HomeMy WebLinkAbout3/01/2023 Item 4d, Veloz-Passalaqua - Staff Agenda CorrespondenceCity of San Luis Obispo, Council Memorandum
City of San Luis Obispo
Human Relations Commission
Staff Agenda Correspondence
DATE: February 27, 2023
TO: Chair and Commissioners
FROM: Nestor Veloz-Passalacqua, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Manager
SUBJECT: ITEM 4d – REVIEW OF HUMAN SERVICES GRANT SUBCOMMITTEE
PRELIMINARY RECOMMENDATIONS
The following pages list the preliminary funding recommendations from the Human
Services Grant Subcommittee.
Human Services Grant Preliminary Recommendations Page 2
City of San Luis Obispo
Organization Project/Program Description of Project/Plan Amount
Requested
Amount
Recommending
5 Cities Homeless
Coalition
Rapid Re-Housing &
Homeless Prevention
Assistance
Collaborating with key agencies throughout the county to
provide housing stabilization service, deposit and rental
assistance to those moving into permanent housing
$10,000 $10,000
Big Brothers Big
Sisters
Community and Site
Based Mentoring for
Vulnerable Youth
Support 85 at-risk children and youth and 50 high school
Bigs receiving leadership skills. $15,000 $5,000
City Farm
2024 Youth
Empowerment
Program
In the Summer of 2024, YEP will provide 1,500 individual
instruction hours to 38 teens. 5,000 pounds of produce
will be delivered to the SLO Food Bank
$15,000 $15,000
Community
Action
Partnership
CAPSLO Homeless
Prevention Services
CAPSLO provides emergency financial assistance to
residents in households in the City of SLO that are at risk of
being evicted and need help with a rental payment
$10,000 $10,000
Community
Action
Partnership
CAPSLO SAFE
Grant funds will be used to support a portion of a full -time
SAFE Family Advocate, who will provide services to SLCUSD
homeless students’ families and unaccompanied youth in
the City of SLO when school is not in session
$10,000 $5,000
Court Appointed
Special Advocates
General CASA
Program Support Will partially cover rental fees for CASA office $7,500 $0
Dignified Hope
Care Community
Services
Senior Caregiving
Funds will be used to pay for the implementation of
outpatient caregiving that will work in cooperation with
existing hospitals and home health agencies
$20,000 $0
Diversity Coalition Diversity Education
2 aspects to project - 1) Local Storytelling, a partnership
with SLO Tribune; 2) School Speaker Program, bringing
speakers to schools
$5,000 $0
Human Services Grant Preliminary Recommendations Page 3
Organization Project/Program Description of Project/Plan Amount
Requested
Amount
Recommending
Family Care
Network, Inc.
General Operating
Support
Funds would be used for the clinical social workers and
case managers and the youth/families who utilize services,
along with costs related to transportation, housing, food,
clothing, education, and etc.
$10,000 $5,000
Food Bank No-Cook Bags for
Homeless Residents
Funds will- be used to purchase food for No-cook bags that
will help the needs of unsheltered individuals $12,000 $6,000
Hospice of SLO
County Caregiver Support
Funds will be used for Caregiver Support program, which
offers a variety of services to help keep home caregivers
healthy and well
$20,000 $10,000
Literacy for Life Literacy Program
Funds will be used to cover costs of volunteer tutors,
materials for clients, and other literacy activities for
children, parents and families
$5,000 $5,000
Long Term Care
Ombudsman
Services of SLO
County
Ombudsman Services
Funds will be used to cover costs of providing homeless
prevention for seniors and disabled adults residing in long
term care facilities
$4,000 $2,500
Lumina Alliance Emergency Shelter
Operating Support
Funds to support general operating costs with emphasis
on emergency shelter and transitional housing program,
and necessary repair costs associated with shelter and
housing units
$15,000 $5,000
Mission
Headstrong
Mission Headstrong
Seed Money and
Autism Personal
Training Program
2 aspects to project - 1) Seed Money; and 2) Autism
Personal Training certification for coaches and certify two
staff for further training to future staff and other local
gyms
$52,500 $0
Human Services Grant Preliminary Recommendations Page 4
Organization Project/Program Description of Project/Plan Amount
Requested
Amount
Recommending
One Cool Earth Garden-based
Nutrition Education
Evidence-based practices to create school gardens,
improve student health, academic performance and
general well-being
$7,000 $3,500
People's Self Help
Housing
Supportive Housing
Program for Low -
Income Households
Funding for the SHP clinical social services and case
management, developing wrap-around services for
residents
$25,000 $0
Restorative
Partners Opportunity to Fund
Emergecy funds for aid with rent, mandated courses, I-9
documents, and other living expenses. Additionally, will
supplement delays in federal and state funding.
$16,094 $10,000
San Luis Obispo
Child
Development
Center
Child and Family Play
Therapy
Funds would support professional therapy team offering
child, family, group counseling, and individual rehab to all
children on site
$20,000 $0
San Luis Obispo
Climate Coalition
Empowering Diverse
Communities in
Climate Action
Project will provide outreach efforts and resources to
those disproportionately affect marginalized communities,
including low-income households and people of color
$5,000 $0
San Luis Obispo
Committee for
Education on
Alcoholism, dba
Middlehouse
Grant for Alumni
Housing
Grant would contribute to supplement housing expenses
for qualified individuals (Alumni Housing) $5,000 $5,000
San Luis Obispo
Committee for
Education on
Alcoholism, dba
Middlehouse
Grant for Client
Housing
Grant would contribute to supplement housing expenses
for qualified individuals (Client Housing) $3,200 $3,200
Human Services Grant Preliminary Recommendations Page 5
Organization Project/Program Description of Project/Plan Amount
Requested
Amount
Recommending
San Luis Obispo
Legal Assistance
Foundation
Senior Legal Services
Project
Funding to continue serving SLO seniors in need of help
with legal issues $10,000 $7,000
Senior Angels of
the Central Coast
Senior / Disabled
Adult Wish Program
Grant will be distributed to qualified seniors requesting
assistance with food, rent, utilities, clothing, and other
functions
$10,000 $0
Senior Nutrition
Program/Meals
that Connect
Meals that Connect Allow to continue to provide robust support for the
healthy aging of our growing population of seniors in SLO $10,000 $10,000
Shower the
People Shower the People Maintain and keep current shower program operational at
sites in the City of SLO $20,000 $20,000
Smart Share
Housing
Solutions, Inc.
Affordable housing
production:
homeshares, ADUs,
THOWs and micro
village Waterman
Village
Will create housing by assisting providers with unused
bedrooms in choosing a suitable, screened housemate,
and establishing a homeshare arrangement
$11,820 $8,400
Tolosa Children's
Dental Center Healthy Smiles To cover a portion of the cost to retain professional staff $20,000 $0
United Way 211 SLO County
Free, confidential 211 calls and text messages are
answered by knowledgeable, bilingual contact specialists
who provide 24-hour referrals and support to those in
need of health and human services
$15,000 $4,400
TOTAL $384,245 $150,000