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ANNUAL REPORT: 2012
The Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Commission held four regular
meetings which included three public hearings, and six special Competitive Process-
related meetings during 2012. The Commission had no corresponding work sessions
with City Council. The public hearings were held to solicit comments on the community
development and affordable housing needs of the city. These comments were used to
guide decisions concerning the allocation of CDBG, HOME, the City’s Affordable
Housing Fund (AHF) and Human Services Program (HSP) monies during the next
program year. The regular and special meetings were held to review the Spring and
Fall Competitive Process applications for community development and affordable
housing proposals, and to monitor progress of the CDBG and HOME Programs, as well
as the use of AHF and HSP dollars.
One meeting held at a special time contained a joint segment with the Affordable
Housing Board to learn more about and discuss the Analysis of Impediments to Fair
Housing Choice (the “AI”).
The Commission provided recommendations to City Council concerning the expenditure
of the City’s FY 2012 CDBG and HOME entitlement grants, as well as the City’s AHF
and HSP monies. Keep Fort Collins Great (KFCG) dollars, approved by voters through
a tax increase measure in November 2010, were used for human services programs.
Not all proposals submitted for the Spring cycle were funded, especially in the
Public/Human Services category, where the requests for funding exceeded available
funding. All revenue streams (CDBG, HOME, AHF, HSP, KFCG), as well as Program
Income (money returned to programs) and miscellaneous carryover revenues, are
included in the funding amounts listed below:
Spring Cycle Funding Totals Fall Cycle Funding Totals
CDBG $ 1,073,914 CDBG $ 750,000
HSP $ 389,601 HOME $ 776,975
KFCG $ 150,733 AHF $ 143,155*
Total $ 1,614,248 Total $ 1,670,130
*Does not include $50,000 allocated for Bender Mobile Home Park relocation assistance, and $50,000
allocated for a consultant to assist with the Redevelopment Displacement Mitigation Plan.
The projects and programs funded during 2012 were:
♦ Alliance for Suicide Prevention of Larimer County: Outreach Materials
♦ B.A.S.E. Camp: Childcare Scholarships
♦ Boys & Girls Club: After-School and School Break Program
♦ Catholic Charities: Senior Outreach
♦ Catholic Charities: Shelter and Supportive Services
♦ Center for Family Outreach: Low-Income Youth Scholarships
♦ ChildSafe Colorado: Child Abuse Treatment Program
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♦ City of Fort Collins: CDBG Program Administration
♦ City of Fort Collins: HOME Program Administration
♦ City of Fort Collins: Home Buyer Assistance Program
♦ Colorado Health Network d/b/a Northern Colorado AIDS Project (NCAP):
Client Services
♦ Crossroads Safehouse: Advocacy Program
♦ Disabled Resource Services (DRS): Access to Independence Program
♦ Disabled Resource Services (DRS): Robertson Building Purchase
♦ Education & Life Training Center (ELTC): JobReady Program
♦ Elderhaus: Mindset Therapy Center Activity Programs
♦ Family Center: Childcare Scholarships
♦ Fort Collins Housing Authority (FCHA): Supportive Housing Development
♦ Fort Collins Housing Authority (FCHA): Tenant Based Rental Assistance
♦ Food Bank for Larimer County: Kids Café Program
♦ Homelessness Prevention Initiative (HPI): Emergency Rent Assistance
♦ Housing Authority of the City of Loveland: Larimer Home Improvement Program
♦ Matthews House: Transition Program
♦ Neighbor to Neighbor: Emergency Rent Assistance
♦ Neighbor to Neighbor: Housing Counseling
♦ Project Self-Sufficiency (PSS): Services for Single Parent Families
♦ Rehabilitation & Visiting Nurse Assn (RVNA): Home Health Care Scholarships
♦ Respite Care: Childcare Scholarship
♦ Respite Care: Youth Programming Area Basement Conversion
♦ Sexual Assault Victim Advocates (SAVA): Capital Campaign
♦ Teaching Tree: Childcare Scholarships
♦ Touchstone Health Partners: Community Dual Disorders Treatment Program
♦ Touchstone Health Partners: Emergency Mental Health Services
♦ Turning Point: Crisis Intervention Program
♦ Turning Point: Wheelchair Accessibility
♦ Villages, Ltd.: RLS Property Acquisition
♦ Volunteers of America (VOA): Nutrition Services
♦ Women’s Resource Center (WRC): Dental Connections Program