Item 351/2024
Final
City of Garden Grove
INTER-DEPARTMENT MEMORANDUM
To:
Lisa L. Kim From: John Montanchez
Dept:
City Manager Dept: Community Services
Date: 8/27/2024
Subject: Adoption of a Resolution authorizing an application be submitted for the County of Orange Families and Communities Together (FaCT) Grant. (Amount: $845,000 per year)(Action Item)
OBJECTIVE
To request that City Council authorize staff to submit a grant application to the County of Orange Social Services Agency Families and Communities Together (FaCT) Program for grant funds to assist in funding services at Magnolia Park Family Resource Center.
BACKGROUND
Since 1999, the City has been the lead agency for the Garden Grove Community Collaborative, which provides the community with family preservation services at the Magnolia Park Family Resource Center. The majority of the funding for the center comes through a grant from the County of Orange, Fam ilies and Communities Together (FaCT) Program. The original grant received in 1999 was extended in years 2003, 2005, 2010, 2014, and once again in 2019 as part of a competitive grant process. County funded services provided by the Magnolia Park Family Resource Center include counseling, case management, information and referral, family support services, parent education, domestic violence prevention and treatment services, youth program, emergency assistance and childcare services.
DISCUSSION
In August 2024, the County of Orange Social Services Agency released a request for proposals for the FaCT family resource center services. Staff would like to request authorization to submit the application.
The City will serve as the lead agency for this grant proposal. The grant application requires proposed services for Family Resource Center Services, Family Stabilization Services, Elder Adult Support Services, and Differential Response – Path Once Services. The funded partners to provide for these services inclu de Interval House for domestic violence prevention and treatment services; Human Options for counseling servic es; All4Kids for family stabilization Item 351/2024
services and differential response ; and, Council on Aging for elder adult support services.
Other family services will be provided through the by partner agencies from the community.
The grant funding covers a three-year period from July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2028. The grant funding available for each one -year period is as follows: Family Resource Center Services, $380,000; Family Stabilization Services, $175,000; Elder Adult Support Services, $140,000; and, Differential Response – Path Once Services, $150,000, for a total contract amount of $845,000 per year. The contract will have the option to extend for two (2) additional one-year periods, without a competitive bid process, at the sole discretion of the County.
FINANCIAL IMPACT
As lead agency, the City will be managing the $845,000 awarded annually for the services and programs offered at the Magnolia Park Family Resource Center. The grant requires a local match in the amount of $288,000 per year during the grant period. The matching requirement will be met through an appropriation from the City’s General Fund, and will be programmed in the biennial budget development process.
RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that the City Council:
Adopt the attached Resolution authorizing the submission of an application for the grant funds from the Orange County Social Services Agency Families and Communities Together; and
Authorize annual grant fun ding match in the amount of $288,000 from the Gen eral Fund.
By: Janet Pelayo, Deputy Director
ATTACHMENT
1. Resolution MPFRC FaCT Grant