City of Riverside
HUD Annual Action Plan
FY 2024-2025
Adopted June 18, 2024
Attachment 2
2024-2025
DRAFT
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Executive Summary
AP-05 Executive Summary - 24 CFR 91.200(c), 91.220(b)
1. Introduction
As a designated entitlement jurisdiction, the City of Riverside receives an annual allocation of federal funding designated t o assist in the development of viable communities by supporting projects that provide decent, safe, and sanitary housing that is both affordable and sustainable and expand economic opportunities for low- and moderate-income persons. The City is required to develop a Five - Year Consolidated Plan (ConPlan) and an Annual Action Plan (Action Plan) for the use of these funds. These Plans, specifically, the Action Plan serve as the means to meet the application and submission requirements for four entitlement formula programs:
Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG), Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA), and HOME Investment Partnership (HOME). The Action Plan must be submitted to HUD by Wednesday, May 15, 2024.
2. Summarize the objectives and outcomes identified in the Plan This could be a restatement of items, or a table listed elsewhere in the plan or a reference to another location. It may also contain any essential items from the housing and homeless needs assessment, the housing market analysis or the strategic plan.
Priority Needs
The City of Riverside has identified eight priority development areas to meet the greatest needs of residents in the city. Pr iorities are based on responses to the City’s 202 4-2025 Community Survey through Community Ward Meetings, Post Card Surveys, and online.
The information was gathered in specific focus groups and interviews with various organizations and service providers in the housing and community development field. Based on these results, the City of Riverside will invest its Fiscal Year 202 4-2025 CDBG funding to address needs in the priority areas listed below:
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1. Infrastructure
2. Public Facility
3. Homelessness (Public Services)
4. Other
5. Community Services (Public Service)
6. Housing
7. Business and Jobs (Economic Development)
8. Special Needs Services
Additional priorities and anticipated accomplishments for Housing, Community Development, Homeless, and Special Needs populations, and the HOPWA Program are presented in the appropriate narrative sections and tables within this document.
The city must also ensure that its HUD-funded activities carried out during Fiscal Year 2024-2025 described in this Annual Action Plan meet the identified priority needs identified in the City’s Five -Year Consolidated Plan needs assessment. The 202 4-2025 Community Survey found that need rankings were rather consistent throughout the city. A uniform system of ranking was assigned according to the following HUD categories: No Need, Low Need, Medium Need, and High Need, to describe the relative need for assistance in each category.
Objectives and Outcomes Continued
The federal funding sources that will be used to implement the objectives and outcomes of the Consolidated Plan are as follows.
Community Development Block Grant (CDBG): The Fiscal Year 2024-2025 CDBG allocation is $2,777,642. Activities eligible for funding under the CDBG program include acquisition of real property, construction, rehabilitation or improvements to public facilities, housing- related services and activities, economic development, public services, and program planning and administration. Eligible activities are required to meet at least one of the three CDBG program National Objectives, which are: 1) to assist low - and moderate-income persons, 2) aid in the prevention or elimination of slum or blight, and 3) meet urgent community needs. The City of Riverside will extend its allocation of Program Year 202 4-2025 CDBG funding for the following CDBG eligible activities: Public Facilities/Public Improvement Projects, Public Service Activities, Housing Projects, and Planning and Administration.
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Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA): The Fiscal Year 202 4-2025 HOPWA allocation is $4, 636,741. The City of Riverside has been designated by HUD as the Grantee jurisdiction administering the HOPWA funding designated for the Eligible Metropolitan Service Area (EMSA) encompassing Riverside and San Bernardino Counties. HOPWA funds may be used for hous ing projects, short -term rental assistance, mortgage payments, utility payments, counseling, clinic -based healthcare, homecare, and program administration. The City of Riverside sub-contracts with the Foothill AIDS Project, Lutheran Social Services, Housing Authority of the County of Riverside (HACR) and TruEvolution to serve as Project Sponsors and facilitate HOPWA activities throughout the region.
The City will disperse its allocation of HOPWA funds as follows:
• Foothill AIDS Project: $1.6 million
• Lutheran Social Services: $514,622
• Housing Authority of the County of Riverside: $1.6 million • TruEvolution: $763,489
• Program Administration (3% Max): $162,285.94
HOME Investment Partnership (HOME) Program: The HOME Program provides federal funds for the development and rehabilitation of affordable rental and homeownership units for low- income households. HOME funds will be used for activities that promote a suitable living environment that is affordable and sustainable for the household that resides there. Examples of HOME -funded programs are the acquisition and rehabilitation of single-family and apartment communities that will be either rented or sold income- qualified field households, tenant -based rental assistance, homebuyer assistance, and new housing construction. HOME funds are allocated by formula to participating jurisdictions. The Program allows great flexibility with respect to the types of projec ts to be assisted (new construction or rehabilitation), the form and amount of financing, the types of housing, and the households assisted. In addition, with the need to link access to supportive services to affordable and appropriate housing, there will be more coordination and collaboration between housing providers and service providers.
Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG): The ESG program places emphasis on helping people quickly regain stability in permanent housing after experiencing a housing crisis or homelessness. This is accomplished by providing homeless persons with basic emergency shelter and essential supportive services to locate permanent housing and promote decent and affordable housing, a suitable living Annual Action Plan
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environment, and economic opportunities. ESG funds will be used for a variety of activities, including rapid re -housing and homeless prevention activities, emergency shelter operations, and street outreach.
3. Evaluation of past performance
This is an evaluation of past performance that helped lead the grantee to choose its goals or projects.
The City continues to improve its processes and delivery of services to address the housing, community development, and econo mic development objectives that were identified in the 2020-2024 Consolidated Plan. We are currently in the fifth year of the plan which will end on June 30, 202 4. Utilizing CDBG, HOME, ESG, and HOPWA funds, the City of Riverside promoted Decent Housing, Suitable Living Environments, and Economic Opportunities. During the first fifth years of the City’s 2020-2024 Consolidated Plan, the City has expended approximately $16,391,7285 to assist low to moderate income households through public service activities, such as af ter- school and childcare programs, health and substance abuse services, homeless services, anti- crime. Capital Improveme nts projects such as : construction and improvements to community facilities, curb and gutter, ADA improvements, and street rehabilitating.
Economic Development such as, job creation, job training, and commercial improvement. Lastly, provided short-term rent, and funded emergency shelter operations , HOPWA assistance to service the following categories, facility -based housing development, facility - based housing subsidy assistance, housing information services, permanent housing placement, resource administration, STRMU, supportive services, resource identification, tenant-based rental assistance, Project Sponsor reporting, Project Sponsor administration, Grantee reporting, and Grantee Administration. As well as provided short-term rent, and funded emergency shelter operations.
4. Summary of Citizen Participation Process and consultation process Summary from citizen participation section of plan.
As the entitlement grantee for the CDBG, HOME, ESG, and HOPWA programs, the City of Riverside Housing and Human Services Department (HHS) is the lead agency for the development of this five -year consolidated plan as well as the Annual Action Plan that outline the proposed activities and expenditures under these programs. The HHS will also act as one of several public and private agencies that will administer programs and activities under the plan. During this Consolidated Plan period, the HSS will also work with other agencies and organizations that will assist in the administration of the Consolidated Plan programs.
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The City of Riverside has embraced a process for the development of this Action Plan that included broad participation from the community. At each step in the process, care has been taken to ensure that low-and-moderate-income residents, members of minority groups, agencies involved in the provision of services to these populations, and others who are directly impacted by the programs and projects supported by the Consolidated Plan programs have been actively involved. The Housing and Human Services Department staff conducted extensive outreach to engage a wide range of agencies, groups, organizations, and residents in the process of developing the 2020 -2024 Five-Year Consolidated Plan and the 2024-2025 One-Year Action Plan. This process included widespread public participation and input through postcards, workshops, community meetings, and public hearings.
The following is the Funding Application and Citizen Participation schedule:
• Community Meeting Notices mailed to all Riverside households • Community Meeting Advertisement published in the Press Enterprise • Seven Community Meetings were held (one for each of the seven Council Wards) to gather public input on funding priorities for FY 2024-2025
• Letters sent to over 150 community-based organizations and agencies inviting CDBG funding proposals for FY 2024-2025 • 2024-2025 CDBG Funding Applications made available electronically via the city website, e-mail, and hard mail • Public Notice-CDBG Funding Availability
• Virtual CDBG Application Workshop offered for interested parties • Application Deadline for submission of CDBG funding proposals from community-based organizations and agencies • “Notice of Public Hearing and Public Comment Period” on draft Action Plan published in Press-Enterprise. Draft Action Plan with funding recommendations made available for public review • Public Hearing to solicit community input regarding Action Plan and Funding Recommendations and Approval.
5. Summary of public comments
This could be a brief narrative summary or reference an attached document from the Citizen Participation section of the Con Plan.
A Public hearing was held on June 18, 2024, adopting the 2024-2025 HUD Annual Action Plan at the regular City Council meeting.
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The following comments were received regarding the 2024-2025 Annual Action Plan:
6. Summary of comments or views not accepted and the reasons for not accepting them All comments formally submitted were accepted.
7. Summary
The City of Riverside will continue to utilize CDBG, HOME, HOPWA, and ESG funding allocations to benefit the low- and moderate- income residents in the community. This document includes projects with objectives and outcomes that address priority needs a nd help meet goals set forth in the Consolidated Plan's Strategic Plan section, which describes how federal funds and other resources will be utilized over the course of a five -year period. The City of Riverside will evaluate past performance and adjust as nee ded to better serve the needs of the community. As per the City’s Citizen Participation Plan, community residents and providers will continue to be informed and invited to participate in the consolidated planning process to ensure projects and activities m eet community needs.
With declining resources from various sources, the City and non -profit organizations will be unable to serve all persons who need services. The FY 2024 -2025 projects listed in “AP -35 Projects” have been developed with community input and reflect the needs of the City.
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PR-05 Lead & Responsible Agencies – 91.200(b)
1. Agency/entity responsible for preparing/administering the Consolidated Plan Describe the agency/entity responsible for preparing the Consolidated Plan and those responsible for administration of each grant program and funding source.
Agency Role Name Department/Agency
CDBG Administrator Riverside Housing and Human Service Department HOPWA Administrator Riverside Housing and Human Service Department HOME Administrator Riverside Housing and Human Service Department ESG Administrator Riverside Housing and Human Service Department Table 1 – Responsible Agencies
Narrative (optional)
The Housing and Human Services Department - CDBG/Grants Division staff are responsible for the preparation of the Consolidated Plan, Annual Action Plan, and the Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER) . In addition, the CDBG/Grants Division staff administers the CDBG and HOPWA grant programs. Housing and Human Service Department staff assist with the preparation of these plans and reports and administer the HOME and ESG grant programs.
Consolidated Plan Public Contact Information
City of Riverside
Michelle Guzman, Senior Project Manager
3900 Main Street 5th Riverside, CA 92522
951-826-5302
[email protected]
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AP-10 Consultation – 91.100, 91.200(b), 91.215(l)
1. Introduction
Provide a concise summary of the jurisdiction’s activities to enhance coordination between public and assisted housing providers and private and governmental health, mental health and service agencies (91.215(l))
In the coming year, the city will remain focused on serving vulnerable individuals experiencing homelessness through collaboration with other funders and partnerships with essential public and private systems of care including health and behavioral health care; public safety; education; and employment providers. The city will continue to lead efforts in providing outreach to Veterans, seniors, unaccompanied youth, and families with children and other individuals experiencing chronic homelessness through participation in targeted initiatives and support to community-based providers.
The City participates in County Farm Road monthly calls with Riverside University Health System – Behavioral Health to discuss performance outcomes of the Arlington Recovery Center, Sobering Center, Emergency Treatment Services and Mental Health Urgent Care and ad dress any community concerns.
The City holds a monthly check -in meeting with Riverside County Housing and Workforce Solutions and Continuum of Care staff to discuss efforts in addressing the needs of our homeless population. The City holds biweekly case conference meetings with Riverside County and youth partners to achieve the goal of ending youth homelessness.
Describe coordination with the Continuum of Care and efforts to address the needs of homeless persons (particularly chronically homeless individuals and families, families with children, veterans, and unaccompanied youth) and persons at risk of homelessness.
The County of Riverside Housing and Workforce Solutions is the Collaborative Applicant for the Continuum of Care (CoC) and has spearheaded the local effort to ensure compliance with HEARTH Act provisions. Therefore, there is continuous coordination between Riverside County, the City of Riverside, and the CoC as a whole, to address the needs of persons who are homeless or at risk of homelessness. This includes discharge planning, identifying needs and gaps in the community, and researching project models for permanent supportive housing and funding sources. The County works closely with Adults Protection Services to provide support for our homeless seniors.
The City receives three direct CoC Grants, which include two Permanent Supportive Housing Program grants for 18 dedicated PSH units, which 8 units are dedicated to chronically Annual Action Plan
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homelessness individuals, 5 for disabled homeless individuals, and 3 for disabled homeless families, and a Rapid Re-Housing grant to assist up to 10 homeless individuals with case management and rental assistance. In FY 2022-2023, the city will receive an additional CoC grant to assist 10 homeless individuals with housing through the Rapid Re-Housing Program.
The City utilizes the Coordinated Entry System Community Que when referring homeless individuals to the City’s rental assistance and permanent supportive housing programs.
Describe consultation with the Continuum(s) of Care that serves the jurisdiction's area in determining how to allocate ESG funds, develop performance standards for and evaluate outcomes of projects and activities assisted by ESG funds, and develop funding, policies and procedures for the operation and administration of HMIS The City is to receive $251,666 of ESG Fiscal Year 2024-2025 grant funds and released a Notice of Funding Availability for these funds. The City of Riverside received four proposals totaling $634,025 in ESG funding to support emergency shelter operations and case management, rapid re-housing, and administration. City staff is recommending funding all these activities at a funding level not to exceed $251,666.
Rapid Re-Housing will fund rental assistance and security deposits to homeless individuals and families in the City of Riverside to locate housing units in Riverside County to provide a wider range of housing units for clients to select from. These recommendations were forwarded to the CoC for comments.
The City of Riverside will meet bi- annually with other ESG recipients in the County that include the Riverside County Housing and Workforce Solutions, and the City of Moreno Valley to review adopted ESG Policies and Procedures which were reviewed and adopted by the CoC.
In Fiscal Year 2024-2025, the ESG recipients will evaluate Fiscal Year 2023-2024 outcomes of projects and activities to ensure that funds are being directed to address the greatest needs and ensure that sub -recipients are entering client information in the Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) per the ESG and CoC Interim Rule (24 CFR 576 and 578). HMIS provides an opportunity to document homelessness and helps to ensure coordination between service providers while avoiding duplication of services and client data. The HMIS data system is managed by the Riverside County Housing and Workforce Solution.
2. Describe Agencies, groups, organizations and others who participated in the process and describe the jurisdiction’s consultations with housing, social service agencies and other entities
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1 Agency/Group/Organization HOUSING AUTHORITY OF RIVERSIDE COUNTY Agency/Group/Organization Type Housing
PHA
Other government - County
What section of the Plan was addressed by
Consultation?
Housing Need Assessment
Public Housing Needs
Homelessness Strategy
Market Analysis
Briefly describe how the
Agency/Group/Organization was consulted. What
are the anticipated outcomes of the consultation or
areas for improved coordination?
The Housing Authority of the County of Riverside (HACR) is a public agency chartered by the State of California to administer the development, rehabilitation or financing of affordable housing programs and was consulted for information on public housing matters and housing development initiatives.
The department was contacted via email for input on the development of the plan.
2 Agency/Group/Organization Riverside County Continuum of Care Agency/Group/Organization Type Services-homeless
Services-Health
What section of the Plan was addressed by
Consultation?
Housing Need Assessment
Public Housing Needs
Homeless Needs - Chronically homeless
Homeless Needs - Families with children
Homelessness Needs - Veterans
Homelessness Needs - Unaccompanied youth
Homelessness Strategy
3 Agency/Group/Organization City of Riverside Housing Authority Agency/Group/Organization Type Housing
Services-homeless
Other government - Local
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What section of the Plan was addressed by
Consultation?
Housing Need Assessment
Homeless Needs - Chronically homeless
Non-Homeless Special Needs
Market Analysis
Briefly describe how the
Agency/Group/Organization was consulted. What
are the anticipated outcomes of the consultation or
areas for improved coordination?
The City of Riverside provided the County of Riverside Housing Authority the opportunity to provide input on the need for affordable housing development, barriers to affordable housing development and homeless services currently provided, and barriers to the provision of homeless services. 4 Agency/Group/Organization Homeless Services Division Agency/Group/Organization Type Services-homeless
Other government - Local
What section of the Plan was addressed by
Consultation?
Housing Need Assessment
Homeless Needs - Chronically homeless
Homeless Needs - Families with children
Homelessness Needs - Veterans
Homelessness Needs - Unaccompanied youth
Homelessness Strategy
Non-Homeless Special Needs
Briefly describe how the
Agency/Group/Organization was consulted. What
are the anticipated outcomes of the consultation or
areas for improved coordination?
The agency was consulted through correspondences where funding resources were identified to address the need for homeless programs and services and the development of affordable housing.
5 Agency/Group/Organization Fair Housing Council of Riverside County, Inc., Agency/Group/Organization Type Service-Fair Housing
What section of the Plan was addressed by
Consultation?
Housing Need Assessment
Homeless Needs - Families with children
Homelessness Strategy
Market Analysis
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Briefly describe how the
Agency/Group/Organization was consulted. What
are the anticipated outcomes of the consultation or
areas for improved coordination?
Fair Housing was consulted through the Homeless Task Force where members of different sectors discussed the housing market, need for affordable housing for different subpopulations, and provide input on housing barriers and needs based on requests for assistance with housing and discrimination. 6 Agency/Group/Organization Inland SoCal Housing Collective Agency/Group/Organization Type Housing Advocacy Group
What section of the Plan was addressed by
Consultation?
Housing Need Assessment
Homeless Needs - Families with children
Homelessness Strategy
Briefly describe how the
Agency/Group/Organization was consulted. What
are the anticipated outcomes of the consultation or
areas for improved coordination?
The group of bankers, advocates, policy makers, service providers, regulatory entities, collaborators, leaders, neighbors, and community members were consulted. The anticipated outcomes include: (1) region -specific housing policies and solutions, (2) wealth building and preservation, (3) expansion of housing solutions, and (4) increasing regional involvement.
Table 2 – Agencies, groups, organizations who participated
Identify any Agency Types not consulted and provide rationale for not consulting N/A
Other local/regional/state/federal planning efforts considered when preparing the Plan Name of Plan Lead Organization How do the goals of your Strategic Plan overlap with the goals of each plan?
Continuum of Care
Riverside County Housing,
Homelessness Prevention &
Workforce Solutions Department
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Name of Plan Lead Organization How do the goals of your Strategic Plan overlap with the goals of each plan?
Ending Homelessness in
Riverside County
Riverside County Department of
Public Social Services and the
Riverside County Executive
Office
Focuses on prevention, collaboration and coordination, and rapid housing placement.
City of Riverside of the Riverside
Housing First
City of Riverside Office of
Homeless Solutions
Implements the model among permanent supportive housing and rapid Re-housing programs and provides a roadmap for the development of Housing First units
General Plan-Housing Element
City of Riverside Community &
Economic Development
Department
The housing and demographic data were used to determine needs. Some goals proposed in the Housing Element can be funded through the Action Plan
The Analysis of Impediments to
Fair Housing Choice
City of Riverside Community &
Economic Development
Department
The Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing program provides a vital range of no-cost fair housing services to eligible clientele throughout the City that is victimized and affected by illegal housing practices. The value of this study is that it identifies and analyzes the most significant barriers affecting fair housing choices and outlines specific steps to address and overcome the effects of any impediments which were useful for the development of this Five-Year Consolidated Plan
Annual Plan Housing Authority of the County
of Riverside (HACR)
The Annual Plan is used to express the Public Housing Authority’s quantifiable goals and objectives for the 5 -Year period. The primary mission of the HACR is to provide affordable, decent, safe, and sanitary housing opportunities to low and moderate -
income families including
elderly and disabled persons while supporting programs to foster economic self-sufficiency
The Gap, A Shortage of
Affordable Rental Homes
National Low Income Housing
Coalition
The Gap, A Shortage of Affordable Rental Homes report analyzes the most recent American Community Survey (ACS) data to determine the availability of rental homes affordable to extremely low -income households with incomes at or below the poverty line or 30% of the area median income (AMI), whichever is greater and other income groups and helps to identify what housing needs should be included in our Housing First Plan.
Table 3 – Other local / regional / federal planning efforts
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Narrative (optional)
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AP-12 Participation – 91.105, 91.200(c)
1. Summary of citizen participation process/Efforts made to broaden citizen participation Summarize citizen participation process and how it impacted goal-setting
As required by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Rules and Regulations, the City of Riverside complies with regulation 24 CFR 91.105, Citizen Participation Plan for local governments as outlined. The City has adopted a citizen’s participation plan that sets forth the City’s policies and procedures for citizen participation. The components of the Citizen Participation Plan discussed above have been designed with the explicit intention of accommodating and encouraging participation by low- and moderate-income residents, residents of low- and moderate-income neighborhoods, members of minority groups, persons with limited English skills, and persons with disabilities. In the development of the Annual Action Plan, the City made affirmative efforts to provide adequate information to interested agencies and Riverside residents concerning the CDBG process and availability of funds. During the months of October and November 2023, staff members of the Housing and Human Services Department conducted a public meeting in each of the seven City Council Wards (see Map I-3). The intended purpose of these meetings was to provide the residents with an overview of HUD programs, to obtain information on community needs and priorities that will be included as part of this Consolidated Plan, and to solicit community input regarding any current unmet needs. The City Council Ward meetings were held at community and senior centers, and other venues within the community and involved the participation of City Council members, and area residents to gather statistical information, assess the City’s housing and community development needs, and receive input on spending plans and priorities for the upcoming program year. The City also conducted extensive outreach to inform local agencies regarding the opportunity to apply for CDBG funds. Outreach included a public notice of availability for funding, a letter mailed to each interested agency, and an Application Workshop to assist those public service agencies with application preparation.
Technical assistance was also provided to individuals and organizations throughout the application period. In September 202 3, the City of Riverside mailed each resident and property owner a Riverside Community at Home Postcard, which provided an overview of the CDBG Program and invited them to attend the public meeting in their City Council Ward. In an effort to reach low- and moderate-income residents and encourage citizen participation, 123,492 CDBG postcards were distributed to all residen ts and business PO Box included 92501, 92502, 92503, 92504, 92505, 92506, 92507, and 92508. In addition, the notice was posted on the City’s website and City of Riverside Social- Media. Persons unable to attend public meetings, were invited to provide input and submit comments and suggestions to the Housing and Human Services Department. American Sign Language (ASL) and Bilingual interpretation services were made available at all public meetings.
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Citizen Participation Outreach
Sort
Order
Mode of Outreach Target of
Outreach
Summary of
Response/
Attendance
Summary
of
comments r
eceived
Summary of c
omments not
accepted
and reasons
URL (If
applicable)
1 City of Riverside
Community at
Home Mailing
Minorities
Non-English
Speaking -
Specify other
language:
Spanish
Persons with
disabilities
Residents of
Public and
Assisted
Housing
All City of
Riverside
residents
Based on
postcard
distribution,
over
122,020
throughout
the
community;
each Ward
meeting
had an
approximat
e
attendance
of 20-25
participants.
Calls and
emails were
received
and
responded
to. Further
information
about the
presentatio
n was
provided.
Comments
can be
found in
Appendix 1
Citizen
Participatio
n
Comments
All comments
Accepted N/A
2 Public Meeting
Minorities
Non-English
Speaking -
Specify other
language:
Spanish
Persons with
Each Ward
meeting
had an
approximat
e
attendance
of 20-25
residents.
Councilmem
Comments
can be
found in
Appendix 1
Citizen
Participatio
n
Comments
All comments
Accepted N/A
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Sort
Order
Mode of Outreach Target of
Outreach
Summary of
Response/
Attendance
Summary
of
comments r
eceived
Summary of c
omments not
accepted
and reasons
URL (If
applicable)
disabilities
Residents of
Public and
Assisted
Housing
All City of
Riverside
residents
bers from
all wards
attended
individual
meetings.
Community
residents
provided
input and
comments
regarding
projects and
services
needed.
3 Internet Outreach
Minorities
Non-English
Speaking -
Specify other
language:
Spanish
Persons with
disabilities
Non-
targeted/broad
community
Residents of
Public and
Assisted
Housing
All City of
Riverside
residents
Each Ward
meeting
had an
approximat
e
attendance
of 20-25
residents.
Council
members
from all
wards
attended
individual
meetings.
Community
residents
provided
input and
comments
regarding
projects and
No
comments
received
N/A N/A
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Table 4 – Citizen Participation Outreach
Sort
Order
Mode of Outreach Target of
Outreach
Summary of
Response/
Attendance
Summary
of
comments r
eceived
Summary of c
omments not
accepted
and reasons
URL (If
applicable)
services
needed.
4 Citywide
Community Survey
Minorities
Non-English
Speaking -
Specify other
language:
Spanish
Persons with
disabilities
Non-
targeted/broad
community
Residents of
Public and
Assisted Housing
All City of
Riverside
residents
Statistics
and
responses
are
attached
Comments
received
are
attached
All comments
are accepted N/A
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Expected Resources
AP-15 Expected Resources – 91.220(c)(1,2)
Introduction
CDBG Program
The Fiscal Year 2024 -2025 CDBG allocation is $2,777,642. Activities eligible for funding under the CDBG program include acquisition of real property, construction, rehabilitation or improvements to public facilities, housing -related services and activities, economic development, public services, and program planning and administration. Eligible activities are required to meet at least one of the three CDBG program National Objectives, which are: 1) to assist low - and moderate -income persons, 2) aid in the p revention or elimination of slum or blight, and 3) meet urgent community needs. The City of Riverside will extend its allocation of Program Year 2024-2025 CDBG funding for the following CDBG eligible activities: Public Facilities/Public Improvement Projects, Public Service Activities, Housing Projects, and Planning and Administration.
HOME Program
The Fiscal Year 2024-2025 HOME Program allocation is $974,100. The fundamental purpose of the HOME Program is to preserve and increase the supply of decent, safe, and sanitary affordable rental and owner-occupied housing for low-income persons.
The Program Year 2024-2025 HOME funding will be distributed as follows (per specific HUD program caps):
• Affordable Housing Program: $876,690 for acquisition and rehabilitation of multi-family residential units and/or Infill Residential Development
• Administration: $97,410
Anticipated Program Income: $100,000. Funds may be used to fund the Affordable Housing Program and Tenant-Based Rental Assistance (TBRA) Program
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HOPWA Program
The Fiscal Year 2024 -2025 HOPWA allocation is $4, 636,741. The City of Riverside has been designated by HUD as the Grantee jurisdiction administering the HOPWA funding designated for the Eligible Metropolitan Service Area (EMSA) encompassing Rivers ide and San Bernardino Counties. HOPWA funds may be used for hous ing projects, short -term rental assistance, mortgage payments, utility payments, counseling, clinic -based health care, home care, and program administration. The City of Riverside sub -contracts with the Foothill AIDS Project, Lutheran Social Services, Housing Authority of the County of Riverside (HACR) and TruEvolution to serve as Project Sponsors and facilitate HOPWA activities throughout the region. The City will disperse its allocation of HOPWA fun ds as follows:
• Foothill AIDS Project: $1.6 million
• Lutheran Social Services: $514,622
• Housing Authority of the County of Riverside: $1.6 million • TruEvolution: $763,489
• Program Administration (3% Max): $162,285.94
ESG
The City of Riverside will receive $25 1,666 in ESG funding for Fiscal Year 20 24-2025. Activities eligible for funding under the ESG program include support for emergency shelter operations and case management, outreach, rapid re -housing, and administration.
The ESG program regulations require that the City match its ESG allocation dollar-for-dollar with other funding sources. The City’s total allocation is listed below. Consequently, the City places this matching requirement upon the ESG sub -recipients. The table below summarizes the proposed use of ESG funds during the Fiscal Year 2023-2024 by general activity, funding amount, and percentage.
• ESG Administration (7.5% Max): $18,874.95
• Riverside Year-Round Emergency Shelter operations and case management (Path of Life Ministries) (60%): $125,000 • Homeless Management Information Systems (Path of Life Ministries): $28,240 • Rapid Re-Housing Program: $79,551.05
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Anticipated Resources
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Program Source
of Funds
Uses of Funds Expected Amount Available Year 5 Expected Amount
Available
Remainder
of ConPlan
$
Narrative
Description
Annual Allocation: $ Program Income: $ Prior Year
Resources: $
Total:
$
CDBG Public-
Federal
Acquisition Admin and
Planning Economic
Development Housing Public
Improvements Public
Services
$2,777,642 $0 $0 $2,777,642 The City
received an
allocation of
$3,281,692 for
the 5th year,
2024/25 Fy.
The City
expects an
allocation of
$3,197,021 for
the final year
of the Con-
Plan
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HOME Public –
Federal
(1) Acquisition and/or
rehabilitation of
multifamily rental
housing
(2) Development of
multifamily rental
housing
(3) TBRA
(4) Administration
$974,100 $100,000 $0 $1,074,100 $0 The city
received the
following
HOME
allocations:
20/21:
$1,211,509,
21/22:
$1,196,252,
22/23:
$1,282,413,
HOME-ARP:
$4,335,583,
and 2023-
2024:
$1,243,818.
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HOPWA Public-
Federal
facility-based housing
development, facility-
based housing subsidy
assistance, housing
information services,
permanent housing
placement, resource
administration, STRMU,
supportive services,
resource identification,
tenant-based rental
assistance, Project
Sponsor reporting, Project
Sponsor administration,
Grantee reporting, and
Grantee Administration.
As well as provided short-
term rent, and funded
emergency shelter
operations.
$4,636,741 $0 $0 The City
received an
allocation of
$4,636,741 for
the 5th year,
24/25. The
City expects
an allocation
of $4,636,741
for the final
year of the
Con- Plan
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ESG Public-
Federal
(1) Emergency Shelter
Operations
(2) Rapid Re-Housing
(rental assistance)
(3) Homeless
Management
Information Systems
(4) Administration
$251,666 0 0 $251,666 The city
received the
following ESG
allocations:
20/21:
$280,915,
21/22:
$271,229, 22-
2023:
$268,894, and
2023-2024:
$255,400. In
addition, the
city was
awarded an
additional
$968,672 in
CARES Act
ESG-CV and
$3,126,622 in
ESG-CV2 funds
to address the
COVID-19
pandemic.
Table 5 - Expected Resources – Priority Table
Explain how federal funds will leverage those additional resources (private, state and local funds), including a description of how matching requirements will be satisfied
City staff, in its funding applications, emphasizes to applicants the need to leverage federal, state, and local resources. T he HOME Program regulations, 24 CFR 92.218, require a 25% match. The City has an excessive HOME match of $16,802,146.72 to cover th e required HOME match. Funds set-aside for program administration and for Community Housing Development Organization (CHDO) technical assistance/capacity building is exempt from this matching requirement.
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ESG Program regulations, 24 CFR 576.201, require a dollar -for-dollar match. The match must be met by the end of the Federal fiscal year in which the expenditure occurred. This requirement is not project-specific but rather program-wide.
HOME and ESG funded activities will be leveraged, by private agencies and other federal and/or governmental support for their specific type of services. In the past, Redevelopment Low and Moderate-Income Housing funds were the City’s primary source for leveraging or providing matching funds for the City’s housing activities. With the dissolution of redevelopment in California, the City no longer has access to this funding source. Currently, the City still maintains an excess in match requirement from previous fiscal years. This excess match will fulfill the City’s HOME match requirements for many years. The City will comply with applicable Federal regulations for the matching requirements for the HOME and ESG programs. The match for both programs is reported annually in the Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Reporting (CAPER).
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If appropriate, describe publicly owned land or property located within the jurisdiction that may be used to address the needs identified in the plan During the program year, the City anticipates entering into a HOME Agreement with two affordable housing developers for the creation of 150 affordable housing units (land leased by the State of California) and 22 permanent supportive housing units. The Cit y’s Housing Authority will also be demolishing a substandard duplex that will be replaced with three affordable housing units that will be made available to very low to low income households. The City and Successor Agency will continue to dispose of real property in accordance with Assembly Bill 1486 which requires 25% affordable housing units. If there are no responses to the first disposition notice, the affordable housing requirement is reduced then reduced to 15%. The City’s Housing Authority will also be releasing Request for Proposals on two properties that will be developed with 100% affordable housing units.
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Annual Goals and Objectives
AP-20 Annual Goals and Objectives
Goals Summary Information
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Sor
t
Or
der
Goal Name Start
Year
End
Year
Category Geographic
Area
Needs Addressed Funding Goal Outcome Indicator
1 Community
Services
2020 2024 Non-Housing
Community
Development
CITYWIDE
ALL
COUNCIL
WARDS
Community Services
Homelessness
CDBG:
$416,646.30
Public service activities other
than Low/Moderate Income
Housing Benefit: 38992 Persons
Assisted
2 Infrastructure 2020 2024 Non-Housing
Community
Development
CITYWIDE
ALL
COUNCIL
WARDS
Infrastructure CDBG:
$1,630,467.30
Public Facility or Infrastructure
Activities other than
Low/Moderate Income Housing
Benefit: 3480 Persons Assisted
3 Community
Facilities
2020 2024 Non-Housing
Community
Development
CITYWIDE
ALL
COUNCIL
WARDS
Community Facilities CDBG:
$175,000
Public Facility or Infrastructure
Activities other than
Low/Moderate Income Housing
Benefit: 2145 Persons Assisted
4 Special Needs 2020 2024 Non-Housing
Community
Development
CITYWIDE
ALL
COUNCIL
WARDS
Special Needs
Services/
Homelessness
HOPWA:
$4,636,741
HIV/AIDS Housing Operations:
690 Household Housing Unit
5 Expand the
Affordable
Rental Housing
Stock
2020 2024 Affordable
Housing
CITYWIDE
ALL
COUNCIL
WARDS
Housing HOME:
$876,690
Rental units constructed: 6
Household Housing Unit
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6 Homelessness-
SL - 1
2020 2024 Homeless CITYWIDE
ALL
COUNCIL
WARDS
Special Needs
Services/
Homelessness
ESG:
$204,551.05
Rapid Rehousing: 6 Households
Assisted
Homeless Person Overnight
Shelter: 54 Persons Assisted
Table 6 – Goals Summary
Goal Descriptions
1 Goal Name Community Services
Goal Description An activity that provides services to individuals and/or households, including specific clientele such as Senior Services and Youth Programs.
2 Goal Name Infrastructure
Goal Description Public Improvements that support existing or future community development which benefits an entire area or site.
3 Goal Name Community Facilities
Goal Description The construction or rehabilitation of a structure or facility that houses a public use. 4 Goal Name Special Needs
Goal Description A non-housing activity or facility which provides services exclusively to individuals with special needs.
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5 Goal Name Expand the Affordable Rental Housing Stock
Goal Description The City of Riverside will continue to partner with private developers to construct affordable housing units for low-income families.
6 Goal Name Homelessness- SL - 1
Goal Description The City of Riverside Homelessness Action Plan’s goals aim to prevent and reduce homelessness in a multipronged approach. ESG funds and CDBG funds will be used to cover shelter operation cost. ESG funds will be used to support a Rapid Re-Housing Program that provides rental assistance to help homeless individuals obtain housing coupled with case management. The City is using local Measure tax initiative funding to cover case management costs.
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Projects
AP-35 Projects – 91.220(d) Introduction
HUD requires a consolidated planning process for CDBG, HOME, HOPWA and ESG programs. This process consolidates multiple grant application requirements into a single submission. The Five- Year Consolidated Plan outlines proposed strategies for the expenditures of CDBG, HOME, HOPWA, and ESG for the purpose of providing a suitable living environment through safer, more livable neighborhoods and greater participation of lower -income residents throughout the City of Riverside . The Consolidated Plan also outlines how the expenditure of federal funds will increase housing opportunities; reinvestment in deteriorating neighborhoods; provide decent housing by preserving the existing affordable housing stock; increase the availability of affordable housing; reduce discriminatory barriers; increase the supply of supportive housing for those with special needs; prevent homelessness; and transition homeless persons and families into housing.
Furthermore, the Action Plan identifies the strategies to expand economic opportunities through employment opportunities that pay self -sufficiency wages; homeownership opportunities; development activities that promote long -term community sustainability; and the Annual Action Plan
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empowerment of lower-income persons to achieve self-sufficiency.
In Program Year 2024-2025, the City will address the above priorities by funding the following:
Projects
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# Project Name
1 Arlington Temporary Assistance - Continuum of Care
2 Assistance League of Riverside - Snack Attack
3 Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Inland Empire - College Bigs Mentoring Program 4 Care Connexxus - Nursing Care for Frail Elderly and Adults who are Disabled 5 Catholic Charities San Bernardino & Riverside Counties - Outreach Caseworker Services
6 Fair Housing Council of Riverside County - Fair Housing Program 7 Girls on the Run - Improving the lives of Youth in Riverside 8 Healthy Leaders Thriving Cities (dba Love Riverside) - Produce for Seniors 9 Inland Empire Latino Lawyers Association - City of Riverside Expungement Project 10 Inspire Life Skills Training - Inspiring Hope
11 Janet Goeske Foundation - Comprehensive Senior Programming and Services 12 Junior League of Riverside - Diaper Bank of the Inland Empire 13 Fair Housing Council of Riverside County - Fair Housing Program
14 Mercy House Living Centers - Home Front at Camp Anza 15 Operation SafeHouse - Main Street Transitional Living Program 16 Operation SafeHouse - Emergency Shelter for Youth
17 Path of Life Ministries - POLM Community Shelter
18 Rebirth Homes - Freedom Shop Social Enterprise
19 Riverside Area Rape Crisis Center - Prevention and Intervention for trauma survivors 20 Riverside Meals on Wheels - Together, We Can Deliver 21 Transgender Health Wellness Center - Transgender Navigator Program 22 Voices for Children - Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) Program 23 City of Riverside Parks, Recreation and Community Services - Hole Lake- Perimeter Fencing/Barriers
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24 City of Riverside Public Works - ADA Footpath Improvements 25 City of Riverside Public Works - Jefferson St (Indiana Av to Lincoln Av); Casa Blanca St (Jefferson St to 250 E'ly); St. Lawrence St (Lincoln Av to EOS) 26 City of Riverside Public Works -
St (Magnolia Ave to Hole Ave); Mobley Ave (Cochran Ave to End of Street); Lively St (Pendleton St to Cass St.) Cass St. (Polk St. to Lively St.); Granger Ct (Mobley Ave to End of Street); Pendleton St. (Polk St to Mobley Ave); Rupley Pl.(Pendleton St to End of Street)
27 City of Riverside CDBG Administration
28 HOPWA Administration
29 HOPWA Foothill AIDS Project
30 HOPWA Lutheran Social Services
31 HOPWA Riverside County Housing Authority
32 HOPWA TruEvolution
33 ESG Emergency Shelter Operations, Rapid Re-Housing, Homeless Management Information Systems, and Administration
34 City of Riverside HOME Administration
35 HOME Affordable Housing Program
Table 7 - Project Information
Describe the reasons for allocation priorities and any obstacles to addressing underserved needs
The primary objective of the City's federal programs is to develop viable urban communities by providing decent, safe, and sanitary housing, and expanding economic opportunities principally for persons of low and moderate -income. The mission of meeting and addressing these community, social and economic development needs of low- income persons and their communities is of importance to the City. Unfortunately, there are barriers and challenges that hinder the development and implementation of important programs intended to serve those most in need.
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One of the most important steps in addressing obstacles to community development is identification and evaluation. In the City of Riverside, obstacles for federally funded activities include language and culture, location and geography, limited resources, and program restrictions and regulations. Currently the primary obstacle to meeting all of the identified needs, including those identified as priorities is the general lack of funding resources available to public and private agencies that serve the needs of low - and moderate -income residents. As noted previously, the number of resources available to address social, community, and economic development goals pale in comparison to the recognized needs. To address this obstacle, the City strongly encourages sub -recipients to seek other resources, build new partnerships and collaborative, and to leverage additional funding whenever possible from local, State, Federal, and private sources. The City urges federally funded programs and services to be flexible, while at the same time to be as efficient and effective as possible to achieve expected performance outcomes.
The City developed its Five-Year Consolidated Plan in 2020. As part of the process for developing the Consolidated Plan, City staff conducted a survey that was distributed to the following locations seeking community input in establishing priority needs under the CDBG eligibility categories:
Resource Center for Non-Profit Management, Online, City of Riverside Community Centers, City of Riverside Main Library, Community Ward Meetings (7), Riverside Neighborhood Partnership, Fair Housing, City Hall Concierge Desk, and Housing and Human Services Lobby. The results of that survey are as follows: Community Services, Infrastructure, Community Facilities, Neighborhood Services, Special Needs Services, Housing, Business and Jobs.
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Project Summary Information
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1 Project Name Arlington Temporary Assistance
Target Area CITYWIDE ALL COUNCIL WARDS
Goals Supported Community Services
Needs Addressed Community Services
Funding CDBG: $28,000
Description Continuum of Care Program will target homeless, disabled, and impoverished persons residing within the western areas of the City of Riverside and provide temporary assistance in the form of food, clothing, utility assistance, and referrals to medical/dental/mental health services.
Target Date 6/30/2025
Estimate the number and
type of families that will
benefit from the
proposed activities
3,000 people
Location Description Citywide
Planned Activities Food distribution for homeless or low-income families in the City of Riverside. 2 Project Name Assistance League of Riverside
Target Area CITYWIDE ALL COUNCIL WARDS
Goals Supported Community Services
Needs Addressed Community Services
Funding CDBG: $17,000
Description Snack Attack Program will target low -moderate-income youth identified as homeless and/or highly needy by Riverside Unified School District personnel and provide nutritious food items for their consumption over the weekend. The lunch bag will help 1,000 homeless and severely Annual Action Plan
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financially disadvantaged students. The funds will be used to purchase the nutritious snacks included in over 9,000 snack bags anticipated to be packaged and delivered this upcoming school year.
Target Date 6/30/2025
Estimate the number and
type of families that will
benefit from the
proposed activities
12 schools and 1,000 students in the City of Riverside Title 1 schools Location Description Citywide
Planned Activities Snacks are made available for low to moderate-income children in the City of Riverside schools. 3 Project Name Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Inland Empire Target Area CITYWIDE ALL COUNCIL WARDS
Goals Supported Community Services
Needs Addressed Community Services
Funding CDBG: $11,000
Description College Bigs Mentoring Program will provide college and career readiness to low-income youth from La Sierra High School students
Target Date 6/30/2025
Estimate the number and
type of families that will
benefit from the
proposed activities
15 high school youth in the City of Riverside
Location Description Citywide
Planned Activities College Bigs Mentoring Program will provide one-to-one mentoring to low-income youth residing within Annual Action Plan
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the City of Riverside by pairing them with a college student to help them with college and career preparation.
4 Project Name Care Connexxus
Target Area CITYWIDE ALL COUNCIL WARDS
Goals Supported Community Services
Needs Addressed Community Services
Funding CDBG: $9,000
Description Nursing care organizations provide adult care services to improve the quality of life of older and younger qualifying adults who are physically, mentally, or socially dependent. Specializes in care of low-income, disabled, and frail elderly with Alzheimer’ s disease and other disorders.
Target Date 6/30/2025
Estimate the number and
type of families that will
benefit from the
proposed activities
56 Elderly Disable Persons
Location Description Citywide
Planned Activities To enhance health monitoring and preventative care for adults who are elderly, disable, of low-income, by ensuring early detection and management of health problems, reducing the need for costly emergency medical services.
5 Project Name Catholic Charities San Bernardino & Riverside Counties Target Area CITYWIDE ALL COUNCIL WARDS
Goals Supported Community Services
Needs Addressed Community Services
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Funding CDBG: $14,000
Description Outreach Casework Services Program will provide casework services including intake and assessments, emergency assistance, case management, and linkages to other community service providers to residents of the City of Riverside.
Target Date 6/30/2025
Estimate the number and
type of families that will
benefit from the
proposed activities
Approximately 200 individuals will be served
Location Description Citywide
Planned Activities Casework Services
6 Project Name Fair Housing Council of Riverside County Target Area CITYWIDE ALL COUNCIL WARDS
Goals Supported Community Services
Needs Addressed Community Services
Funding CDBG: $86,515.55
Description Comprehensive Fair Housing Program offers a full array of housing counseling services that affirmatively promote housing rights and obligations. It administers Anti-Discrimination and Landlord/Tenant counseling respectively. FHCRC proposes to serve 6,000 persons with the funding awarded. The components are Education, Training and Technical Assistance, and Enforcement.
Target Date 6/30/2025
Estimate the number and
type of families that will
Approx. 7,100 low to moderate income persons served
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benefit from the
proposed activities
Location Description Citywide
Planned Activities Anti-Discrimination provided and housing counseling services for Landlord/Tenant and Anti- Discrimination complaints.
7 Project Name Girls on the Run Riverside
Target Area CITYWIDE ALL COUNCIL WARDS
Goals Supported Community Services
Needs Addressed Community Services
Funding CDBG: $10,000
Description A physical activity program for girls in the City of Riverside that incorporates activities to build confidence.
Target Date 6/30/2025
Estimate the number and
type of families that will
benefit from the
proposed activities
Approximately 125 unites
Location Description City Wide
Planned Activities Girls on the Run Program will provide services to up to 125 (units of service) that will help girls ages 3rd to 8th grade become inspired, healthy, and confident people. 8 Project Name Healthy Leaders Thriving Cities
Target Area CITYWIDE ALL COUNCIL WARDS
Goals Supported Community Services
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Needs Addressed Community Services
Funding CDBG: $17,000
Description Produce for Seniors.
Target Date 6/30/2025
Estimate the number and
type of families that will
benefit from the
proposed activities
300 Seniors
Location Description City Wide
Planned Activities Provide an opportunity for low-income seniors to receive a bag of fresh produce and dairy monthly. 9 Project Name Inland Empire Latino Lawyers
Target Area CITYWIDE ALL COUNCIL WARDS
Goals Supported Community Services
Needs Addressed Community Services
Funding CDBG: $6,000
Description Expungement project will provide free legal service to low-income people in Riverside and San Bernardino Counties, regardless of their legal status. Clients receive counsel and advice from our pro bono attorneys as well as document preparation. Clients are walked through the legal process and assisted every step of the way until their matter is handled.
Target Date 06/30/2025
Estimate the number and
type of families that will
benefit from the
Approximately 100 low to moderate-income individuals who require legal assistance.
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proposed activities
Location Description City Wide
Planned Activities IELLA Expungement Project-free legal advice regarding the criminal expungement process. 10 Project Name Inspire Life Skills Training
Target Area CITYWIDE ALL COUNCIL WARDS
Goals Supported Community Services
Needs Addressed Community Services
Funding CDBG: $16,000
Description Inspiring Hope Program for City of Riverside homeless and/or foster youth Target Date 6/30/2025
Estimate the number and
type of families that will
benefit from the
proposed activities
Approx. 18 former foster youth between the ages of 14-18 in the City of Riverside Location Description Citywide
Planned Activities Affordable housing and mentoring for former foster youth residing within the City of Riverside. 11 Project Name Janet Goeske Foundation
Target Area WARD 3 CDBG TARGET AREA
Goals Supported Community Services
Needs Addressed Community Services
Funding CDBG: $15130.75
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Description Senior Programs and Services Program will provide educational nutrition and fitness programs, interpreter services, and senior advisor services.
Target Date 6/30/2025
Estimate the number and
type of families that will
benefit from the
proposed activities
Approx. 650 seniors ages 50 and older in the City of Riverside Location Description Janet Goeske Senior Center
Planned Activities Nutrition fitness program, interpreter services, and senior advisor for the 50 and up population. 12 Project Name Junior League of Riverside
Target Area CITYWIDE ALL COUNCIL WARDS
Goals Supported Community Services
Needs Addressed Community Services
Funding CDBG: $14,000
Description Diaper Bank of the Inland Empire Program provides diapers and wipes to Riverside families with limited access to basic needs.
Target Date 6/30/2025
Estimate the number and
type of families that will
benefit from the
proposed activities
Approx. 550 low to moderate income persons will be served Location Description Citywide
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monthly basis through direct distribution and community partnership. 13 Project Name Mercy House Living Centers
Target Area WARD 6 CDBG TARGET AREA
Goals Supported Community Services
Needs Addressed Community Services
Funding CDBG: $9,000
Description Home Front Camp Anza Project provides affordable housing with services to low -to-moderate income persons residing within the Camp Anza site. Services will focus on helping participants maintain stable housing; and will include but are not limited to assistance in obtaining VA benefits, connections to resources, employment search, budgeting, and money management, afterschool, tutoring and educational activities for children, health services and nutrition classes.
Target Date 6/30/2025
Estimate the number and
type of families that will
benefit from the
proposed activities
Approx. 90 low to moderate income veterans
Location Description Camp Anza Ward 6
Planned Activities Permanent supportive housing for low-income families and individuals. 14 Project Name Operation SafeHouse – Main Street Transitional Living Target Area ALL COUNCIL WARDS
Goals Supported Community Services
Needs Addressed Community Services
Funding CDBG: $15,500
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Description Operation Safehouse Main Street Transitional Living Program shall provide housing, counseling, job search and educational assistance for up to 24 months to homeless youth ages 18 – under
22. The program will assist approximately 15 low-income youth within the City of Riverside.
Target Date 6/30/2025
Estimate the number and
type of families that will
benefit from the
proposed activities
Approx. 15 low to moderate income youth in the City of Riverside Location Description Citywide
Planned Activities Main Street Transitional Living for 15 homeless youth in the City of Riverside. 15 Project Name Operation SafeHouse Transitional Living Target Area CITYWIDE ALL COUNCIL WARDS
Goals Supported Community Services
Needs Addressed Community Services
Funding CDBG: $15,500
Description Operation Safehouse Emergency Shelter for Youth Program will provide emergency crisis intervention, support services, and a safe and stable environment for homeless and runaway youth ages 12-17. The program will assist approximately 30 low-income youth within the City of Riverside.
Target Date 6/30/2025
Estimate the number and
type of families that will
benefit from the
Approx. 30 youth in the City of Riverside
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proposed activities
Location Description Citywide
Planned Activities Provide 24-hour emergency shelter program for homeless youth. 16 Project Name Path of Life Ministries
Target Area CITYWIDE ALL COUNCIL WARDS
Goals Supported Community Services
Needs Addressed Homelessness
Funding CDBG: $67,000
Description The Path of Life Ministries Community Shelter Program will provide year-round and cold weather emergency shelter and supportive services to homeless individuals residing within the City of Riverside. Supportive services include, but are not limited to case management, identifying housing opportunities, and behavioral health care.
Target Date 6/30/2025
Estimate the number and
type of families that will
benefit from the
proposed activities
Approximately 32 beds will be available.
Location Description Citywide
Planned Activities Provide year-round and cold weather emergency shelter and supportive services to homeless individuals.
17 Project Name Rebirth Homes
Target Area CITYWIDE ALL COUNCIL WARDS
Goals Supported Community Services
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Needs Addressed Community Services
Funding CDBG: $12,000
Description Freedom Shop (Social Enterprise) provides a residential program for survivors of human trafficking that includes various types of therapy, daily groups and classes, case management, and employment. The program will employ two low-income homeless human trafficking victims participating in the Victim to Survivor Program with part-time employment at Rebirth Homes.
Target Date 6/30/2025
Estimate the number and
type of families that will
benefit from the
proposed activities
Approx. 4 low to moderate income individuals in the City of Riverside.
Location Description Citywide
Planned Activities Long-term rehabilitation services to homeless victims of human trafficking. 18 Project Name Riverside Area Rape Crisis Center
Target Area CITYWIDE ALL COUNCIL WARDS
Goals Supported Community Services
Needs Addressed Community Services
Funding CDBG: $17,000
Description The Intervention and Prevention for Trauma Survivors program will provide 24-hour crisis hotline response, hospital advocacy, court accompaniment, in-house clinical counseling, support groups, information, and referrals for survivors of sexual assault, domestic violence, child abuse, and other forms of trauma.
Target Date 6/30/2025
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type of families that will
benefit from the
proposed activities
Survivors of sexual assault and their families approx. 110 individuals Location Description Citywide
Planned Activities Rape crisis services and aftercare services to victims of sexual assault and their families. 19 Project Name SAFE Family Justice Centers
Target Area CITYWIDE ALL COUNCIL WARDS
Goals Supported Community Services
Needs Addressed Community Services
Funding CDBG: $9,000
Description Provide comprehensive direct services to victims of abuse through basic needs, emergency assistance, and safety services.
Target Date 6/30/25
Estimate the number and
type of families that will
benefit from the
proposed activities
Approx. 612 individuals will be served.
Location Description Citywide
Planned Activities It is a one-stop shop assistance and services to victims seeking guidance about how to navigate the abuse they have experienced by providing confidential advocacy, support services, case management, classes and groups.
20 Project Name Transgender Health and Wellness Center
Target Area CITYWIDE ALL COUNCIL WARDS
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Goals Supported Community Services
Needs Addressed Community Services
Funding CDBG: $17,000
Description Transgender Mental Health Program will support the Transgender Health Navigators will help clients to access health and mental health care, housing, employment, and other community resources.
Target Date 6/30/2025
Estimate the number and
type of families that will
benefit from the
proposed activities
Approx. 36 low to moderated transgender individuals in the City of Riverside will be assisted Location Description Citywide
Planned Activities Transgender Navigation program will provide aid to help clients access health and mental health care, housing, employment, and other community resources.
21 Project Name Voices for Children
Target Area CITYWIDE ALL COUNCIL WARDS
Goals Supported Community Services
Needs Addressed Community Services
Funding CDBG: $11,000
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for an entire year. The funds will also support a portion of the salary and benefits of one of Voices for Children’s Advocacy Supervisors, who will manage CASA volunteers.
Target Date 6/30/2025
Estimate the number and
type of families that will
benefit from the
proposed activities
Foster children in the City of Riverside approx. 6 foster children in the fiscal year Location Description Citywide
Planned Activities Court Appointed Special Advocate Program (CASA) - volunteers to speak up for the interest of children in court and in the community.
22 Project Name Parks, Recreation &Community Services
Target Area WARD 7 CDBG TARGET AREA
Goals Supported
Needs Addressed Community Facilities
Funding CDBG: $175,000
Description Design and construction of new fencing and barriers including minor Grading, Drainage, Landscaping, Irrigation, Utility, and Furnishing Improvements.
Target Date 6/30/2025
Estimate the number and
type of families that will
benefit from the
proposed activities
Approximately 2855 residents of the GEOID: 060650410042 Block Group 2, Census Tract 410.04, of which 2145 are low- to moderate-income
Location Description Hole Lake
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Goals Supported Infrastructure
Needs Addressed Infrastructure
Funding CDBG: $200,000
Description This Project will build new pedestrian ramps at various locations throughout the City. The pedestrian ramps will be constructed at locations where ramps currently do not exist. The concrete ramps will be constructed per current ADA standards and will include truncated domes and grooves for the visually impaired
Target Date 6/30/2026
Estimate the number and
type of families that will
benefit from the
proposed activities
Approximately 560 residents of the GEOID: 060650302005 Block Group 5, Census Tract 414.08, of which 225 are low- to moderate-income
Location Description Ward 1 ADA Footpath Improvements
Planned Activities Laderna Ln to Sixth St; Quadrant: N,W (DWY) 2 ramps 24 Project Name City of Riverside Public Works – Ward 4 Street Improvements Target Area WARD 4 CDBG TARGET AREA
Goals Supported Infrastructure
Needs Addressed Infrastructure
Funding CDBG: $650,000
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Description This project entails the street improvements including new pavement; upgrading pedestrian ramps; constructing new sidewalk, cub gutter, driveway approaches, and cross gutter; removing trees when required; and replacing signing and striping as necessary at Jefferson St (Indiana Av to Lincoln Av); Casa Blanca St (Jefferson St to 250 E'ly); St. Lawrence St (Lincoln Av to EOS) Target Date 6/30/2026
Estimate the number and
type of families that will
benefit from the
proposed activities
Approximately 1350 residents of the GEOID: 060650313002 Block Group 2, Census Tract 313, of which 870 are low- to moderate-income
Location Description Ward 4 Street improvements
Planned Activities Casa Blanca St (Jefferson St to Railroad Ave) St Lawrence Street (Victoria Ave to Lincoln Ave)
Beloit Ave (Bloom Way to Lincoln Ave)
Blackstone Ave (Bloom Way to Lincoln Ave)
Bloom Way (Beloit Ave to Blackstone Ave)
25 Project Name City of Riverside Public Works – Ward 6 Street Improvements Target Area WARD 6 CDBG TARGET AREA
Goals Supported Infrastructure
Needs Addressed Infrastructure
Funding CDBG: $780,467.30
Description This project entails the street improvements including new pavement; upgrading pedestrian ramps; constructing new sidewalk, curb, gutter, driveway approaches, and cross gutter; removing trees when required; and replacing signing and stripping as necessary.
Target Date 6/30/2026
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Estimate the number and
type of families that will
benefit from the
proposed activities
Approximately 1570 residents of the GEOID: 060650414081 Block Group 1, Census Tract 414.08, of which 865 are low- to moderate-income
Location Description Ward 6 Street Improvements
Planned Activities Polk Street (Magnolia Ave to Bingham Ave) 26 Project Name City of Riverside-CDBG Administration
Target Area CITYWIDE ALL COUNCIL WARDS
Goals Supported Community Services
Infrastructure
Community Facilities
Needs Addressed Community Services
Funding CDBG: $555,528,40
Description Administration of the CDBG Program for the City of Riverside Target Date 6/30/2025
Estimate the number and
type of families that will
benefit from the
proposed activities
Administration of the CDBG Program at the City of Riverside Location Description Citywide
Planned Activities Administration of the CDBG Program at the City of Riverside. 27 Project Name HOPWA City of Riverside Administration 2024-2027 Target Area CITYWIDE ALL COUNCIL WARDS
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Goals Supported Special Needs
Needs Addressed Special Needs Services/Homelessness
Funding HOPWA: $162,285.94
Description Administration of HOPWA for the City of Riverside Target Date 6/30/2027
Estimate the number and
type of families that will
benefit from the
proposed activities
City of Riverside's administration of the HOPWA Program for Riverside and San Bernardino County Location Description Citywide
Planned Activities City of Riverside's administration of the HOPWA Program for Riverside and San Bernardino County. 28 Project Name HOPWA Foothill AIDS Project 2024-2027
Target Area CITYWIDE ALL COUNCIL WARDS
Goals Supported Special Needs
Needs Addressed Special Needs Services/Homelessness
Funding HOPWA: $1.6M
Description Foothill AIDS Project HOPWA Services for Riverside and San Bernardino Counties Target Date 6/30/2027
Estimate the number and
type of families that will
benefit from the
proposed activities
HIV/AIDS patients and their families approx. 395. The funds will be used for various eligible housing and related supportive services including, but not limited to Short-Term Rental, Mortgage, Utility Assistance (STRMU), Tenant-Based Rental Assistance (TBRA), Permanent Housing Placement (PHP), Facility Based Hotel/Motel, Housing Information Services, Resource Identification, Program Administration at 7% max and other related services, and program administration/oversight activities.
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Location Description Riverside and San Bernardino County Planned Activities Housing opportunities for Persons with AIDS program services provided by Foothill AIDS Project. 29 Project Name HOPWA Lutheran Social Services 2024-2027 Target Area CITYWIDE ALL COUNCIL WARDS
Goals Supported Special Needs
Needs Addressed Special Needs Services/Homelessness
Funding HOPWA: $514,622.00
Description Riverside County Housing Authority HOPWA Services Target Date 6/30/2027
Estimate the number and
type of families that will
benefit from the
proposed activities
HIV/AIDS patients and their families approx. 30. The services include short-term assistance with rent, mortgage, and utility costs (STRMU); housing information services, Supportive Services, Resource Identification, Housing Case Management, and Program Administration at 7% max.
Location Description Citywide
Planned Activities Housing opportunities for persons with AIDS by the Housing Authority of the County of Riverside. 30 Project Name HOPWA Riverside County Housing Authority 2023-2026 Target Area CITYWIDE ALL COUNCIL WARDS
Goals Supported Special Needs
Needs Addressed Special Needs Services/Homelessness
Funding HOPWA: $1.6M
Description Riverside County Housing Authority HOPWA Services Target Date 6/30/2027
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Estimate the number and
type of families that will
benefit from the
proposed activities
HIV/AIDS patients and their families approx. 200. The services include Tenant-Based Rental Assistance; Permanent Supportive Housing, Short-Term Assistance with rent, mortgage, and utility costs (STRMU), Short-term Term Emergency, Supportive Services, Housing Information Services, Permanent housing Placement which will be provided by local HIV/AIDS services providers through subcontracts, and Program Administration at 7% max
Location Description Citywide
Planned Activities Housing opportunities for persons with AIDS by the Housing Authority of the County of Riverside. 31 Project Name TrueEvolution 2023-2026
Target Area CITYWIDE ALL COUNCIL WARDS
Goals Supported Special Needs
Needs Addressed Special Needs Services/Homelessness
Funding HOPWA: $763,489
Description Riverside County Housing Authority HOPWA Services Target Date 6/30/2027
Estimate the number and
type of families that will
benefit from the
proposed activities
HIV/AIDS patients and their families approx. 65. The services include Supportive Services, Facility-based Housing Assistance, and Housing Case Management for people living with HIV/AIDS through the housing development program.
Location Description Citywide
Planned Activities Housing opportunities for persons with AIDS by the Housing Authority of the County of Riverside. 32 Project Name Emergency Shelter Operations, Rapid Re-Housing, Homeless Management Information Systems, and Administration
Target Area CITYWIDE ALL COUNCIL WARDS
Goals Supported Homelessness- SL – 1
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Needs Addressed Housing
Special Needs Services/Homelessness
Funding ESG: $251,666
Description Utilize ESG grant funds to support emergency shelter operations, homeless management information systems, rapid-rehousing, and administration cost.
Target Date 6/30/2025
Estimate the number and
type of families that will
benefit from the
proposed activities
The grant will provide the city with the ability to assist 60 households through the emergency shelter or rapid re-housing program
Location Description Emergency Shelter: 2840 Hulen Place, Riverside, CA 92507 Rapid Re-Housing Program: scattered sites
Administration: 3900 Main Street, Riverside, CA 92522
Planned Activities The City proposes to fund emergency shelter operations, rental assistance and security deposits for homeless individuals, homeless management information systems personnel costs, and administration costs with the Emergency Solutions grant.
33 Project Name HOME Administration
Target Area CITYWIDE ALL COUNCIL WARDS
Goals Supported Expand the Affordable Rental Housing Stock Needs Addressed Housing
Funding HOME: $97,410
Description Administration costs for operating the HOME program Target Date 6/30/2025
Estimate the number and
type of families that will
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benefit from the
proposed activities
Location Description 3900 Main Street, Riverside, CA 92522 Planned Activities Administration of the HOME Grant.
34 Project Name Affordable Housing Program
Target Area CITYWIDE ALL COUNCIL WARDS
Goals Supported Expand the Affordable Rental Housing Stock Needs Addressed Housing
Funding $876,690
Description Development of affordable housing units
Target Date 6/30/2026
Estimate the number and
type of families that will
benefit from the
proposed activities
Funds will be used to create new affordable housing units for at least 6 households Location Description Project location has not yet been determined Planned Activities Creation of new affordable housing units for 6 households.
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AP-50 Geographic Distribution – 91.220(f)
Description of the geographic areas of the entitlement (including areas of low-income and minority concentration) where assistance will be directed The City of Riverside funded projects are primarily located in traditional low-income census tracts and areas that document a higher percentage of low and moderate-income citizens; however, certain projects are available throughout the City. New construction HOME projects are located in areas with a diverse population and have vacant land or the ability to be converted to the proper zoning and use.
HOPWA funds are used countywide in Riverside and San Bernardino counties. ESG funds will support emergency shelter operations to help homeless individuals exit the streets and rapid re-housing
Geographic Distribution
Target Area Percentage of Funds
Table 8 - Geographic Distribution
Rationale for the priorities for allocating investments geographically Discussion
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Affordable Housing
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Introduction
One Year Goals for the Number of Households to be Supported Homeless 6
Non-Homeless 6
Special-Needs 0
Total 12
Table 9 - One Year Goals for Affordable Housing by Support Requirement
One Year Goals for the Number of Households Supported Through Rental Assistance 6
The Production of New Units 6
Rehab of Existing Units 0
Acquisition of Existing Units 0
Total 12
Table 10 - One Year Goals for Affordable Housing by Support Type
Discussion
The City of Riverside will be able to assist 12 households using HOME and ESG grant funds. The City will be able to assist 30 homeless youth and 15 homeless adults with rental assistance through the California Homeless Housing, Assistance and Prevention (HHAP) grant.
During Fiscal Year 2024/2025, the City of Riverside will complete the Aspire community, which is the development of 30 affordable housing for transitional aged youth that was funded with State Permanent Local Housing Allocation and a collaboration between the City, County of Riverside, Riverside Community College District, and the Alvord and Riverside Unified School Districts. Mulberry Gardens will be under construction for the creation of 59 affordable senior housing units and 150 affordable family housing units.
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AP-60 Public Housing – 91.220(h)
Introduction
The City of Riverside is not a public housing agency.
Actions planned during the next year to address the needs to public housing N/A
Actions to encourage public housing residents to become more involved in management and participate in homeownership
N/A
If the PHA is designated as troubled, describe the manner in which financial assistance will be provided or other assistance
N/A
Discussion
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AP-65 Homeless and Other Special Needs Activities – 91.220(i) Introduction
The City (the City), as with other jurisdictions across the country that receive federal funds for homeless assistance, is required to conduct a Point -In-Time Count (PIT) of homeless persons each year. The 2023 PIT count was conducted on January 25, 2023; the results of this count have been published. The PIT Count for the City of Riverside is 605 which is a 18% increase from the previous year and represents 25% of the County’s homeless population.
In 2024, the County of Riverside did not conduct a PIT Count as the Riverside City and County Continuum of Care decided to conduct them every other year since this activity requires a lot of staff time and related costs to carry out this event every year.
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) charges communities that receive funds under the Homeless Continuum of Care (CoC) Program of the Homeless Emergency Assistance and Rapid Transition to Housing Act (HEARTH) with specific responsibilities. The Riverside County Housing, Homeless Prevention and Workforce Development is the leading agency for the Riverside City and Riverside County CoC. In February 2024, the Riverside County Continuum of Care (CoC) received notification from HUD of its 2023 Continuum of Care Program award in the amount of $15,700,000. The award provides funding to 20 renewal projects including: Permanent Supportive Housing, Rapid Rehousing, Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) and a CoC Planning grant that will directly support 973 people access to permanent housing with ongoing supportive services. The grant will also allow subrecipients to continue providing assistance to 575 individuals who are assisted through permanent supportive housing, and 398 new individuals who will be referred to rapid rehousing through projects receiving funding through this program.
The Riverside County CoC Governance Board continues to meet to identify gaps in homeless services, establish funding priorities, and to pursue an overall systematic approach to address homelessness. These are public meetings in which the community of provi ders and stakeholders are welcome to attend and provide comments. The City’s Housing and Human Services Director is the vice chair of the CoC and vice chair of the Policy and Advocacy Committee. Through regular attendance and participation in the Riverside County CoC meetings, the city consults with the Riverside County CoC to develop cooperative plans and strategies to leverage resources to provide emergency shelter and rapid re-housing services,
Describe the jurisdictions one-year goals and actions for reducing and ending homelessness including
The City of Riverside adopted a Homelessness Action Plan in October 2022 that identifies
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annual goals, which are shown in Exhibit ___.
Reaching out to homeless persons (especially unsheltered persons) and assessing their individual needs
During the planning period, the City will continue weekly case conferencing with Housing and Human Services staff and County of Riverside staff (behavioral health, housing authority, probation, and outreach), nonprofit agencies and community providers to end youth homelessness and identify how to best assist individuals in the Coordinated Entry System (CES) Community Que that are waiting for a housing connection. The City will continue assist 1 3 homeless individuals through its CoC Rapid Re - Housing program to obtain or sustain their housing through case management.
The City will begin allocating its $8,860,566.80 of State Homeless Housing, Assistance and Prevention Program Round 4 (HHAP 4) to assist with rental assistance, homeless prevention, shelter operations, street outreach, services coordination through Project Connect to connect homeless individuals released from jail with resource and support they need, and temporary shelter.
In FY 2024-2025, the City will have 17 fulltime Outreach workers engaging homeless individuals on the streets to connect them to shelter and complete Vulnerability Index – Service Prioritization Decision Assistance Tool (VI -SPDAT) to determine risk and prioritization when providing assistance to homeless individuals. The City will also be continuing its partnership with the County of Riverside and adjacent cities to address homelessness in the Santa Ana River bottom.
The City will continue to provide rental assistance to homeless individuals from the City of Riverside on the Coordinated Entry System Community Que. The Riverside University Health Systems – Behavioral Health oversees the CES to ensure appropriate intervention through program admissions that will be targeted to community groups and outreach providers who coordinate outreach efforts with staff trained to guide households through the process regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, etc. The CES helps people move through the system faster, reduce new entries into homelessness, and improving data collection and quality and providing accurate information on what kind of assistance is needed.
The Riverside University Health Systems – Behavioral Health has a mobile crisis team that will be going out in the field to engage and offer services to homeless individuals with mental health conditions
Addressing the emergency shelter and transitional housing needs of homeless persons The City plays a vital role in addressing the emergency shelter and transitional housing needs of individuals and families experiencing homelessness or at-risk of homelessness. Through various programs tailored to meet different circumstances, services aim to provide rapid assistance, support in securing permanent housing, and ultimately work towards ending homelessness and promoting housing stability within the community. 1
1. . The Non-Congregate Shelter program offers rapid exit from homelessness by relocating
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individuals and families to the Bridge Housing Program where they have private rooms.
2. The City will be providing ESG, CDBG and HHAP grant funds to Path of Life’s Emergency Shelter to cover their operation costs that will allow the shelter to continue operating 24/7 and provide 3 fulltime case managers to help clients achieve successful outcomes.
Helping homeless persons (especially chronically homeless individuals and families, families with children, veterans and their families, and unaccompanied youth) make the transition to permanent housing and independent living, including shortening the period of time that individuals and families experience homelessness, facilitating access for homeless individuals and families to affordable housing units, and preventing individuals and families who were recently homeless from becoming homeless again During the planning period, the City will create a resource list for chronically homeless individuals and families, families with children, and veterans and their families so that service and outreach providers can quickly connect homeless individuals and families with resources to help them quickly exit the streets that will include resources countywide.
The City will continue to refer homeless families to the Riverside County Department of Social Services to be connected to benefits including housing resources.
The City has created a master email list of affordable housing property managers so that outreach workers, housing case manager and shelter staff can send one email to place folks on affordable housing wait lists.
The City has sixteen (16) supportive housing units, of which eight (8) units are reserved for chronically homelessness and eight (8) units for disabled homeless individuals and families. In relation to these units, the city has one full-time case manager who provides supportive services, addresses barriers to clients sustaining their housing and helps them achieve self-sufficiency.
The City will continue to operate a Homeless Prevention Program that helps households at -risk of becoming homeless with up to three months of past due rent and utilities. This program is funded through the State HHAP grant.
Helping low-income individuals and families avoid becoming homeless, especially extremely low-income individuals and families and those who are: being discharged from publicly funded institutions and systems of care (such as health care facilities, mental health facilities, foster care and other youth facilities, and corrections programs and institutions); or, receiving
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assistance from public or private agencies that address housing, health, social services, employment, education, or youth needs.
The County of Riverside CoC Discharge Policy is mandated by the state and followed by the CoC. The CoC is in the process of reconvening the Discharge Planning Committee to update the CoC Discharge Policy.
The Discharge Planning Committee is responsible for implementing policies and protocols as well as coordinating with various organizations to ensure that persons being discharged from a publicly funded institution or system of care are not discharged immediately into homelessness. The goals are to identify discharge needs including housing and supportive services and link the individual with community resources that will include mental health services, substance abuse support, and housing. Representing health care, the Discharge Planning Committee facilitates communication regarding the discharge planning needs of homeless persons from acute care hospitals. Representing mental health, the County of Riverside’s Riverside University Health Systems -Behavioral Health collaborates with the Department of Public S ocial Services and the CoC in the coordination and implementation of discharge planning for homeless individuals disabled by a serious mental health and/or substance abuse disorder(s). Foster Care and Extended Foster Care programs help transition dependent youth who are emancipating from foster care to independent living. Representing Corrections - The Department of Public Social Services and the Riverside Sheriff’s and Probation Departments support the Continuum of Care’s mission of working towards reintegrating persons leaving correctional facilities to community -based living and self- sufficiency.
Individuals discharged from the hospital and those discharged from correctional facilities are connected to the emergency shelter to assist with shelter, health care, housing, employment, and educational needs.
The Project Connect program will continue to assist inmates released from the Robert Presley Detention Center who are homeless with obtaining shelter and referrals to resources based on client’s individual needs.
Discussion
In addition to the strategies described above, the city is carrying out the following activities to help the city move towards its goal of ending homelessness.
• Working with government, nonprofit, and business partners to allocate additional resources for efforts to end and prevent homelessness.
• Working with the County of Riverside to allocate Section 8 project-based tenant-based vouchers and No Place Like Home towards the development of permanent supportive housing units.
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AP-70 HOPWA Goals– 91.220 (l)(3)
One-year goals for the number of households to be provided housing through the use of HOPWA for:
Short-term rent, mortgage, and utility assistance to prevent homelessness of the individual or family 182
Tenant-based rental assistance 170
Units provided in permanent housing facilities developed, leased, or operated with HOPWA funds 60
Units provided in transitional short-term housing facilities developed, leased, or operated with HOPWA funds o
Total 412
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AP-75 Barriers to affordable housing – 91.220(j)
Introduction:
There are several barriers to affordable housing that are continuing to contribute towards the shortage of affordable housing. In the private sector, the demand for affordable housing is larger than the supply, and as per basic economic principles, this is driving housing prices up. There are many more jobs being added to the area than there are housing units being added, further increasing the imbalance between supply and demand.
Actions it planned to remove or ameliorate the negative effects of public policies that serve as barriers to affordable housing such as land use controls, tax policies affecting land, zoning ordinances, building codes, fees and charges, growth limitations, and policies affecting the return on residential investment
In the 2024-2025 year, the City will be exploring the following policies to lessen the impacts of regulatory, land use, and costs for affordable housing production.
1. Develop an Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) program that includes standard plans, streamlined processing and educational materials to facilitate ADU development.
2. Prepare a Zoning Code update to streamline the entitlement process and simplify development standards for new housing development.
3. Infill Residential/Small Lot Subdivisions Ordinance to facilitate and encourage infill housing development on underutilized, urban sites in transit-rich areas.
4. Prepare a Zoning Code update to further encourage mixed-use development with transit access that reduces automobile trips, vehicle miles traveled, and associated energy consumption; and
5. Develop design standards that will help reduce housing costs by promoting sustainable and resilient design and construction practices; promoting technological improvements such as increased energy efficiency, net-zero construction, solar, electric transportation; and encourage reduced water/energy consumption and reduced waste generation.
Discussion:
According to the Southern California Association of Governments, the city had an unaccommodated housing need of 18,458 units for the 2023-2028 planning period. Based on the current housing need (and the provisions of State law AB 1233), the City has identified sites that are appropriately zoned, or will be appropriately zoned to accommodate potential affordable housing projects. These 58 sites, comprised of over 250 parcels, have the potential to accommodate over 10,000 units of new housing development;
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both accommodating new affordable housing development, and new housing generally to alleviate a cost burdened local housing market.
To accommodate the remaining unmet affordable housing need, the city rezoned over 191 acres to allow for residential development at a minimum density of 25 dwelling units per acre. Sites must be large enough to accommodate at least 16 units per site. State law requires that at least half of the remaining lower income units be accommodated on sites exclusively for residential uses. Of the 191 acres, a minimum of 95.5 acres will be zoned for residential only. The City also greatly expanded zoning rights to make Housing First housing a “by right” activity in all commercial and residential zones. The City also changed the process to make affordable housing development on church sites easier to accomplish through administrative approvals. Also, the city has taken an active approach to implement a series of new State laws that make development easier around public transit, and that impose less stringent standards (e.g., parking) for new affordable housing units.
In FY 2024/2025, the City will seek funding opportunities that help provide additional funding to the City’s Local Housing Trust Fund that will provide affordable housing developers with low interest loans to build new affordable housing units.
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AP-85 Other Actions – 91.220(k)
Introduction:
The city will use CDBG, HOME, HOPWA, and ESG to meet the needs of the community over the 2023-2024 Plan year. Please refer to the Project Summary in AP-38.
Actions planned to address obstacles to meeting underserved needs The City of Riverside will determine where underserved populations are located through an update to the City’s Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing. Special attention was given during this planning period to work in rehousing formally homeless individuals by moving them into affordable housing or assisting them with applying and obtaining Section 8 tenant vouchers.
To reduce the number of obstacles keeping the City of Riverside from meeting the needs of the underserved populations in the community and help improve service delivery, Riverside's Housing Authority & Office of Homeless Solutions will assist with facilitating more city -wide collaborations in coordinating the work of social service organizations with a specific goal to address homelessness both in offering assistance, wrap -around services, and a path to permanent affordable housing and shared housing.
Please also refer to the Project Summary in AP-38 for public service activities to be funded over the plan year.
Actions planned to foster and maintain affordable housing The City of Riverside will continue to invest federal and State funds into affordable housing projects that provide rental for low -income households but is continuing a focus in the provision of permanent supportive housing units through the City’s approve d Housing First Plan. The City of Riverside will also continue to seek collaborative partnerships with developers, nonprofit, and private institutions to construct new opportunities for affordable housing, develop the City of Riverside Housing Authority's properties, and acquire vacant properties to make available as affordable housing.
Actions planned to reduce lead-based paint hazards
The city will help reduce lead-based paint hazards through the City’s Housing Rehabilitation Program that provides grants and loans to low-income homeowners to assist with home repairs.
Actions planned to reduce the number of poverty-level families To the extent possible, the City plans to reduce the number of households with incomes below the Federal poverty level (extremely low- income households earning less than thirty percent (30%) of the AMI)
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through a combination of direct assistance and indirect benefit from neighborhood improvement activities, and Social Services through Non-Profits granted through CDBG funds.
The City's Five-Year Consolidated Plan will focus primarily on supporting programs that raise household incomes and stabilize housing situations by supporting anti -poverty activities through the following: 1) Encourage economic development in low - and mode rate-income areas; 2) Provide comprehensive homeless prevention housing programs from overnight shelters, to bridge housing, and paths to permanent housing through TBRA; and 3) Follow nationally recognized Housing First best practices in reducing instances of homelessness in Riverside.
Actions planned to develop institutional structure
The City of Riverside partners with the business community, other government agencies such as the County of Riverside, the Riverside County Housing Authority, non -profit organizations that provide housing assistance and public services, faith-based organizations, the Continuum of Care, and collaborates interdepartmentally to carry out goals and strategies of the Consolidated Plan. When possible, the City’s Housing Authority writes down the land value of properties it owns for the purpose of providing affordable housing units.
Actions planned to enhance coordination between public and private housing and social service agencies
The City will continue to strive to increase affordable housing collaborative efforts with public and private sector entities, numerous advisory agencies, lending institutions, as well as other service providers including the Riverside County Housing Authority, Riverside County Housing and Workforce Solutions, Department of Public Social Services, and County Department of Behavioral Health. Efforts to increase the participation of the CDBG, HOME, Low-income Housing Tax Credit, Federal, State, and other local housing program sources will be directed at: 1) strengthening the housing service delivery system by working more closely with County housing agencies and by collaborating with non-profit organizations; 2) increasing the involvement of the Continuum of C are for Riverside County, and 3) working more closely with new developers and permanent supportive service providers.
Discussion:
See discussion above
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Program Specific Requirements
AP-90 Program Specific Requirements – 91.220(l)(1,2,4)
Introduction:
The City of Riverside receives an annual allocation of CDBG, HOME, ESG and HOPWA funds. Since the City receives these federal allocations, the questions below have been completed, as they are applicable.
Community Development Block Grant Program (CDBG)
Reference 24 CFR 91.220(l)(1)
Projects planned with all CDBG funds expected to be available during the year are identified in the Projects Table. The following identifies program income that is available for use that is included in projects to be carried out.
1. The total amount of program income that will have been received before the start of the next program year and that has not yet been reprogrammed 0 2. The amount of proceeds from section 108 loan guarantees that will be used during the year to address the priority needs and specific objectives identified in the grantee's strategic plan
0 3. The amount of surplus funds from urban renewal settlements 0
4. The amount of any grant funds returned to the line of credit for which the planned use has not been included in a prior statement or plan. 0 5. The amount of income from float-funded activities 0 Total Program Income 0
Other CDBG Requirements
1. The amount of urgent need activities
2. The estimated percentage of CDBG funds that will be used for activities that benefit persons of low and moderate income. Overall Benefit - A consecutive period of one, two or three years may be used to determine that a minimum overall benefit of 70% of CDBG funds is used to benefit persons of low and moderate income. Specify the years covered that include this Annual Action Plan. 100.00% 0 HOME Investment Partnership Program (HOME)
Reference 24 CFR 91.220(l)(2)
1. A description of other forms of investment being used beyond those identified in Section 92.205 is as follows:
To further the development of affordable housing, the City will:
• Dedicate the City’s direct allocation of State Permanent Local Housing Allocation towards the
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development of affordable housing; and
2. Pursue private funding and grants.
A description of the guidelines that will be used for resale or recapture of HOME funds when used for homebuyer activities as required in 92.254, is as follows:
See the response under the next section on resale or recapture.
3. A description of the guidelines for resale or recapture that ensures the affordability of units acquired with HOME funds? See 24 CFR 92.254(a)(4) are as follows:
The City will use the recapture provisions to enforce the period of affordability for homebuyers. All written agreements with the homebuyers will outline the period of affordability, principal residence requirement, and the resale or recapture provision that will be used to ensure the period of affordability. The City will secure all the HOME investments for homebuyer and rental activities with proper security instruments, such as promissory notes, deeds of trust, and declarations of restrictive covenants, placed upon the property to ensure the period of affordability. Upon the satisfaction of the period of affordability by the homebuyer, the homebuyer shall be entitled to all “net proceeds” for the sale of the property and/or will no longer be obligated to use the property as their principal residence. The City’s Resale-Recapture Policy is attached as Appendix 6 for review.
4. Plans for using HOME funds to refinance existing debt secured by multifamily housing that is rehabilitated with HOME funds along with a description of the refinancing guidelines required that will be used under 24 CFR 92.206(b), are as follows:
The City of Riverside does not intend to use HOME funds to refinance existing debt secured by multifamily housing that is rehabilitated with HOME funds.
5. If applicable to a planned HOME TBRA activity, a description of the preference for persons with special needs or disabilities. (See 24 CFR 92.209(c)(2)(i) and CFR 91.220(l)(2)(vii)).
- Not applicable
6. If applicable to a planned HOME TBRA activity, a description of how the preference for a specific category of individuals with disabilities (e.g. persons with HIV/AIDS or chronic mental illness) will narrow the gap in benefits and the preference is needed to narrow the gap in benefits and services received by such persons. (See 24 CFR 92.209(c)(2)(ii) and 91.220(l)(2)(vii)).
- Not applicable
7. If applicable, a description of any preference or limitation for rental housing projects. (See 24 CFR
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92.253(d)(3) and CFR 91.220(l)(2)(vii)). Note: Preferences cannot be administered in a manner that limits the opportunities of persons on any basis prohibited by the laws listed under 24 CFR 5.105(a).
- The City has a local preference for affordable housing communities. The affordable housing communities being developed with HOME-ARP have a homeless preference and referrals must come from the Coordinated Entry System.
Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG)
Reference 91.220(l)(4)
1. Include written standards for providing ESG assistance (may include as attachment)
See Appendix 6.
2. If the Continuum of Care has established centralized or coordinated assessment system that meets HUD requirements, describe that centralized or coordinated assessment system.
The CoC is responsible for establishing and operating a centralized or coordinated assessment system, a statutory requirement that provides an initial, comprehensive assessment of the needs of individuals and families and effectively matches each with the most appropriate resources available to address that individual or family’s needs.
The County of Riverside CoC has established chronically homeless persons as the highest need priority.
The CoC implements a targeted street-to-home outreach program/campaign that covers 100% of its area and takes a housing first approach for chronically ho meless households and others with a disabling condition. Non -disabled persons are referred to emergency shelter or rapid re -housing programs and housed as quickly as possible. The CoC is in the process of implementing a coordinated assessment system in HMIS to ensure appropriate intervention through program admissions that will be marketed to community groups and outreach providers who coordinate outreach efforts with staff trained to guide households through the process regardless of age, gender, ethnicity , disability, etc.
The CES policies and procedures were adopted by the CoC in January 2018.
ESG and CoC sub- recipients input client data into the Homeless Management Information System (HMIS), which is a mandatory comprehensive and standardized assessment tool used to collect client- level data and data on the provision of housing and services to homeless individuals and families and persons at risk of homelessness. The recipient must ensure that data on all persons served, and all activities assisted under ESG are entered the community wide HMIS in the area in which those persons and activities are located. Victim service providers cannot participate, and Legal Services Organizations may choose to not participate, in HMIS; however, they must instead report using a comparable database that produces unduplicated, aggregate reports.
As required, the city being an ESG recipient continues to coordinate and collaborate with the CoC and other key stakeholders to foster a comprehensive, community-wide planning process that ensures a seamless coordination of services and funding streams.
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3. Identify the process for making sub-awards and describe how the ESG allocation available to private nonprofit organizations (including community and faith-based organizations).
The city solicits proposals for annual ESG allocations. A Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) is released to invite qualified non -profits, community groups, faith -based organizations, and governmental entities to apply. Pursuant to the City’s application review process, an application is reviewed and evaluated for completeness, eligibility, and the project’s ability to reach and serve the areas and persons with the greatest need.
Recommendations for eligible projects are based on the resources, capacity, knowledge, and experience of applicants to effectively implement and administer the ESG-funded program. Per HUD requirements, the city must consult with the CoC to provide recommen dations of the funding allocation, trends, and needs of the community to work in collaboration with the efforts of CoC of eliminating and preventing homelessness.
ESG funds are awarded through a competitive process following federal guidelines. Funding is allocated as part of the Annual Year Action Plan approval process which includes a public hearing before the Riverside City Council. Further, funding approval is made by the City Council and allocated based on funding availability, number of clients proposed to serve, area need, recommendations of CoC, and public comments.
The city enters into one-year agreements with each sub-recipient of ESG funding, these agreements define:
• Key program components or activities (including benchmarks for success); • The level of ESG funding.
• The anticipated source and amount of matching funds (24CFR 576.201) contributed by the agency/organization; and
• Documentation or reporting requirements.
• Receipt of Agreement and Terms
•Match Requirements and source of match
ESG allocations are available to private nonprofit organizations and will continue to be allocated based on the guidelines as provided in the outline process above.
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4. If the jurisdiction is unable to meet the homeless participation requirement in 24 CFR 576.405(a), the jurisdiction must specify its plan for reaching out to and consulting with homeless or formerly homeless individuals in considering policies and funding decisions regarding facilities and services funded under ESG.
The homeless participation requirement is met. Sub -recipients include in their policy to extend invitation to previous homeless clients their opportunity to participate on the Board, provide feedback, and participate in survey’s regarding services and policies of their facility. Sub -recipients consult with homeless or formerly homeless persons in the considering and making of policies and decisions regarding any ESG-funded facilities, services, or other assistance. An exit interview and survey are offered t o exiting clients and a suggestion box and or open -door policy to address any issues related to the operation of the facility and services to clients is available. It is the intent of the city in collaborating with the Continuum of Care and ESG sub-recipients to ensure that the perspective of homeless and formerly homeless individuals and families are incorporated into the City’s ESG program and the Consolidated Plan.
The city will continue development of a comprehensive Homeless Participation Plan; at a minimum, the plan will:
• Encourage all ESG non-profit sub-recipients to include a homeless or formerly homeless person on their board of directors and/or a policy making committees. • Assign a higher rating/ranking score to ESG applicants that demonstrate homeless participation. • Require all ESG sub-recipients to provide an exit survey to all persons that have exited from an ESG- funded shelter or participated in an ESG -funded program. The survey will request input or seek the opinion of the participants on a variety of topics or issues including at a minimum:
1. The quality of effectiveness of the shelter or services provided
2. The unmet needs of homeless persons in the City of Riverside
3. How can services be improved or expanded
4. What are the gaps in shelter or homeless services?
5. The location and hours of shelters or services; and
6. Access to shelters, health care, food and clothing, legal services, etc.
The City will conduct onsite interviews with homeless individuals or groups at ESG- funded shelters
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throughout the program year to gather information from, and encourage the participation of, homeless persons to assist the City in the making of ESG policies.
5. Describe performance standards for evaluating ESG.
ESG performance standards are followed per 24 CFR Part 576, including, measures to evaluate the effectiveness of the program and measures to assess how well the program serves the targeted population. Sub-recipients receiving funding from the City are evaluated based on written standards and guidelines. This includes reductions in the number of homeless persons living on the streets and in shelters, the number of persons who do not re -enter the shelter or supportive housing system within one year, and the number of persons exiting with permanent housing.
Performance standards for evaluating ESG activities were developed in consultation with the Continuum of Care lead agency, City of Riverside ESG recipient, providers, and other organizations and stakeholders. As part of tracking, evaluating, and reporting ESG Program services, Homeless Management Information Systems (HMIS) are used to collect Data Standards including three key indicators: (1) exits to permanent housing; (2) length of stay in emergency shelter and/or transitional housing; and (3) returns to homelessness from permanent housing. The CoC lead agency, responsible for HMIS, extracts ESG sub -recipient data from HMIS for review by the CoC HMIS Administrator Council to evaluate subrecipients for accuracy and performance based on services provided to their clients. In addition, the below guidelines have been set as part of the performance standards for evaluating ESG:
Performance of ESG recipients include:
a. Ensure that ESG funds are used effectively to assist homeless individuals and families and that the basic ESG program goals are met.
b. Ensure compliance with ESG regulations and program requirements in the usage of funds and in carrying out program activities; and
c. Enhance and develop the management capacity of grantees or recipients.
Performance Measures for Homelessness Prevention
a. A reduction in the number of homeless individuals and families seeking emergency shelter services.
b. Expected Outcome: At least 35% of participants assisted will remain in permanent housing six (6) months after the last assistance provided under ESG.
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Performance Measures for Homeless Rapid Re-Housing
a. A reduction in the reoccurrence of homelessness for individuals and families who exit the shelter system.
b. Expected Outcome: At least 35% of participants assisted will remain in permanent housing six (6) months after the last assistance provided under ESG.