna.nichols@5chc.org
T e D f 2 1 Ac o P a a d C mm n y Pa c a on an e e n c ns e d o p o a b t e B a d f u e v o s p 1 h
2018 Action Plan - Revised Draft Recommendations
During the 30-day review period, staff received a comment letter from Peoples Self
Help Housing (PSHH) and Housing Authority of San Luis Obispo (HASLO)
agreeing to an alternative proposal. To support HASLO in applying for tax credits
in March 2018, staff is issuing revised draft funding recommendations reflecting the
proposed change.
This is informational only and will not start a new formal public comment period;
although members of the public are free to submit comments any time up until April
17, 2018.
Staff’s December 21, 2017 funding recommendations would allocate $300,000 in
CDBG funds to PSSH’s Templeton Place II project. In the letter PSSH requested
staff revise the recommendations to allocate these funds to HASLO’s Courtyard at
the Meadows project instead. As part of this plan, PSSH’s Templeton Place II
would receive an equivalent amount from HASLO through the Project Based
Section 8 program. Staff supports this change since it would be mutually beneficial
for both non-profits and would fund the same projects in staff’s original
recommendations.
This revised recommendation gives HASLO the documentation needed to make an
application to the California Tax Credit Allocation Committee by the March 16,
2018 deadline, with the understanding that the final allocation is subject to Board
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#2018 Action Plan (AP) Projects CDBG
Draft Arroyo
Grande Atascadero Morro
Bay Paso Robles Pismo
Beach
City of San
Luis Obispo
Co. of San Luis
Obispo
H01 Courtyard at the Meadows (HASLO)$288,847 $300,000 $292,500
H02 Templeton Place II (PSHHC)$300,000 $292,500
H03 Elm Street Housing Rehab (FCNI)$58,000
H04 Minor Home Repair (CAPSLO)$23,194 $59,000
$58,000 $0 $0 $0 $23,194 $288,847 $359,000 $585,000 $0 $0
PS05 40 Prado (CAPSLO)$66,657 $44,000 $87,000 $143,700
PS06 Adult Day Center - (CAPSLO)$10,986
PS07 Homeless Shelter - (ECHO)$11,167 $11,986 $25,000 $60,300
PS08 Drug/alcohol abuse counseling and relapse
prevention - Lifestyles $9,986
PS09 Youth Activities Scholarship - Atascadero
Community Services Foundation $10,000
PS10 Homeless Prevention, Rapid Re-Housing,
Subsistence payments and street outreach (5CHC)$7,294 $4,000 $25,000 $58,000
11*Transitional Food and Shelter (TFS)$14,000
$7,294 $21,167 $0 $32,958 $4,000 $66,657 $94,000 $0 $145,000 $218,000
PF12 Traffic Way ADA Ramps –
City of Atascadero $149,838
PF13 Oak Park Creek ADA Curb Ramps –
City of Paso Robles $142,816
$0 $149,838 $0 $142,816 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
Subtotal Public Services
Public Facilities
Subtotal Public Facilities
HOME ESG
General
Fund
(HSOC)
Housing
Subtotal Housing
Public Services
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