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HomeMy WebLinkAbout07/05/2000, 1 - 2000-01 HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION (HRC) GRANTS-IN-AID FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS MmU council °°��_,_�� j acEnaa Report CITY O F SAN LUIS O B I S P O FROM: Ann Slate,Director of Human Resources&k Prepared By: Jill Sylvain,Human Resources AnalyQ 6 SUBJECT: 2000-01 Human Relations Commission(HRC)Grants-In-Aid Funding Recommendations HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION 1. By motion approve recommendations from the Human Relations Commission for Grants- In-Aid funding for 2000-01 2. Adopt a resolution authorizing staff to develop and execute agreements with each Grants- In-Aid fimding for 2000-01 3. By motion approve the recommendation to grant the Salvation Army any unallocated administrative monies from the Commission's budget and unexpended GIA money from the 1999-00 fiscal year,not to exceed$1,500 CAO RECOMMENDATION Staff agrees with the HRC recommendations,with the following exception: Do not approve the Human Relations Commission recommendation to grant the Salvation Army up to $1500 of administrative monies from the HRC's budget and unexpended GIA money from the 1999-00 fiscal year. DISCUSSION Background The Human Relations Commission (HRC) held a Public Workshop on November 3, 1999 to gather information on the current social needs of the community for the 2000-01 Grants-In-Aid cycle. The Commission had been operating from a list of priorities developed through a 1990 needs assessment and utilized the recommendations generated at the Workshop to update the existing priority list. In addition, at the Commission's October 6, 1999 monthly meeting Ms Janna Nichols, Executive Director of United Way and Carlyn Christensen, Community Representative Volunteer, made a presentation of the results of the recently completed Healthy Communities Survey. The City, through the HRC, had contributed monies to assist in funding the survey to help in identifying high priority social service needs to guide the HRC in the allocation of grant funds. In December of 1999, the HRC began its annual Grants-In-Aid process. Notices advertising the availability of grant monies for local service organizations that provide human and social 1-1 Council Agenda Report—HRC Grants-In-Aid Funding Recommendations Page 2 services in the City were placed in The Tribune. In addition, prior year grant recipients were mailed grant applications and information for the 2000-01 Grants-In-Aid process. An Application Information Workshop was held in early January to review and reiterate the NRC's expectations for application content and format and answer any questions from applicant agencies. Completed Grants-In-Aid applications were due to the City on February 11, 2000. The HRC received 32 applications requesting $139,238 in funds which is a decrease of ten grants and $49,471 from the previous year. The 2000-01 grant applications are available for Council review in the City Clerk's Office. Review Process Upon receiving the grant applications the HRC convened a subcommittee composed of Trish Avery,Bill Tyson and Mike Multari, who served as chair,to thoroughly review the applications and formulate preliminary grant recommendations . The subcommittee's primary recommendations were presented to the Commission in April. Agencies were invited to hear the subcommittee recommendations as they were presented to the HRC. After discussion, adoption of the recommendations was placed on the agenda for the HRC's May meeting. At the May meeting,with some minor changes,the recommendations were adopted The Salvation Army Late Application The City did not receive an application from the Salvation Army prior to the February 11' deadline. On March 28, 2000, (46 days after the deadline) Mr. Reed of the Salvation Army contacted staff regarding the 2000-01 GIA process and then requested that the Salvation Army be allowed to submit a late application. Staff suggested they attend the April 5,2000 HRC meeting. At the April 5, 2000 meeting Captain Michael Bates, of the Salvation Army, requested an opportunity to file a late GIA application. The Commission agreed to agendize the request for the May meeting. At the May meeting the Commission reviewed and discussed the late application noting that the Salvation Army provides a service that is highly valued by the community. They provide basic vital needs for individuals and families with limited resources and ensure that people in crises have their basic emergency needs met. In the late application, the Salvation Army requested $10,000 to provide the following services: (1) Life's Basic Needs of food, clothing, shelter and personal hygiene kits, (2) Employment Assistance and (3) Transportation Assistance (gasoline vouchers, bus passes and inter-city bus passes). The Commission expressed concern that accepting a late application was not fair to the other agencies and would set a precedent that could hamstring the commission in the future. It was also noted that there is no precedent for accepting late applications in the HRC's Grants-In-Aid process. Staff explained to the Commission the Promotional Coordinating Committee's late policy for their grant requests; the HRC did not express interest in adopting a similar policy. In addition, Chairperson Multari noted that the issue of whether the Salvation Army received a courtesy notification (they believe they did not)does not change the status of the late application. 1-2 2 Council Agenda Report—HRC Grants-In-Aid Funding Recommendations Page 3 The public notice in The Tribune is the only notification required of the City but letters of notification are sent out as'a courtesy to the prior years applicants which included the Salvation Army. However, Chairperson Multan suggested the late application be rejected but, with Council's approval, that a portion of the NRC's administrative budget be used and/or the unclaimed grant monies from last year be made available to the agency. Staff expressed concern regarding the use of"left over" administrative funds from the budget. The concerns are: that Council has appropriated, through the budget process, a specific amount for Grants-In-Aid, this would exceed that amount; it demonstrates to those agencies who do comply, that compliance is not necessary to receive funding and the HRC may need these dollars for other efforts,i.e.brochures,printing costs. The Commission made a motion and unanimously voted not to accept the late application. However, Chairperson Multari then moved to use the excess budget monies and unexpended GIA funds, not to exceed $1,500 (as mentioned above) to fund part of The Salvation Army's grant request. The motion was approved 41. Funding Recommendations Specifically,the HRC's 2000-01 Grants-In-Aid recommendations: • Provide for the disbursement of the full$105,600 as included in the Financial Plan for Grants-In-Aid, leaving no contingency funds available for the coming year. Total grant amount requested- $139,238. • Casa Solana funding of$5,000 will not be released until programming is resumed. • Provide funding to all of the 32 applicants with grants ranging from$500 to $9,000. • Provide funding to three new agencies; they are:Alzheimer's Association,Arts Council– SMART and the EOC's Mentoring Program. A more detailed discussion of the individual grant recommendations can be found in Attachement"2" Contracts Upon Council adoption of grant amounts, staff will enter into contracts with each of the qualified organizations. The HRC and staff throughout the year then monitor each contract. FISCAL Il"ACT The 2000-01 Financial Plan identifies $105,600 for the Human Relations Grants-In-Aid Program. The proposed recommendations provide no reserve for the coming year. 1-3 3 Council Agenda Report—HRC Grants-In-Aid Funding Recommendations Page 4 ALTERNATIVES 1. Although staff is not recommending funding the Salvation Army due to the lateness of their application and the difficulties that may arise in the future with other late applications, if there is $1,000 left unclaimed from the 1999-00 GIA process, those funds could be distributed to the Salvation Army. ATTACHMENTS Resolution Attachment"1"—Grants-In-Aid Recommendations—Funding By Agency Attachment"2"—Grants-In-Aid Funding Requests by Agency/Grant Summary 1-4 4 RESOLUTION NO. (2000 Series) A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO AUTHORIZING FUNDING TO THIRTY-TWO ANGENCIES IN THE AMOUNT OF $105,600 FOR FISCAL YEAR 2000-01 THROUGH THE HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION WHEREAS,the City of San Luis Obispo supports non-profit agencies which provide human and social services to the residents of the City of San Luis Obispo through its annual Grants-In-Aid process; and WHEREAS,funding for the Human Relations Commission Grants-In-Aid program has been included in the 2000-01 Financial Plan for the City of San Luis Obispo NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of San Luis Obispo as follows: SECTION 1. That agencies attached hereto marked Attachment"1"shall be provided funding as is designated in the same attachment. SECTION 2. The staff is directed to prepare a contract for each agency identified in Attachment"1", and the CAO is authorized to execute such contracts. Upon motion of , seconded by and on the following roll call vote: AYES: NOES: ABSENT: The foregoing resolution was adopted this 5"day of July, 2000. Mayor Allen Settle ATTEST: Lee Price, City Clerk 1-5 Resolution No: _ ___ (200.0 Series) Page-2 --- — - APPROVED AS TO FORM: J .J' g C' Attomey Attacbment 1 HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION Final Recommdations 2000-01 GRANTS-IN AID RECOMMENDATIONS 514/00 AGENCY 1999-00 2000-01 2000-01 AWARDED REQUESTED HRC RECOMMENDED 1 Aids Support Network $4000 $12 00 S%000 2 ALPHA $1 00 $2,300 $1,500 3 Altrasa of Cinco Cindades $300 $1,000 $500 4 Alzheimer's Association $0 $750 $750 5 American Red Cross $4 9000 $69000 $4,000 6 Arts Council-Smart $0 $1050 $1000 7 Big Brothers/B' Sisters $1750 $39500 $2y550 8 Camp Fire $1,500 $29000 $19500 9 jCasa Solana,Inc. $5,000 $10,000 1 $59000 10 Child Development Center $99000 $9,500 $99000 11 Easter Seals-Tri Conn $1400 $2,500 $2 00 12 EOC Child Care Resource Connection $3 000 $4,500 $4,500 13 EOC Health Services-40 Wonderful $3 000 $2,000 $2 000 14 EOC Mentoring Services $0 $750 $750 15 JEOC Health Services-Senior Health Screening $3,000 $3,000 $39000 16 Family Services Center $4,000 $4,500 $4500 17 Hospice $49200 $10,000 1 $4400 18 Hotline of SLO County $3,400 $6 000 $4 400 19 Lifespan-ADCare $2,500 , S2,500 $29500 20 Lifespan-Caring Callers $1000 $19500 $1,250 21Lifes an-RSVP $1000 $1 00 $1500 22 Lifes an-Senior Peer Counseling $1750 1 $1,900 $1900 23 ILife Steps Foundation $750 $5,250 $750 24 Litera Council $3 000 $5000 $59000 25 Long Term Care Ombudsman $1 00 $3,000 $3 000 26 Rape Crisis Center $5 800 $6000 $5 800 27 Senior Legal Services SLOLA $500 $1464 $19250 28 Senior Nutrition Program $29000 $2,500 $29500 29 SLOCO Access $1 00 $3180 $3,000 30 Transitions-Mental Health Association S3,000 $5 S4,000 iqTOTAL Voices for Children CASA $3500 $59950 $4 00 Women's Shelter $9 000 $12 000 $9,000 $85,950 $139,238 $105,600 1999-00 Funds Awarded$102,600 2000-01 Funds Available$105,600 G:HRC/G42000-01 REC.XL 1-6 Attachment 2 HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION 2000-01 GRANTS-IN-AID RECOMMENDATIONS 1. AIDS SUPPORT NETWORK 1999-00 Grant Amount: $ 4,000 2000-01 Request: $12,900 2000-01 HRC Recommendation: $ 8,000 Aids Support Network (ASN) is requesting $12,900 to expand the Positively Speaking -ASN Speakers Bureau and the in-house HIV/AIDS library resources, begin an outreach effort to educate the community at risk for HIV, and provide utility subsidies and facilities operational support to the 12-agency owned low-income housing units. ASN provides social services, financial support and housing for county residents affected by HIV disease. The HRC is recommending a grant of $8,000 which represents a $4,000 increase from the prior year and will partially fund the request. 2. ALPHA 1999-00 Grant Amount: $ 1,500 2000-01 Request: $ 2,300 2000-01 HRC Recommendation: $ 1,500 Alpha is requesting $2,300 to continue the Client Housing Loan Program, which offers interest free loans to homeless clients for rental deposits and to clients who need temporary assistance with rent in a home they currently occupy. The City has partially funded this program since 1991. In addition, Alpha is requesting $300 for the new Post-Adoption Support Group to cover the costs of materials needed for the classes. The HRC is recommending a grant of $1,500 which is consistent with the prior year and will partially fund the request. 3. ALTRUSA INTERNATIONAL, INC. OF CINCO CIUDADES 1999-00 Grant Amount: $ 300 2000-01 Request: $ 1,000 2000-01 HRC Recommendation: $ 500 Altrusa is requesting $1,000 to support the Clothes Closet, a used clothing program which provides, at no cost to the client, professional interview clothing for low-income women re-entering the job market. Referrals come primarily from the Private Industry Council training program, Cuesta College and the Department of Social Services. Funds will be used to cover clothing expenses relative to outfitting the women. Altrusa is a professional women's service organization. The HRC is recommending a grant of $500 which represents a $200 increase from the prior year and will partially fund the request. 1-7 4. ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION 1999-00 Grant Amount: $ 0 2000-01 Request: $ 750 2000-01 Subcommittee Recommendation: $ 750 The Alzheimer's Association is requesting $750 to pay for "Helping Hands" scholarships for certified nursing assistants and aides to attend scheduled workshops or conferences on elder and dementia care. Funds will support $50 stipends for 15 workers. The association and local facilities will match this amount which allows 45 persons to attend local conferences. The Alzheimer's Association offers support groups, education and training, home visitation and care planning for people with the disease and their caregivers. This is their first grant request. The HRC is recommending a grant of $750 which will fully fund the request. 5. AMERICAN RED CROSS 1999-00 Grant Amount: $ 4,000 2000-01 Request: $ 6,000 2000-01 HRC Recommendation: $ 4,000 The San Luis Obispo County American Red Cross is requesting $6,000 to continue operation of basic ongoing services. Grant funds will support, in part, emergency relief services on call, replace fundamental personal and household items lost during disasters, strengthen the SLO City Disaster Action Team (DAT) through recruitment and training, and purchase supplies, materials and equipment needed for emergency response; support Armed Forces Emergency Services; support Health and Safety training in CPR, First Aid, Water Safety, Babysitting and HIV/AIDS education, recruit and train instructors of above programs, and increase the number of classes and training. The HRC is recommending a grant of $4,000 which is consistent with the prior year and will partially fund the request. 6. SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY ARTS COUNCIL - SMART 1999-00 Grant Amount: $ 0 2000-01 Request: $ 1,050 2000-01 HRC Recommendation: $ 1,000 The San Luis Obispo County Arts Council is requesting $1,050 to help fund a SMARTS program, which provides arts education to at-risk youth, for the SLO Community Schools 2000-01 school year. The $1050 will fund one art instructor through the 14-week program. The goals of the program are to increase productive communication through creative expression, improve self-esteem and develop problem solving techniques. This is their first grant request. The HRC is recommending a grant of $1,000 which will partially fund the request. 7. BIG BROTHERS/BIG SISTERS 1999-00 Grant Amount: $ 1,750 2000-01 Request: $ 3,500 2000-01 HRC Recommendation: $ 2,550 2 1-8 The Big Brothers/Big Sisters is requesting $3,500 to continue participation in the AmeriCorps Program. Funds will permit BBBS to secure two part-time AmeriCorps members to mentor "high risk" teenage clients in need of prevention/early intervention and intervention services through the City of SLO Community School "Respect" program. The HRC is recommending a grant of $2,550 which represents an $800 increase over the prior year and will partially fund the request. 8. CAMP FIRE COUNCIL 1999-00 Grant Amount: $ 1,500 2000-01 Request: $ 2,000 2000-01 HRC Recommendation: $ 1,500 The Camp Fire Council is requesting $2,000 to support the Doggone Day Camp program (in partnership with SLO County's Division of Animal Services) for youth in the San Luis Obispo area. Funds will be used to offset the cost of operating the camps where children are taught responsible pet ownership, animal health care and first aide, animal obedience and how to help the animal become more friendly and "adoptable". The HRC is recommending a grant of $1,500 which is consistent with the prior year and will partially fund the request. 9. CASA SOLANA 1999-00 Grant Amount: $ 5,000 2000-01 Request: $ 10,000 2000-01 HRC Recommendation: $ 5,000 Casa Solana is requesting $10,000 to continue to provide social-model treatment and residential-recovery services to women suffering from alcoholism or drug addiction. Treatment services include twelve-step work, educational programs, weekly resident council meetings, leadership opportunities and case management. Residential-recovery services include shelter, food, transportation and health services. Funds will be used to provide food, household supplies, health and comfort items, educational materials, postage, utilities and transportation expenses. The HRC is recommending a grant of $5,000 which is consistent with the prior year and will partially fund the request. Funds will not be released until Casa Solana has demonstrated they have resumed program services. 10. CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER 1999-00 Grant Amount: $ 9,000 2000-01 Request: $ 9,500 2000-01 HRC Recommendation: $ 9,000 The San Luis Obispo Child Development Center is requesting $9,500 to provide materials, supplies and operational costs for their child abuse prevention/intervention services. Specifically the funding will be used to purchase paper goods, office, health and safety supplies, children's library materials, playground supplies, equipment replacement, therapy supplies, and parent kit supplies and to fund other associated program expenses including facility, transportation and food costs. The HRC is recommending a grant of $9,000 which is consistent with the prior year and will partially fund the request. .S 1-9 11. EASTER SEALS TRI-COUNTY 1999-00 Grant Amount: $ 1,500 2000-01 Request: $ 2,500 2000-01 HRC Recommendation: $ 2,500 Easter Seals Tri-County is requesting $2,500 to support the Care and Treatment Program which assists children and adults with their unmet medical needs. Funds will be utilized by SLO residents in need of medical or therapeutic assistance due to medical crisis or inability to qualify for other assistance and will include medical evaluations, purchase or rental of equipment, transportation costs to out of area specialists, respite for parents with children with disabilities and other therapeutic programs. The HRC is recommending a grant of $2,500 which represents a $1,000 increase over the prior year and will fully fund the request. 12. EOC CHILD CARE RESOURCE CONNECTION 1999-00 Grant Amount: $ 3,000 2000-01 Request: $ 4,500 2000-01 HRC Recommendation: $ 4,500 The EOC-CCRC is requesting $4,500 to continue recruitment and training of CalWORKs participants interested in starting up licensed family day care homes. Recruitment will create additional child care slots for the infant/toddler population and provide job opportunities for CalWORKs participants. Training will include business practices, child development, nutrition, positive discipline, child abuse awareness and reporting, age appropriate activities, and other topics of interest to child care providers. The HRC is recommending a grant of $4,500 which represents a $1,500 increase over the prior year and will fully fund the request. 13. EOC HEALTH SERVICES "FORTY WONDERFUL PROJECT" 1999-00 Grant Amount: $ 3,000 2000-01 Request: $ 2,000 2000-01 HRC Recommendation: $ 2,000 The EOC Health Services Forty Wonderful Project is requesting $2,000 to continue to financially subsidize low income, uninsured and underinsured women, age 40 and older in the City of SLO. The funds will be used for preventative health screening and education with regard to women's mid-life health issues and early detection of breast and cervical cancer. The HRC is recommending a grant of $2,000 which will fully fund the request. 14. EOC MENTORING SERVICES 1999-00 Grant Amount: $ 0 2000-01 Request: $ 750 2000-01 Recommendation: $ 750 The EOC Mentoring Services program is requesting $750 to help fund the expense of recruiting, screening and training new mentors. The program develops holistic mentoring programs that build on the strengths and resiliency of all family members by coordinating and developing mentoring services infrastructures that ensures program consistency, integrity and accountability across all mentoring programs in the county. This program was created in 1996. This is their first grant request. 4 1-10 The HRC is recommending a grant of $750 which will fully fund the request. 15. EOC HEALTH SERVICES "SENIOR HEALTH SCREENING' 1999-00 Grant Amount: $ 3,000 2000-01 Request: $ 3,000 2000-01 HRC Recommendation: $ 3,000 The EOC Health Services Senior Heahh Screening program is requesting $3,000 to continue the promotion and maintenance of health, early detection and prevention of chronic disease for low-income seniors 50 and older. Funds will be used for a part-time registered nurse and aide/clerk to travel to 20 locations throughout the county providing seven regular screening tests: blood pressure checks, weight/pulse, blood tests for anemia and diabetes, urinalysis, hemoccult testing for colo-rectal cancer detection and cholesterol testing. The HRC is recommending a grant of $3,000 which is consistent with the prior year and will fully fund the request. 16. FAMILY SERVICES CENTER 1999-00 Grant Amount: $ 4,000 2000-01 Request: $ 4,500 2000-01 HRC Recommendation: $ 4,500 The Family Services Center is requesting $4,500 to support the operational expenses of their counseling and referral programs for low income individuals, couples, families and youth of SLO County. The funds will be expended on rent, utilities, supplies, advertising, telephone and duplicating. The additional $500 is a one-time request for expenses that had been covered by a partnership with Transitions-MHA. A major fundraiser is being developed to replace the income. The HRC is recommending a grant of $4,500 which represents a $500 increase over the prior year and will fully fund the request. 17. HOSPICE OF SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY 1999-00 Grant Amount: $ 4,200 2000-01 Request: $ 10,000 2000-01 HRC Recommendation: $ 4,200 Hospice is requesting a grant of $10,000 to be applied to the general budget in support of: core programs including supportive in-home services, bereavement counseling and community education; training expenses; recruitment and training of musicians in the therapeutic music program; copying expenses in preparing training packets and acquiring books used in the book circles for the Hospice library. The HRC is recommending a grant of $4,200 which is consistent with the prior year and will partially fund the request. 18. HOTLINE OF SLO COUNTY 1999-00 Grant Amount: $ 3,400 2000-01 Request: $ 6,000 2000-01 HRC Recommendation: $ 4,400 J 1-11 Hotline is requesting $6,000 to offset the ongoing operational costs associated with providing a twenty-four hour, 365 day crisis intervention hot line. Grant funding will be used for monthly rent, telephone expenses, recruitment and training of phone volunteers, and postage related to the mailings of the Senior Information literature, Attendant Care List, Human Service Directory update forms and other outreach materials. The HRC is recommending a grant of $4,400 which is a $1,000 increase from the prior year and will partially fund the request. 19. LIFESPAN SERVICES NETWORK -ADCARE, INC. 1999-00 Grant Amount: $ 2,500 2000-01 Request: $ 2,500 2000-01 HRC Recommendation: $ 2,500 ADCare is requesting $2,500 to enhance the operations of the ADCare Center in San Luis Obispo. The funds will be designated as local match for leveraging State and Federal funds. Specifically, the funds will be used to cover a portion of the costs of day care services for low-income clients who do not meet the eligibility requirements for other funds and for educational resource materials regarding chronic disease processes and dementia for use by staff, volunteers and family caregivers. The HRC is recommending a grant of $2,500 which is consistent with the prior year and will fully fund the request. 20. LIFESPAN SERVICES NETWORK - CARING CALLERS 1999-00 Grant Amount: $ 1,000 2000-01 Request: $ 1,500 2000-01 HRC Recommendation: $ 1,250 Caring Callers is requesting $1,500 to supplement the operating expenses of the Caring Callers Program with a special emphasis on the purchase of handbooks, electronic updating and expansion materials to support the client-volunteer input evaluation and updating. Funding also serves as a local match for Federal and State funds. The HRC is recommending a grant of $1,250 which is $250 higher than the prior year and will partially fund the request. 21. LIFESPAN SERVICES NETWORK - RETIRED SENIOR VOLUNTEER PROGRAM (RSVP) 1999-00 Grant Amount: $ 1,000 2000-01 Request: $ 1,500 2000-01 HRC Recommendation: $ 1,500 The Retired Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) recruits and places persons over 55 years of age in volunteer positions within nonprofit and public agencies. RSVP is requesting a grant of $1,500 to continue its current level of support to the community as well as assist the program in meeting the local funding match for Federal funds. The funds will be used to cover accident and liability insurance costs provided to all volunteers. The HRC is recommending a grant of $1,500 which represents a $500 increase over the prior year and will fully fund the request. 6 1-12 22. LIFESPAN SERVICES NETWORK -SENIOR PEER COUNSELING 1999-00 Grant Amount: $ 1,750 2000-01 Request: $ 1,900 2000-01 HRC Recommendation: $ 1,900 Senior Peer Counseling is requesting $1,900 to train seniors as volunteer counselors to provide free mental and emotional health services to seniors in the privacy of their own homes. Specifically, the funds will be used to support the extensive 10-week, 60-hour training program for volunteers with additional follow-up and assist with the operation of the program by contributing to a portion of the telephone expenses, rent, printing, duplication, equipment maintenance and repairs, office supplies, postage, insurance, and staff training and travel. The HRC is recommending a grant of $1,900 which represents a $150 increase over the prior year and will fully fund the request. 23. LIFE STEPS FOUNDATION, INC. 1999-00 Grant Amount: $ 750 2000-01 Request: $ 5,250 2000-01 HRC Recommendation: $ 750 Life Steps Foundation, Inc. is requesting $5,250 to provide an intensive Filial Therapy Program to women and their families participating in Life Steps' residential recovery program for drug and alcohol recovery. Filial Therapy strengthens the parent-child relationship by teaching new parental skills for working with their children. Funds will be used to assist in providing Filial Therapy to 10 families. The HRC is recommending a grant of $750 which is consistent with the prior year and will partially fund the request. 24. SAN LUIS OBISPO LITERACY COUNCIL- ENGLISH AS A SECONDARY LANGUAGE 1999-00 Grant Amount: $ 3,000 2000-01 Request: $ 5,000 2000-01 HRC Recommendation: $ 5,000 The San Luis Obispo Literacy Council is requesting $5,000 to: continue, expand and enhance literacy services at their two City of SLO Learning Centers; continue the referral system for literacy clients at the Prado Day Center and develop new programs as opportunities present themselves. The HRC is recommending a grant of $5,000 which represents a $2,000 increase over the prior year and will fully fund the request. 25. LONGTERM CARE OMBUDSMAN SERVICES 1999-00 Grant Amount: $ 1,500 2000-01 Request: $ 3,000 2000-01 HRC Recommendation: $ 3,000 Long Term Care Ombudsman Services is authorized by the State and Federal government to be the primary agency in SLO County to provide complaint investigations and resolutions in long term care facilities. The grant request is for $3,000 to fund volunteer recruitment and training, provide community education, provide information and assistance to residents in facilities, maintain extensive information for persons working with senior citizens and support staff time and equipment necessary for reporting required data. 1-13 The HRC is recommending a grant of $3,000 which represents a $1,500 increase over the prior year and will fully fund the request. 26. RAPE CRISIS CENTER OF SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY 1999-00 Grant Amount: $ 5,800 2000-01 Request: $ 6,000 2000-01 HRC Recommendation: $ 5,800 Rape Crisis is requesting $6,000 to support general operational expenses necessary to provide crisis intervention counseling and in-person counseling to survivors of sexual assault. Funding will be used for counseling materials, answering service, pager and telephone expenses, bookkeeping and audit services, office supplies, rent and utility expenses. The HRC is recommending a grant of $ 5,800 which is consistent with the prior year and will partially fund the request. 27. SLO LEGAL ALTERNATIVES CORP- SENIOR LEGAL SERVICES 1999-00 Grant Amount: $ 500 2000-01 Request: $1,264 2000-01 HRC Recommendation: $1,250 SLO Legal Altematives (SLOLAC) is requesting $1,264 to continue with the provision of free legal services to low and moderate income seniors. The funds will serve as a local match for funds contributed by the Area Agency on Aging and will enable Senior Legal Services to provide outreach appointments at senior centers throughout the County, telephone advice and referral, office consultations and public presentations. The HRC is recommending a grant of $1,250 which represents a $750 increase over the prior year and will partially fund the request. 28. SENIOR NUTRITION PROGRAM OF SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY 1999-00 Grant Amount: $ 2,000 2000-01 Request: $ 2,500 2000-01 HRC Recommendation: $ 2,500 Senior Nutrition Program is requesting $2,500 for on-going operational expenses associated with the provision of nutritious noon meals to senior citizens of San Luis Obispo. Funding will be used to provide congregate meals at the Anderson Hotel nutrition site, to deliver meals to homebound seniors and to provide a second home delivered meal to seniors found to be in need of additional nourishment. They plan to serve or deliver 16,000 meals to 90 people. The HRC is recommending a grant of $2,500 which represents a $500 increase over the prior year and will fully fund the request. 29. SLOCO ACCESS 1999-00 Grant Amount: $ 1,500 2000-01 Request: $ 3,180 2000-01 HRC Recommendation: $ 3,000 8 1-14 SLOCO Access promotes the rights and privileges of people with all types of disabilities. SLOCO Access has requested $3,180 to launch a Recreation and Sports Council as part of SLCO Access, Inc. The Council will ultimately oversee all SLOCO Access-generated recreation and sports projects. The HRC is recommending a grant of $3,000 which represents an increase of $1,500 over the prior year and will partially fund the request. 30. TRANSITIONS- MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION - GROWING GROUNDS FARM 1999-00 Grant Amount: $ 3,000 2000-01 Request: $ 5,544 2000-01 HRC Recommendation: $ 4,000 The T-MHA Growing Grounds Farm is requesting $5,544 to embark on a new business venture called Growing Grounds Kitchen which will open new markets and allow T-MHA to partner with the Senior Nutrition Program. This salad-washing venture will be a paid vocational training opportunity for disabled adults and teens. The program will be ongoing, sustainable and have low overhead and administrative costs due to collaboration with the Sr. Nutrition Program. The HRC is recommending a grant of $4,000 which represents a $1,000 increase over the prior year and will partially fund the request. 31. COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES -VOICES FOR CHILDREN 1999-00 Grant Amount: $ 3,500 2000-01 Request: $ 5,850 2000-01 HRC Recommendation: $ 4,500 CASA Voices for Children is requesting $5,850 to support a continuing expansion that has occurred due to increased referrals to the CASA core program. The funds will be used for the operating cost of rent which has increased to $1375 per month which will allow CASA to channel other resources to support CASA advocacy, Educational Advocacy and Supervised Visitation programs. The HRC is recommending a grant of $4,500 which represents a $1,000 increase over the prior year and will partially fund the request. 32. WOMEN'S SHELTER PROGRAM 1999-00 Grant Amount: $ 9,000 2000-01 Request: $12,000 2000-01 HRC Recommendation: $ 9,000 Women's Shelter Program (WSP) provides emergency shelter for women and children who are victims of domestic violence. WSP is requesting $12,000 to assist with the basic cost of running their programs which either prevent homelessness or assist victims in establishing new violence-free lives. Funds will be used to assist with office expenses that in tum support emergency shelter, legal assistance and counseling services and, indirectly, serve as matching funds for State and Federal grants. The HRC is recommending a grant of $9,000 which is consistent with the prior year and will partially fund the request. y 1-15 OTHER HRC FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS 33. THE SALVATION ARMY 1999-00 Grant Amount: $ 6,000 2000-01 Request: $ 0 2000-01 HRC Recommendation: $ 1,500 (funded outside the GIA budget line item) In the past, the City has supported The Salvation Army's emergency food assistance programs, emergency shelter, transportation and energy assistance programs, hygiene kits for the homeless and low-income residents, summer youth programs and pantry supplies. It is assumed the $1,500 would be used in one or more of these areas. The HRC is recommending an amount of money not to exceed $1,500 that would come from their budget's unallocated administrative monies and unexpended GIA money from this fiscal year (which at this time appears to be $1,000), not to exceed $1,500. City Staff is recommending that no funds be allocated to The Salvation Army for reasons addressed in detail in the staff report. G:HRC/G IA2000CSUMMARI ES 10 1-16