Agenda Item A.7
CPMS CONSENT CALENDAR
Meeting Date: June 4, 2024
TO: Mayor and Councilmembers
SUBMITTED BY: Jaime A. Valdez, Assistant City Manager
PREPARED BY: Cassidy Le Air, Senior Management Analyst
Melissa Cure, Management Assistant
SUBJECT: Award of Goleta City Grants for Fiscal Year 2024-2025 RECOMMENDATION:
Approve the Fiscal Year 2024-2025 Goleta City Grant Program funding recommendations of the Human Services Standing Committee, Homelessness Issues Standing Committee, Economic Development and Revitalization Committee, and the Parks and Recreation Commission.
BACKGROUND:
The Goleta City Grant Program provides grants of up to $10,000 for non -profit organizations involved in providing public services, educational and cultural activities such as music, art, dance, and recreation, and Goleta -oriented special events and regional projects that enhance and support the quality of life in Goleta. In Fiscal Year (FY) 2024-25, a total of $250,000 is available to award.
On December 5, 2023, City Council adopted a resolution establishing the Human Services Standing Committee. The Human Services Standing Committee was tasked with reviewing grant applications related to education, the arts, senior programs, youth services, and miscellaneous. The Homelessness Issues Standing Committee, the Economic Development and Revitalization Committee, and the Parks and Recreation Commission are responsible for reviewing grant applications relevant to their oversight.
On December 15, 2023, the City published a Notice of Funding Availability (in English and Spanish), inviting applications for FY 2024-25 funding through both the Goleta City Grant and CDBG programs. Outreach for grant availability was provided via newspaper ads in The Independent and El Latino, the City's website, social media channels, and direct notification to former applicants and interested parties. On January 9, 2024, staff held a grant workshop designed to empower local non-profit organizations with essential knowledge about available grants and funding opportunities. The workshop was a resounding success, with approximately 40 people in attendance. 1 Meeting Date: June 4, 2024
This year marked the sixth year the City utilized an online application process through ZoomGrants, a popular online application program used by many jurisdictions for grant programs. The application period ran from December 15, 2023, through January 26, 2024. A total of eighty -eight (88) applications were received. Of the applications received, seven (7) applicants were eligible for CDBG funding. The Human Services Committee reviewed the seven (7) CDBG applicants, recommending awards to three (3) and moving the remaining four (4) to the City Grant Program for further consideration.
For the City Grant Program, 85 applications totaling $659,022.81 were considered for funding. On February 12 , 14, and 22, 2024, the Human Services Standing Committee reviewed fifty-two (52) applications spread between six (6) categories. On March 12, 2024, the Economic Development and Revitalization Committee reviewed six (6) applications. On March 13, 2024, the Parks and Recreation Committee reviewed twenty applications spread between two categories. The Homelessness Issues Standing Committee reviewed seven (7) applications on March 14, 2024.
The ten categories which City Grant applications were divided into we re each given $25,000 in funding, for a total of $250,000, as follows:
Category Number of
Applications Available to Award
Economic Development & Revitalization Committee 6 $ 25,000.00 Community Engagement Programs 6
Human Services Standing Committee 52 $ 150,000.00
Educational Programs 12
Food/Nutrition Programs 3
Miscellaneous Programs 6
Senior Programs 4
The Arts Programs (music, dance, theater, art) 15
Youth Services/Programs 12
Parks & Recreation Commission 20 $ 50,000.00
Environmental/Wildlife/Animal Programs 9
Parks and Recreation Programs 11
Homelessness Issues Standing Committee 7 $ 25,000.00 Homelessness Programs 7
Grand Total 85 $ 250,000.00
DISCUSSION:
During the application review, considerations included, but were not limited to, the following factors: how vital the City's funding would be to the program/event/service; the extent to which the program/event/service benefits Goleta residents; and provisi on of direct versus indirect services to a target population. Collectively, the Committees and the Commission are recommending awarding funding to seventy -eight (78) applicants, 2 Meeting Date: June 4, 2024
totaling $250,000. Of the eighty -five (85) applications received, seven (7) we re not recommended for funding. Following Council approval of the funding recommendations, staff will create grant agreements for the awardees and issue the payments after July 1, 2024. The full final funding recommendations are included in Attachment 1.
GOLETA STRATEGIC PLAN:
City-Wide Strategy:
Strategic Goal 2.1: Provide community development for neighborhoods and social welfare assistance for disadvantaged and/or marginalized groups.
Strategic Goal 2.2: Support programs that enhance quality of life in the Goleta community such as recreation, public safety, human services, and cultural arts.
FISCAL IMPACTS:
Funds associated with awarded grants will be available to applicants after July 1, 2024.
For FY 2024-25, $250,000 in City Grant funding being proposed in this item will be paid from Support to Other Agencies - Grants (101-60-6100-54012).
ALTERNATIVES:
City Council could alter the collective recommendations for the Goleta City Grant Program funding by increasing or decreasing the award amounts to recommended applicants and/or awarding funding to applicants not recommended by the Committees and Commission. City Council may also choose to delay the award of the FY 2024-25 Goleta City Grant Program funding and direct staff and the Committees and Commission as appropriate on other options.
LEGAL REVIEW BY: Megan Garibaldi, City Attorney
APPROVED BY: Robert Nisbet, City Manager
ATTACHMENTS:
1. FY 2024-25 Goleta City Grant Applicant List – Final Funding Recommendations
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Fiscal Year 2024-25 Goleta City Grant Applicant List – Final Funding Recommendations 4 Fiscal Year 2024-25 Goleta City Grant Applicant List – Final Funding Recommendations Organization Name Program Category Reviewers Requested
Amount
Recommended
Funding
1 AHA! Social Emotional Learning for Teens, Educators and Parents Youth Services/Programs Human Services Standing Committee $ 10,000.00 $ 2,975.00 2 American Indian Health & Services Quality Healthcare for Underserved Goleta Residents Miscellaneous Programs Human Services Standing Committee $ 10,000.00 $ 5,000.00 3 Animal Shelter Assistance Program (ASAP) Essential Volunteer Program Environmental/Wildlife/Animal Programs Parks & Recreation Commission $ 3,000.00 $ 1,000.00 4 Boxtales Theatre Company Boxtales Assemblies for Goleta Schools The Arts Programs (music, dance,
theater, art) Human Services Standing Committee $ 5,000.00 $ 3,600.00 5 Center for Successful Aging General Operating Support Senior Programs Human Services Standing Committee $ 7,500.00 $ 5,500.00 6 Ceylon International Film Festival Foundation Ceylon International Film Festival Community Engagement Programs Economic Development & Revitalization
Committee $ 10,000.00 $ 5,000.00
7 Channel Islands YMCA St. George Youth Center program support Youth Services/Programs Human Services Standing Committee $ 8,000.00 $ 4,000.00 8 Children's Creative Project Kids at the Bowl
The Arts Programs (music, dance,
theater, art) Human Services Standing Committee $ 6,500.00 $ 2,000.00 9 Clay Studio
Community Impact through Clay: Traditional and 3D Ceramic Arts Education at Clay Studio
The Arts Programs (music, dance,
theater, art) Human Services Standing Committee $ 10,000.00 $ 750.00 10 Club West, Inc. All County Youth Track and Field Championship Parks and Recreation Programs Parks & Recreation Commission $ 1,000.00 $ 1,000.00 11 Committee for Social Justice Outreach, advocacy, education Homelessness Programs Homelessness Issues Standing Committee $ 10,000.00 $ 3,000.00 12 Creative Netwerk
Creative Netwerk's After School Hip Hop Dance and DJ
Programming
The Arts Programs (music, dance,
theater, art) Human Services Standing Committee $ 10,000.00 $ 2,000.00 13 Danza Folklorica Quetzalcoatl Danza Folklorica Quetzalcoatl The Arts Programs (music, dance,
theater, art) Human Services Standing Committee $ 10,000.00 $ 750.00 14 De Marillac, LLC. dba the Fr. Virgil Cordano Center Fr. Virgil Cordano Center (FVCC) Homelessness Programs Homelessness Issues Standing Committee $ 10,000.00 $ - 15 Devereux Advanced Behaviroal Health, California Devereux CA Greenhouse Project Food/Nutrition Programs Human Services Standing Committee $ 10,000.00 $ 2,000.00 16 Dos Pueblos Band Boosters Dos Pueblos High School Instrumental Music Program The Arts Programs (music, dance,
theater, art) Human Services Standing Committee $ 3,000.00 $ 1,500.00 17 Dos Pueblos Football Boosters Club Dos Pueblos Football Boosters Club Parks and Recreation Programs Parks & Recreation Commission $ 1,500.00 $ 500.00 18 Dos Pueblos High School Parent Teacher Student Association (PTSA) Dos Pueblos High School PTSA After Prom Youth Services/Programs Human Services Standing Committee $ 10,000.00 $ 1,925.00 19 Dos Pueblos Little League Dos Pueblos Little League Parks and Recreation Programs Parks & Recreation Commission $ 5,000.00 $ 3,200.00 20 Easy Lift Transportation Dial-A-Ride Paratransit Service Senior Programs Human Services Standing Committee $ 10,000.00 $ 7,500.00 21 Eric Brody Community Sign Language Classes Educational Programs Human Services Standing Committee $ 5,025.00 $ 1,375.00 22 Explore Ecology Clean & Green Committee Environmental/Wildlife/Animal Programs Parks & Recreation Commission $ 7,500.00 $ 2,000.00 23 Family Service Agency of Santa Barbara County Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program Senior Programs Human Services Standing Committee $ 10,000.00 $ 7,500.00 24 Food From The Heart General Operating Support Food/Nutrition Programs Human Services Standing Committee $ 10,000.00 $ 8,000.00 25 Foodbank of Santa Barbara County Nutritional Security for the City of Goleta Food/Nutrition Programs Human Services Standing Committee $ 10,000.00 $ 3,000.00 26 Future Leaders of America Youth Leadership and Education Project Youth Services/Programs Human Services Standing Committee $ 10,000.00 $ 2,350.00 27 Gateway Educational Services Educational Support for Latinx Students in Goleta Educational Programs Human Services Standing Committee $ 10,000.00 $ 4,000.00 28 Girls Incorporated of Greater Santa Barbara Girls Inc. Afterschool Education & Enrichment Program Parks and Recreation Programs Parks & Recreation Commission $ 10,000.00 $ 4,000.00 29 Goleta Education Foundation Lemon Run 2024 Community Engagement Programs Economic Development & Revitalization
Committee $ 10,000.00 $ 5,000.00
30 Goleta Lions Charities Fdn Goleta Santa Barbara Lions Club Community Engagement Programs Economic Development & Revitalization
Committee $ 8,700.00 $ 5,000.00
31 Goleta Valley Girls Softball Association GVGSA Grant Application Parks and Recreation Programs Parks & Recreation Commission $ 3,000.00 $ 3,000.00 32 Goleta Valley Historical Society Goleta Valley Historical Society-Camp Stow Program Parks and Recreation Programs Parks & Recreation Commission $ 10,000.00 $ 4,000.00 33 Goleta Valley South Little League Replacement Bleachers Campaign Parks and Recreation Programs Parks & Recreation Commission $ 10,000.00 $ 1,000.00 34 Grace Fisher Foundation Disability Awareness Field Trips Educational Programs Human Services Standing Committee $ 7,650.00 $ 2,000.00 35 Greater Santa Barbara Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
Foundation Empowering BIPOC Business Voices Community Engagement Programs Economic Development & Revitalization
Committee $ 10,000.00 $ -
5 Fiscal Year 2024-25 Goleta City Grant Applicant List – Final Funding Recommendations Organization Name Program Category Reviewers Requested
Amount
Recommended
Funding
36 Greater Santa Barbara Ice Skating Association/Ice in Paradise City of Goleta Youth Hockey Outreach & Awareness Campaign Parks and Recreation Programs Parks & Recreation Commission $ 5,000.00 $ 1,700.00 37 Healing Justice SB Black Student Alliance, Cultural Youth Programming Youth Services/Programs Human Services Standing Committee $ 10,000.00 $ 2,500.00 38 Hollister Elementary School PTA Hollister Elementary Mural & Art Education Program Educational Programs Human Services Standing Committee $ 5,000.00 $ 750.00 39 Hospice of Santa Barbara Support for Goleta Patients with a Life-Threatening Illness Miscellaneous Programs Human Services Standing Committee $ 10,000.00 $ 7,000.00 40 Isla Vista Elementary School Parent-Teacher Association (IV PTA) Isla Vista Elementary PTA Jog-A-Ton Educational Programs Human Services Standing Committee $ 3,000.00 $ 750.00 41 Isla Vista Youth Projects, Inc. dba LEAP IVYP dba LEAP Diaper Bank Miscellaneous Programs Human Services Standing Committee $ 10,000.00 $ 7,000.00 42 Juneteenth Santa Barbara Juneteenth 2025: Hope For the People Community Engagement Programs Economic Development & Revitalization
Committee $ 5,000.00 $ 5,000.00
43 La Patera School PTA La Patera Elementary School Jogathon Educational Programs Human Services Standing Committee $ 2,000.00 $ 750.00 44 Legal Aid Foundation of Santa Barbara County Legal Services for Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence Miscellaneous Programs Human Services Standing Committee $ 10,000.00 $ 7,000.00 45 Lights Up! Theatre Company Lights Up! Season 7
The Arts Programs (music, dance,
theater, art) Human Services Standing Committee $ 10,000.00 $ 1,500.00 46 Los Padres Council, BSA Outdoor School Funds for Students of Goleta Parks and Recreation Programs Parks & Recreation Commission $ 10,000.00 $ 3,800.00 47 Main-Begg Farmhouse Main-Begg Farmhouse Community Engagement Programs Economic Development & Revitalization
Committee $ 5,000.00 $ 5,000.00
48 Make-A-Wish Foundation of the Tri-Counties Inc Project Hope & Healing Youth Services/Programs Human Services Standing Committee $ 5,000.00 $ 750.00 49 Mental Health Association of Santa Barbara County (DBA Mental Wellness Center) Youth/Lifesaving Mental Health Education in Goleta Schools Youth Services/Programs Human Services Standing Committee $ 5,000.00 $ 3,400.00 50 Mission Scholars (a program of Santa Barbara Education Foundation) Mission Scholars: College Access Program Educational Programs Human Services Standing Committee $ 10,000.00 $ 4,000.00 51 Mosaic Equity Therapy Fund Therapy for Underserved Youth Youth Services/Programs Human Services Standing Committee $ 10,000.00 $ - 52 Mosaic Equity Therapy Fund Therapy for Underserved Youth Youth Services/Programs Human Services Standing Committee $ 10,000.00 $ 3,000.00 53 NatureTrack Foundation Inc. Fostering a Lifelong Fascination with Nature Environmental/Wildlife/Animal Programs Parks & Recreation Commission $ 5,000.00 $ 3,500.00 54 Nomad Tango Tango Nights with Live Music
The Arts Programs (music, dance,
theater, art) Human Services Standing Committee $ 8,000.00 $ 750.00 55 Octobots Robotics Octobots Robotics Youth Services/Programs Human Services Standing Committee $ 7,500.00 $ 2,475.00 56 PTA CALIFORNIA CONGRESS OF PARENTS TEACHERS & STUDENTS INC Outdoor Classroom Project Educational Programs Human Services Standing Committee $ 6,969.56 $ - 57 Rotary Club of Goleta Noontime 2024 School Supplies for Goleta Schools Educational Programs Human Services Standing Committee $ 5,000.00 $ - 58 Rotary Club of Goleta Noontime Senior Assistance and Care Package Program Senior Programs Human Services Standing Committee $ 10,000.00 $ 1,500.00 59 Safety Town of Santa Barbara County Scholarships for the underserved children from Goleta, CA. Youth Services/Programs Human Services Standing Committee $ 5,000.00 $ 2,550.00 60 San Marcos Parent Child Workshop Shade Project SMPCW Educational Programs Human Services Standing Committee $ 10,000.00 $ 2,000.00 61 Santa Barbara Audubon Society, Inc. Santa Barbara Audubon Society 11th Winter Bird Count for Kids Environmental/Wildlife/Animal Programs Parks & Recreation Commission $ 4,678.25 $ 2,300.00 62 Santa Barbara Channelkeeper
2024 Channelkeeper "What the Channel Means to Me" Student Art Show
The Arts Programs (music, dance,
theater, art) Human Services Standing Committee $ 1,500.00 $ 1,500.00 63 Santa Barbara Channelkeeper Santa Barbara Channelkeeper Watershed Brigade Environmental/Wildlife/Animal Programs Parks & Recreation Commission $ 5,000.00 $ 2,400.00 64 Santa Barbara Community Youth Performing Arts Center aka Marjorie Luke Theatre The Marjorie Luke Theatre Rent Subsidy Fund The Arts Programs (music, dance,
theater, art) Human Services Standing Committee $ 10,000.00 $ - 65 Santa Barbara County Action Network (SBCAN) Trauma-Informed Workshop Program Miscellaneous Programs Human Services Standing Committee $ 5,000.00 $ 1,750.00 66 Santa Barbara Dance Institute Santa Barbara Dance Institute's Summer Dance Camp The Arts Programs (music, dance,
theater, art) Human Services Standing Committee $ 10,000.00 $ 4,000.00 67 Santa Barbara Humane TLC Fund Environmental/Wildlife/Animal Programs Parks & Recreation Commission $ 5,000.00 $ 2,300.00 6 Fiscal Year 2024-25 Goleta City Grant Applicant List – Final Funding Recommendations Organization Name Program Category Reviewers Requested
Amount
Recommended
Funding
68 Santa Barbara Maritime Museum
Coastal Outdoor Experiential Education for Goleta Title 1 Elementary School Students Environmental/Wildlife/Animal Programs Parks & Recreation Commission $ 5,000.00 $ 3,000.00 69 Santa Barbara Partners in Education Job Readiness Training & Internship Program for High School Youth Educational Programs Human Services Standing Committee $ 5,000.00 $ 4,250.00 70 Santa Barbara Police Activities League Campership Alliance Parks and Recreation Programs Parks & Recreation Commission $ 10,000.00 $ 2,800.00 71 Santa Barbara Strings Santa Barbara Strings
The Arts Programs (music, dance,
theater, art) Human Services Standing Committee $ 10,000.00 $ 3,000.00 72 SANTA BARBARA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION Music Education Programs The Arts Programs (music, dance,
theater, art) Human Services Standing Committee $ 10,000.00 $ 4,000.00 73 Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network Environmental/Wildlife/Animal Programs Parks & Recreation Commission $ 5,000.00 $ 3,000.00 74 Showers of Blessing Santa Barbara Showers of Blessing Shower Program Homelessness Programs Homelessness Issues Standing Committee $ 10,000.00 $ 7,000.00 75 South Coast Community Media Access Center (DBA: TV Santa Barbara) Multilingual Closed Captioning for Community Television Miscellaneous Programs Human Services Standing Committee $ 10,000.00 $ 750.00 76 St. Vincent's Institution Family Strengthening Program (FSP) Homelessness Programs Homelessness Issues Standing Committee $ 10,000.00 $ 5,000.00 77 The Brazilian Cultural Arts Center of Santa Barbara BCACSB Youth Cultural Arts Program The Arts Programs (music, dance,
theater, art) Human Services Standing Committee $ 10,000.00 $ 4,350.00 78 The Goleta Valley Art Association GVAA - GUSD After School Art Program The Arts Programs (music, dance,
theater, art) Human Services Standing Committee $ 3,000.00 $ 2,500.00 79 The Salvation Army Goleta Rental Assistance Program Homelessness Programs Homelessness Issues Standing Committee $ 10,000.00 $ - 80 Therapy Dogs of Santa Babara Goleta Program Support Environmental/Wildlife/Animal Programs Parks & Recreation Commission $ 5,000.00 $ 1,000.00 81 Transition House Shelter and Services for Homeless Families Homelessness Programs Homelessness Issues Standing Committee $ 10,000.00 $ 7,000.00 82 Tri-Counties Sheet Metal Apprenticeship Sheet Metal Apprenticeship Outreach Educational Programs Human Services Standing Committee $ 10,000.00 $ 2,500.00 83 United Boys & Girls Clubs of Santa Barbara County United Boys & Girls Clubs, Goleta Club Youth Services/Programs Human Services Standing Committee $ 10,000.00 $ 6,000.00 84 Unity Shoppe, Inc.
Client Service Center/Unity Delivers, JobSmart and Transitional Assistance Program Homelessness Programs Homelessness Issues Standing Committee $ 10,000.00 $ 3,000.00 85 Wilderness Youth Project Wilderness Youth Project Parks and Recreation Programs Parks & Recreation Commission $ 10,000.00 $ 4,500.00 $ 659,022.81 $ 250,000.00
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