1 Staff Funding Recommendation
2024- 202 5 Annual Action Plan for HUD Community Planning & Development Programs Anticipated Resources
Table 1 – CDBG Sources and Uses
Sources – CDBG Amount Uses – CDBG % Amount
Annual Entitlement $7,013,935 Public Infrastructure 13.2% $975,276 Program Income $364,631 Affordable Housing 23.3% $1,720,929 Public Services 14.3% $1,051,574
Micro-Enterprise Assistance >1% $40,000
Fair Housing >1% $50,000
Section 108 Loan Repayment 29.7% $2,188,000
Administration & Compliance 18.3% $1,352,787
Subtotal $7,378,566 Subtotal 100% $7,378,566
Table 2 – HOME Sources and Uses
Sources – HOME Amount Uses – HOME % Amount
Annual Entitlement $2,924,820 Affordable Housing 85% $3,637,696 Program Income $264,580 CHDO Housing Development 10.3% $438,723 Reprogrammed Funds $1,087,019 Administration & Compliance 4.7% $200,000 Subtotal $4,276,419 Subtotal 100% $4,276,419
Table 3 – ESG Sources and Uses
Sources – ESG Amount Uses – ESG % Amount
Annual Entitlement $606,188 Rapid Rehousing 40.1% $263,448 Reprogrammed Funds $51,112 Emergency Shelter/Street Outreach 34.7% $228,351 Homelessness Prevention 15.1% $99,000
HMIS 3.2% $21,037
Administration & Compliance 6.9% $45,464
Subtotal $657,300 Subtotal 100% $657,300
Table 4 – HOPWA Sources and Uses
Sources – HOPWA Amount Uses – HOPWA % Amount
Annual Entitlement $1,033,153 Housing Opportunities for People with AIDS/HIV 97% $1,002,159
Administration & Compliance 3% $30,994
Subtotal $1,033,153 Subtotal 100% $1,033,153
2 Project Funding Summary
Table 5 - Project Funding Summary
PRIORITY AREA PROJECT CDBG HOME ESG HOPWA
Homeless & Homelessness Prevention Emergency Solutions Grant $657,3001 Homeless & Homelessness Prevention Housing Opportunities for People with AIDS/HIV $1,002,159 Affordable Housing Housing Rehabilitation (Non-Profit) $500,000 Affordable Housing Housing Rehabilitation (City Provided) $1,220,929 Affordable Housing Affordable Housing Development $3,637,696 Affordable Housing Affordable Housing Development – CHDO $438,723 Public Infrastructure & Facilities Facility Improvements $975,276 Community Services Non-Profit Public Services $1,051,574 Community Services Microenterprise Assistance $40,000
Section 108 Loan Repayment $2,188,000
Administration & Compliance Program Administration $1,402,7872 $200,000 See note $30,994 TOTALS $7,378,566 $4,276,419 $657,300 $1,033,153
1 Administration funds of $45,464 are included in the ESG project total. 2 Includes $50,000 allocation to Fair Housing
3 NOFA Applications & Staff Funding Recommendations
Table 6 - Public Infrastructure
Applicant Program Title People
Assisted
NOFA
Score
NOFA
Rank Amount Requested Staff Funding
Recommendation Funding Source
PARCS
Play Structure Projects –
Bigby
11,016 100 T1
$630,549 $630,549
CDBG
Play Structure Projects –
Lafayette $344,727 $344,727
Play Structure Projects –
Maxie L. Parks $209,854 $0
Play Structure Projects –
Nielsen $406,340 $0
Play Structure Projects –
Sunnyside $770,777 $0
Play Structure Projects –
Vinland $628,563 $0
PARCS Ted C. Wills
Green Space Project 1,424 100 T1 $2,102,300 $0
Funds Requested/Recommended: $5,093,110 $975,276
Funds Available: $975,276
Amount Oversubscribed $4,117,834
4 Table 7 - Fair Housing
Applicant Program Title People
Assisted
NOFA
Score
NOFA
Rank
Amount
Requested
Staff Funding
Recommendation Funding Source
Fresno
Interdenominational
Refugee Ministry
(FIRM)
Immigrant and Refugee Inclusion
in Fair Housing 2,000 70 1 $160,153.47 $50,000 CDBG
Funds Requested/Recommended: $160,153.47 $50,000
Funds Available: $50,000
Amount Oversubscribed $110,153.47
5 Table 8 - Community Services1
Applicant Program Title People
Assisted
NOFA
Score
NOFA
Rank
Amount
Requested
Staff Funding
Recommendation Funding Source
Chinatown Fresno
Foundation Microenterprise: 50 80.3 1 $40,000 $40,000
CDBG
Marjaree Mason
Center
Critical Services for Domestic
Violence Survivors 850 92 1 $500,000 $438,985.73
Boys and Girls
Clubs
Educate and Inspire Fresno
Youth 950 90.7 T2 $173,235 $173,235
Highway City
Development
Corporation
Health and Wellness Access to
Care 300 90.7 T2 $30,800 $30,800
Poverello House Rehabilitation-Aftercare Program 25 90.7 T2 $240,826.27 $240,826.27 Central Valley
Justice Coalition
Youth Advocacy and Mentorship
Program 300 89 5 $188,008.92 $122,727
Southwest Fresno
Development
Corporation
Family Financial Literacy Nights 180 88 6 $49,818 $45,000 Valley Dream
Center
Recreation and Mentorship
Program 90 75.3 7 $316,500 $0
Fresno
Interdenominational
Refugee Ministry
(FIRM)
New Workers for Fresno 100 75 8 $206,134.94 $0
ACTS Foundation Wise and Well Program 120 62 9 $89,650 $0 Life Bridge
Community Church Future Leaders Initiative 35 57 10 $231,273 $0
1 Community Services funding capped at 15% per 24 CFR 570.201(e)(1). 6 ACTS Foundation Recreation and Education
Program 100 56 11 $149,380 $0
ACTS Foundation Hope of Haven 200 IN1 12 $180,180 $0
Funds Requested/Recommended: $2,395,806.13 $1,091,574.00 Funds Available: $1,091,574.00
Amount Oversubscribed: $1,304,232.13
Table 9 - Owner-Occupied Home Rehabilitation
Applicant Program Title People
Assisted
NOFA
Score
NOFA
Rank
Amount
Requested
Staff Funding
Recommendation Funding Source
Self-Help
Enterprises Housing Rehab 15 100 1 $500,000 $500,000 CDBG Funds Requested/Recommended: $500,000 $500,000
Funds Available: $500,000
Amount Oversubscribed $0
Table 10 - Homeless and Homelessness Services
Applicant Program Title People
Assisted
NOFA
Score
NOFA
Rank
Amount
Requested
Staff Funding
Recommendation Funding Source
WestCare
California The Living Room 175 90.7 1 $960,486 $1,002,159 HOPWA
1 IN means it did not meet eligibility criteria to be considered for funding. 7 Poverello House Rapid Re-Housing Program 30 91.7 1 $313,163 $168,294.61 ESG
WestCare Project Unite 48 90.3 2 $312,089 $95,153
Marjaree Mason
Center
Domestic Violence Emergency
Shelter 35 96.7 T1 $195,351 $0
Poverello House HOPE Team 600 96.7 T1 $195,351 $195,351 Central USD Student Services Rapid Outreach
Projects 775 89.3 3 $33,000 $33,000
CASA Foster Youth Homelessness
Prevention Initiative 100 83.3 4 $174,987.31 $0
Central USD Student Services Rapid Outreach
Projects 775 89.3 T1 $99,000 $99,000
WestCare Project Unite 48 89.3 T1 $26,000 $0
CASA Foster Youth Homelessness
Prevention Initiative 150 86 3 $26,447 $0
Fresno Housing
Authority
ESG City of Fresno Homeless
Management Information System 5000 91.3 1 $21,037 $21,037 Funds Requested/Recommended: $2,356,911.31 $1,613,994.61 Funds Available: $1,613,994.61
Amount Oversubscribed: $742,916.70
8 Application Project Descriptions
Application
Program Title Application Program Description
Infrastructure & Facilities
PARCS
Department – Play
Structure Projects
This project will improve six existing play areas at parks around Fresno.
Improvements will include installation of shade structures and rubberized soft-fall safety surfacing as well as improvements to accessibility. Five of the play areas will be updated and play structures fully replaced as they are end-of-life, including Bigby, Lafayette, Nielsen, Sunnyside, and Vinland. Maxie L. Parks will receive shade and accessibility improvements.
PARCS
Department –
Ted C. Wills Green
Space
This project will construct green space and a soccer field at a currently unused portion of the City-owned parcel which includes Ted C Wills Community Center. It will include the installation of 1.3 acres of irrigated turf, a dog park, an accessible path of travel surrounding the area, and picnic tables with a shade sail structure. This will transport the parcel into Ted C. Wills Park & Community Center, allowing the City to significantly expand recreational offerings at Ted C. Wills, and provide much-needed green space to the residential neighborhoods adjacent to Ted C. Wills Community
Center.
Owner-Occupied Home Repair
Self-Help
Enterprises –
Housing
Rehabilitation
Program
This program is dedicated to implementing emergency, minor, and substantial housing rehabilitation efforts within the city of Fresno. The primary focus of the program is to address pressing health and safety issues, property aging, and maintenance concerns, along with addressing code violations within existing units. Self-Help Enterprises' staff will collaborate with low-income homeowners and local contractors to address vital building features, including roofing, windows, and flooring, as well as property systems like basic plumbing, electrical, cooling, and/or security.
The program is committed to significantly improving living conditions for vulnerable populations, ensuring the wellbeing of owner-occupied households, and enhancing the overall safety and quality of housing for
residents in the city of Fresno.
Micro-Enterprise Assistance
Chinatown Fresno
Foundation –
The Pop-Up Project
The Pop-Up Project is a new component of the Chinatown Open for Business initiative. It specially targets entrepreneurs with an idea and helps them develop that into a business through offering a physical location for 6 months rent-free and provides accompanying workshops on business concepts.
Non-Profit Public Services
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Program Title Application Program Description
ACTS Foundation –
Hope of Haven
The Hope of Haven program, spearheaded by the ACTS Foundation, aims to support 200 unsheltered or unhoused individuals and families by providing essential products, food, and clothing vouchers to address their immediate needs, offering a beacon of hope and support in their time of struggle.
ACTS Foundation –
Recreation and
Education
The ACTS Foundation, through the Recreation & Education Program, enhances its grocery giveaways by offering recreational activities like bounce houses for kids, while parents receive vital financial advice. The program provides a designated area at 4798 N Marty Ave parking lot, with tables, chairs, financial education coaching, and fun activities to support both children and parents during each grocery giveaway event.
ACTS Foundation –
Wise and Well
The Wise and Well Program by the ACTS Foundation enhances senior's grocery delivery service with wellness checks, recreational activities, social support, and assistance with non-medical supplies. By serving 120 low- income seniors, we aim to provide essential resources for healthier, more connected lives in our community.
Boys & Girls Clubs
of Fresno Count –
Educate and
Inspire Fresno
Youth
This program will provide afterschool enrichment programs to 950 young people living in low-income, high-crime neighborhoods in East, West, and Central Fresno, and Pinedale. The organization will provide programs that help girls and boys develop and adopt a healthy attitude and lifestyle; develop academic, behavioral, and social skills through homework completion, learning activities, and tutoring; support and guide teens in setting career goals; and hands-on work experience.
Central Valley
Justice Coalition –
Youth Advocacy
and Mentorship
Program
Central Valley Justice Coalition's (CVJC) Youth Advocacy and Mentorship Program engages and supports youth with greater risk factors for human trafficking and exploitation to prevent them from becoming victims, through a combination of 1-on-1 mentorship, education, individual support, and group programs. CVJC is a certified provider of three anti-human trafficking curriculums, in addition to our own tools, training, and resources developed over more than a decade of fighting trafficking in the Central Valley. CVJC advocates equip young people with tools to recognize traffickers and help them access resources to keep them and their communities safe.
Fresno
Interdenominational
Refugee Ministry
(FIRM) – New
Workers for Fresno
FIRM proposes to provide Vocational Training and Job Search Assistance focused on low-income limited English-proficiency individuals, especially for newly arrived Fresnans. This program will leverage other federal and local investments in welcoming refugees and newcomers.
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Program Title Application Program Description
Highway City
Development
Corporation –
Moving Beyond
COVID: Health and
Wellness Access to
Care West of 99
This project has a health and wellness focus primarily towards making sure our children, youth and families are healthy and well, by coordinating, marketing, and hosting health/wellness clinics that keep children in school; sports physical clinics that also have a wellness focus; and family support and youth mentorship that focuses on mental health and positive interactions. The partners include Central Unified, Valley Childrens, Fresno County Office of Ed Mobile Health, UCSF, and InsideOut Mentors as well as support from Anthem and CalViva. HCCD coordinates and provides these services in a safe, trusted environment that is open to all. There are also monthly wellness clinics, outreach, health education, and mentoring opportunities that will be held at the Teague Resource Center, open to all families West of 99/Central Unified.
Life Bridge
Community Church
– Future Leaders
Initiative
Daily afterschool program, spanning three hours a day in our 5000 ft.² facility, aimed at supporting approximately 50 low-income teens. The program focuses on activities such as tutoring and assisting youths in crafting resumes, job hunting, and other recreational activities.
Additionally, snacks will be provided to create a conducive learning environment.
Marjaree Mason
Center – Critical
Services for
Domestic Violence
Survivors
Marjaree Mason Center is requesting City of Fresno CDBG funds to support critical services for survivors of domestic violence by increasing the agency's capacity to provide stabilization services for the rising number of individuals and families who are recovering from domestic violence.
Funds through this program will be used to provide comprehensive supportive services to adults and children who are considered low/moderate-income and fleeing from domestic violence while they work toward becoming self-sufficient.
Poverello House –
Rehabilitation
Aftercare Program
Poverello House will enhance the workforce development program for those exiting substance abuse treatment. The proposal seeks to incorporate an in-house work readiness program to prepare participants for careers in culinary services.
Southwest Fresno
Development
Corporation –
Family Financial
Literacy Nights
The SWFDC Family Financial Literacy Nights will offer 3, 4-week, age- appropriate financial education series for families to learn key money management tools to manage their household income, debt/ credit, and savings so they can have better financial outcomes and save toward their life goals of buying a home, paying off debt, going to college/back to school or retiring. We will offer a series of classes and have age- appropriate exercises that families can do with their children who are in K- 12 or are young adults. Classes will be taught in-person by SWFDC staff and bank volunteers, meals, childcare, and transportation will be provided, and families will be given tools to apply their learnings. 11 Application
Program Title Application Program Description
Valley Dream
Center –
Recreation and
Mentorship
Program
Our recreation and mentorship program's goal is to develop life skills in our youth, ages 14-18. Our program provides a small group mentorship program that teaches emotional, mental, and physical health. We also provide fun activities and sports to promote play and peer interaction.
Fair Housing
Fresno
Interdenominational
Refugee Ministry
(FIRM) – Immigrant
and Refugee
Inclusion in Fair
Housing
Fresno Interdenominational Refugee Ministries (FIRM) will provide Public Fair Housing Education and Outreach through workshops, ethnic media, sharing informational resources city-wide, and targeted canvassing in areas where low-income Southeast Asian, Spanish, and Arabic-speaking communities congregate (RECAPS). Outreach materials will be distributed in five different languages in order to increase awareness about fair housing rights and resources that often are not made accessible to diverse, low-income communities. Housing counselors will assist low- income Fresnans to understand and navigate their options.
Emergency Shelter & Street Outreach
CASA of Fresno
and Madera
Counties – Foster
Youth
Homelessness
Prevention Initiative
CASA’s Foster Youth Homelessness Prevention Initiative will focus on the immediate needs of foster youth at-risk of homelessness as well as long- term prevention methods to lower the likelihood of homelessness as foster youth transition out of the system. Immediate needs will be addressed through providing support with housing relocation, emergency shelter, rental assistance, as well as services like housing search and housing stability case management. For long-term prevention, CASA will focus on addressing youth's mental health, and providing essential services such as life skills development, job skills training, and assistance with employment and legal matters.
Central Unified
School District –
Student Services
Rapid Outreach
Project
The Student Support Services Rapid Outreach Project will be an extension of support and resources for unhoused families and those at-risk of becoming unhoused in the Central Unified School District. The Central Unified Student Support Services department will focus on 3 main areas:
homelessness outreach, housing assistance, and short-term assistance to prevent homelessness.
Marjaree Mason
Center – Domestic
Violence
Emergency Shelter
Marjaree Mason Center is requesting ESG funds from the City of Fresno to support Emergency shelter services for adults and their children experiencing domestic violence and homeless or at risk of homelessness due to abuse. Funds through this program will be used to support costs associated with Marjaree Mason Center's Emergency Shelter Program which provides 24/7 crisis response, emergency shelter, basic necessities (food, clothing, blankets, hygiene items, diapers, etc.), risk assessment, safety planning, case management, victim advocacy, mental health services and coordinated entry system services that assist clients while they work toward obtaining longer-term safe housing and increase overall health and stability. Funding through this program will provide support for one room in the Emergency Shelter which will provide safe shelter for up 12 Application
Program Title Application Program Description
to 8 households (35 individuals) during the grant period as well as Case Management and 24/7 assistance for clients residing in the Emergency Shelter.
Poverello House –
Homeless
Outreach
Progressive
Engagement
(HOPE) Team
The Homeless Outreach Progressive Engagement (HOPE) Team provides street outreach to people experiencing homelessness who live in the City of Fresno. The team aims to link people experiencing homelessness to navigation services and emergency shelter.
Rapid Rehousing
Poverello House –
Rapid Re-Housing
Program
Poverello House Rapid Re-Housing Program is to provide direct case management and rental support for those unhoused in the City of Fresno for up to one year. This program will support security deposits, pay for costs associated with arrears, and direct rental support. Case managers will work with program participants during this timeframe to develop a plan to sustain housing beyond the Rapid Re-Housing Program support.
WestCare
California –
Project Unite
WestCare California, Inc. seeks funding to continue providing rapid rehousing and homelessness prevention services through Project Unite.
During the grant period, Project Unite will provide 1) 4 households with homelessness prevention services, 2) 12 households with rapid rehousing assistance, and 3) 16 households will receive case management services.
The program will engage homeless and chronically homeless individuals and families with extremely low incomes (less than 30% of the area median income), including Veterans who are not eligible for housing assistance through SSVF or HUD-VASH.
Homelessness Prevention
CASA of Fresno
and Madera
Counties – Foster
Youth
Homelessness
Prevention Initiative
CASA’s Foster Youth Homelessness Prevention Initiative will focus on the immediate needs of foster youth at-risk of homelessness as well as long- term prevention methods to lower the likelihood of homelessness as foster youth transition out of the system. Immediate needs will be addressed through providing support with housing relocation, emergency shelter, rental assistance, as well as services like housing search and housing stability case management. For long-term prevention, CASA will focus on addressing youth's mental health, and providing essential services such as life skills development, job skills training, and assistance with employment and legal matters.
Central Unified
School District –
Student Services
Rapid Outreach
Project
The Student Support Services Rapid Outreach Project will be an extension of support and resources for unhoused families and those at-risk of becoming unhoused in the Central Unified School District. The Central Unified Student Support Services department will focus on 3 main areas:
homelessness outreach, housing assistance, and short-term assistance to prevent homelessness.
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Program Title Application Program Description
WestCare
California –
Project Unite
WestCare California, Inc. seeks funding to continue providing rapid rehousing and homelessness prevention services through Project Unite.
During the grant period, Project Unite will provide 1) 4 households with homelessness prevention services, 2) 12 households with rapid rehousing assistance, and 3) 16 households will receive case management services.
The program will engage homeless and chronically homeless individuals and families with extremely low incomes (less than 30% of the area median income), including Veterans who are not eligible for housing assistance through SSVF or HUD-VASH.
Housing Opportunities for People with AIDS/HIV
WestCare
California –
The Living Room
WestCare California, Inc. is the lead agency partnering with Fresno Housing to continue providing housing assistance and related support for people living with HIV and their families in Fresno County. Specific services include Rapid Rehousing, Tenant-Based Rental Assistance (TBRA), Short-Term Rent, Mortgage, and Utility (STRMU) assistance, Supportive Services, and Housing Information. The primary goals of the proposed program are to help participants achieve permanent housing and health stability.