HomeMy WebLinkAboutCDBG ALLOCATIONSCDBG ALLOCATIONS FOR 25~ THRU 34~ YEAR
2001- 2008
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Port Arthur $4,000 $5,000 $6,500 $7,000 $5,000 $5,000 $8,610 $10,500 $9,526 $9,865
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Catholic $12,500 $12,500 $10,000 $14,000 $10,500 $10,500 $14,760 $13,110 $10,887 $7,046
Charities
Hospitality
Center
Program of $15,000 $20,000 $15,000 $15,000 $20,000 $20,000 $30,340 $17,000 $13,608 $10,000
Health
Excellence
Health Training
Classes
PANAC $7,500 $5,000 $10,000 $13,500 $8,000 $8,000 $11,070 $12,500 $22,682 $25,000
Neighborhood
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Nutrition & $11,000 $11,000 $9,000 $8,000 $8,000 $8,000 $11,149 0 0 0
Services for
Seniors
Salvation Army 0 0 0 0 0 $4,000 $5,740 $7,000 $9,072 0
Youth Pro ams
P.A. Flyers $6,000 0 0 $16,000 $10,800 $6,000 $7,544 $8,000 $4,536 $5,000
Track
Cluh/lrack Club
SET Camp Fire $5,000 $6,000 $6,000 $8,000 $7,000 $7,000 $9,310 $9,327 $11,613 $12,068
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SET Regional $10,000 $10,000 $8,000 $10,000 $6,000 $6,000 $8,405 $9,925 $12,974 $40,000
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Fx erience Cor s
Port Cities 0 0 $12,500 $12,500 $17,000 $11,000 $17,220 $18,000 $18,145 $19,500
Rescue Mission
Homeless Shelter
Community $2,500 $4,000 $3,000 $10,000 $30,700 0 0 0 0 0
Retirement
Homes
Lamar 0 0 $16,000 0 $10,000 0 $16,400 0 $18,280 0
Scholarshi
LAW Academ $5,000 $5,000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gift of Life $5,000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2009 Community Development Block Grant Requeata
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Program of Health Excellence $ 30,976.00 $ 27,104.00 $ 15,000.00
Community Retirement Home $ 4,000.00 $ 3,000.00 $ 2,500.00
Experience Corps $ 25,000.00 $ 15,000.00 $ 10,000.00
James Hope Center for Children $ 50,000.00 $ 35,000.00 $ -
Love At Work Academy $ 13,000.00 $ 7,500.00 $ 5,000.00
Port Cities Rescue Mission $ 30,000.00 $ 25,000.00 $
P. A. N. A. C. $ 12,000.00 $ 10,000.00 $ 7,500.00
Nutrition and Services for Sexuors $ 13,715.00 $ 12,800.00 $ 11,000.00
Port Arthur Flyers Track Club $ 18,910.00 $ 16,660.00 $ 6,000.00
Catholic Charities $ 20,000.00 $ 18,000.00 $ 12,500.00
YMCA $ 6,000.00 $ 4,500.00 $ 4,000.00
Ellis Hospitality Center $ 40,000.00 $ 30,000.00 $ -
Samaritan Counseling Center $ 30,000.00 $ 15,000.00 $ -
Helping Our People Excel $ 4,906.00 $ 3,475.00 $ -
Gift of Life Program $ 7,500.00 $ 6,000.00 $ 5,000.00
Camp Fire $ 12,658.00 $ 9,590.00 $ 5,000.00
Lamar University $ 16,000.00 $ 16,000.00 $ -
I. E. A -Ben's Kids $ 4,900.00 $ 3,675.00 $ -
City of Port Arthur Health Services $ 163,760.00 $ 163,760.00 $ 115,245.00
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Housing Department $ 435,000.00
Demolition/Code Enforcement $ 543,557.00
Public Works -Street Program $ -
Grants Management $ 175,929.00
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City Departments were allocated $1,159,473 of Community Development Block Grant funds in 2008.
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SSBG Recipients within City Limits of Port Arthur -Yahoo! Mail
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SSBG Recipients within City Limits of Port Arthur
From: "Kenneth Browning" <kbrowning@setrpc.org>
To: "portarthurgrants@yahoo.com" <portarthurgrants@yahoo.com>
Cc: "Shanna Burke" <sburke@setrpc.org>
Page 1 of 1
Thursday, February 12, 2009 10:46 AM
Ms. Essex, below is the list of entities within your city limits which received Hurricane Rita Social Services
Block Grant along with the amounts as requested:
1. City of Port Arthur - $2,964,016.00
2. First Baptist of Sabine Pass Outreach Center - $682,738.00
3. Love at Work Academy - $61,360.58
4. Les Enfants Centre - $355,366.00
5. Port Cities Rescue Mission Ministries, Inc. - $1,971,727.00
6. South East Texas interfaith Organization - $293,290.00
7. United Board of Missions - $932,571.00
Please be mindful that a large number of the SSBG funds were distributed to regional organizations which
function within your c'Ity however their headquarters or base of operation is not within your city limits. Those
agencies are Area Agency on Aging, Catholic Charities, Community Development Block Grant Program,
Experience Corp of Southeast Texas Program, Family Services of Southeast Texas, Foundation of Southeast
Texas, Foster Grandparents of Southeast Texas Program, Goodwill Industries, IEA-Ben's Kids, Julie Rogers
Gift of Life, Nehemiah's Vision, Homeland Security & Emergency Management Program, and Spindletop
MHMR.
I hope this helps you with your project, however, if there are other issues relative to our program please feel
free to contact me............ Kenneth
Kenneth E. Browning
SSBG Contract Specialist
Public Safety Division
2210 Eastex Freeway
Beaumont, TX 77703
(409) 899-8444 ext. 324 (New extension 6260 effective 8:OOam 2/13/09)
Fax: (409) 347-0138
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CITY OF PORT ARTIiUR
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT
MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET POLICIES
The Community Development Block Grant Program provides annual grants on a formula basis to
entitled cities and counties to develop viable urban communities by providing decent housing and
a suitable living environment, and by expanding economic opportunities, principally for low and
moderate-income persons.
NATURE OF PROGRAM
Community Development Block Grants are awazded to entitlement communities to carry out a
wide range of community development activities directed toward neighborhood revitalization,
economic development, and the provision of improved community facilities and services.
Entitlement communities develop their own programs and funding priorities. However, grantees
must give maximum feasible priority to activities that either benefit low- and moderate-income
individuals and families, or aid in the prevention or elimination of slums and blight. In addition,
certain other activities are allowed to address situations that pose a serious and immediate threat
to the health or welfare of the community, especially when other financial resources aze not
available to meet such needs.
BACKGROUND
The City of Port Arthur receives an annual allocation through the Department of Housing and
Urban Development under the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program. The
Department of Housing and Urban Development has placed restrictions upon the use of these
funds: for example, they must be used primarily to assist low to moderate-income people. The
City of Port Arthur has historically used those funds to improve housing conditions and public
facilities, renovate streets and for public service activities.
Agencies that receive CDBG funding must be able to show direct and measurable benefits. There
are activities that aze not eligible for funding, such as faith-based activities, as this would violate
the principle of separation of church and state.
POLICY STATEMENT
It is the policy of the City of Port Arthur that:
1. No more than fifteen percent (15%) of the Community Development Block Grant will be
allocated annually for public service activities as defined by the Department of Housing
and Urban Development regulations. Public Service activities aze defined as those
activities "including but not limited to those (services) concerned with employment,
crime prevention, child care, health, drug abuse, education, energy conservation, welfare
or recreational needs". Each Public Service activity must be either a new service or a
quantifiable increase in the level of an existing service. Funds will be directed to
activities that will primarily benefit low- and moderate-income residents of the city.
CDBG funds will not be used to maintain an existing level of a service, as conditioned by
items 4 and 5 below, or be used to substitute for other available known sources of
funding.
2. Within the fifteen-percent limit, the City Council shall designate how much will be
allocated to outside agencies for eligible Public Service activities and how much will be
retained for City Departments.
3. CDBG funds can be used to reimburse eligible operating expense for the specific activity
or program identified in the application, including costs for personnel, materials,
supplies, tests, fees, rent utilities and equipment directly related to the delivery of the
program or activity. Purchase of equipment is subject to other federal restrictions.
4. Funding of operating expenses for Year 1 will not imply commitment for subsequent
year's funding. Requests for additional year's funding will be evaluated based upon
Subrecipient's demonstrated provision of service to low income residents resulting from
prior CDBG funding, and compliance with record keeping requirements.
5. City Council members will determine the number of public service activities or programs
that will be funded through CDBG annually.
6. Priority for funding .will be to those activities showing capacity to provide quantifiable
benefits to the larger number of low-income residents for each dollar requested, relative
to other applications.
7. As a condition of receiving funds, the Subrecipient will enter into a standard contract
required by the City of Port Arthur.
8. In addition to fmancial assistance, the City is committed to helping subrecipients:
- Implement reporting procedures in compliance with the Department of Housing and
Urban Development requirements.
- Identify sources of fmancial support other than CDBG, and provide other technical
assistance as appropriate.
9. Applications for funding must be accompanied by audited financial reports, if available,
for the previous fiscal year.
10. The primary purpose of the CDBG funds will be to pay operating expenses and not to
build up or maintain an agency's cash reserves.
11. If the city terminates a subrecipient's funding agreement due to the agency's failure to
comply with contract terms or if a grantee chooses to terminate the contract for whatever
reason, the affected agency will be barred from applying for CDBG funds for one year
from the date of contract termination. The remaining balance of CDBG funds will
become available for reprogramming.
12. Any agency that is allocated CDBG funds should have an executable contract with the
City of Port Arthur no later than September 1St of the funding year. If a contract has not
been executed by September 1St then, the agency will not be allowed to participate in the
current's year funding process without the permission of the City Council or City
Manager. If permission is not granted, the CDBG fund allocation will be reprogrammed
to another eligible project.
13. Once a Subrecipient executes a CDBG contract, it must begin its program no later than
seven weeks after signing its CDBG contr~Ct. If the program is not operating in seven
weeks, then the Subrecipient must submit in writing to the Grants Management Division
the reasons for the delay and when the program will begin.
14. Once a Subrecipient, including City Department, has fulfilled the terms of its contract
and a funding balance exists, the balance of funds will become unobligated and must be
reprogrammed by the City Council.
REPROGRANIlVDNG OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUNDS
Whenever a $5,000 or more balance exists in unobligated CDBG funds, the Grants Management
Division will meet with the City Council to discuss possible alternative CDBG projects.
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT INTERVIEW PROCESS
1. Everyone applying for CDBG funds, including City Departments will have to attend an
interview process that will be conducted by the City Council.
2. Each interview will last ten (10) minutes.
3. Each applicant will be assigned an interview time.
If an applicant misses his interview time, then the City Council may approve rescheduling a new
interview time.
FUNDING PRIORITIES
Priority will be given to the following non-construction activities:
PRIORITY I:
Activities normally conducted by a city or in support of activities normally conducted by a city,
such as recreational, health services and neighborhood citizen patrol groups.
PRIORITY II:
Activities in support of education and training or that provide for services to the homeless and to
senior citizens.
PRIORITY III: Other
Funding or funding levels are at the discretion of the City Council.
In general, Priority I activities will be eligible for funding on a continuing basis with no limit on
the number of years.
Priority II activities may be limited as to the number of years they will be eligible for funding.
Priority III activities will be eligible for funding for a limited period of time.