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HUMAN SERVICES AND HOUSING FUNDING BOARD
ANNUAL REPORT: 2021
The Human Services and Housing Funding Board met a total of ten times during 2021. Eight
were regular meetings and two were special Competitive Process-related meetings. One
funding cycle was conducted in the spring.
The Board held three evening meetings during the spring cycle to discuss the merits of the
housing and human service grant proposals, and to determine funding recommendations to
Council. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, all meetings were conducted in a remote/online setting.
During the regular meetings, the Board reviewed the funding process and discussed the status
of some grantees. Learning Series presentations were hosted in 2021 and included visits from
City staff regarding the City’s affordable housing priorities, the new Housing Strategic Plan, legal
issues pertaining to serving on a City Board, as well as a presentation from the City’s Equity &
Inclusion Coordinator. The Board also voted on a slate of funding proposals in February to
award CVRF CV Round 2 federal stimulus funds to eligible programs in Fort Collins. Council
Liaison, Tricia Canonico, joined the Board meeting in November to discuss issues of interest to
the Board.
The City’s ‘Reimagining Boards & Commissions’ was completed this year, and the Human
Services & Housing Funding Board became the new, official name of the group, replacing the
CDBG Commission name. Additional updates and revisions were also made to the Board’s
anchor language in the City Code.
The Board provided recommendations to City Council as to the allocation of the City’s FY21
CDBG and HOME entitlement grants, CDBG and HOME program income, AHF and HSP funds.
Funding requests for human services were greater than available dollars so not all proposals
submitted were funded. Adequate funding for the affordable housing projects was available,
and all eligible projects therefore were fully funded.
FY2021 FUNDING REQUESTS BY CATEGORY
Category Number of
Applications
Available
Funding
Requested
Funding
Available - Request
Difference
Administration - CDBG * $ 228,879 $ 228,879 $ 0
Administration - HOME * $ 72,521 $ 72,521 $ 0
Housing 4 $ 3,186,394 $ 2,700,000 + $ 486,394
Human Services 45 $ 1,101,656 $ 1,944,435 - $ 842,779
Totals 49 $ 4,589,450 $ 4,945,835 - $ 356,385
The projects and programs funded during 2021 were:
HOUSING
• Mercy Housing: North Field Affordable
• Neighbor to Neighbor: Coachlight Plaza Rehabilitation
• Neighbor to Neighbor: Phase 1 Apartment Rehab
• Villages Ltd – Housing Catalyst: Village on Bryan Renovation
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HUMAN SERVICES
• A Little Help: A Little Help in Fort Collins
• Boys & Girls Clubs: Boys & Girls Clubs of Larimer County
• CASA Program: Court Appointed Special Advocates
• CASA Program: Harmony House Supervised Visitation Center
• Catholic Charities: Senior Services
• Catholic Charities: The Mission Shelter
• Children’s Speech & Reading Center: CSPC Programs
• ChildSafe Colorado: Child Abuse Treatment Program
• Crossroads Safehouse: Advocacy & Support
• Disabled Resource Services: Access to Independence
• Elderhaus Adult Day Program: Elderhau Adult Day Program
• Ensight Skills Center: Low Vision Rehabilitation Program
• Family Housing Network: FHN Shelter Program
• Food Bank for Larimer County: Kids Café
• Homeward Alliance: Family Services Programs
• Homeward Alliance: Murphy Center Programs
• La Cocina: Grupito FAVITAS
• Larimer County Partners: YouthMentoring
• Meals on Wheels for Fort Collins: Meal Delivery Program
• Neighbor to Neighbor: Homelessness Prevention Programs
• Plan de Salud del Valle: Access to Integrated Primary Care Services
• Poudre School District: PSD After 3 Program for Title I Schools
• Project Self-Sufficiency: Project Self-Sufficiency
• Respite Care: Childcare Scholarships
• SAVA Center: Sexual Assault Victim Services
• SAVA Center: Prevention Education
• SummitStone Health Partners: Community Behavioral Health Treatment Program
• SummitStone Health Partners: Imperative Mental Health Services at the Murphy Center
• Teaching Tree Early Childhood Learning Center: Childcare Scholarships
• The Family Center/La Familia: Early Childhood Education & Family Support Services
• The Matthews House: Youth & Family Center
• The Quarter Project: GEMS/GSAS/STEM Femmes Programs
• The Salvation Army: Rent & Utility Assistance
• Turning Point Center for Youth and Family Development: Crisis Intervention Services
• United Way of Larimer County: Childcare Scholarship Fund
• United Way of Weld County: Coordinated Assessment & Housing Placement System
• Voices Carry Child Advocacy Center: Child Abuse Response Services
• Volunteers of America: Handyman Program
• Volunteers of America: Home Delivered Meal Service