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Community Development - Community Programs
CDBG FY 2023-2024
Deadline: 12/7/2022
Good Samaritan Shelter
Freedom Warming Center
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USD$ 20,000.00 Requested
Submitted: 12/7/2022 12:31:13 PM (Pacific)
Project Contact
Sylvia Barnard
[email protected]
Tel: (805)331-0877
Additional Contacts
none entered
Good Samaritan Shelter
400 W Park Ave
Santa Maria, CA 93458
United States
Executive Director
Sylvia Barnard
[email protected]
Telephone(805)346-8185
Fax (866)653-0813
Web www.goodsamshelter.org
Pre-Application top
1. What type of proposal is this?
Public service programs must answer this question and submit. Capital projects must continue.
2. What priority does this Capital project fall under?
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3. Proposed Project Goal:
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4. Project Description (Program Narrative):
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5. Statement of Need: Provide a summary of the established need for the proposed project and the problems that will be solved as a result of the project.
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Some answers will not be presented because they are not part of the selected group of questions based on the answer to #1.
Capital
Public Service
6. Proposed date of construction or project start:
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7. Schedule:
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8. Phasing:
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9. Do Federal Labor Standards and Davis-Bacon prevailing wages apply? -answer not presented because of the answer to #1-
10. As a Public Service Applicant, indicate that you are aware that your Application deadline is not until Wednesday, December 7, 2022.
Yes
No
Documents Requested * Required?Attached Documents *
Budget for Proposed Capital Development Project
(Required for Capital project proposals)
download template
Agency Evaluation Worksheet (Required for Capital
project proposals)
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Application Questions top
Project Information
1. Please state the type of CDBG program / project you are applying for:
THIS IS A BRANCHING QUESTION. Different questions will apply based on your answer to this question. Please disregard any incorrect number sequencing.
2. Name of proposed program / project:
Freedom Warming Center
3. Location of proposed program / project:
(Street address, if applicable of proposed program / project):
400 W. Park Avenue, Santa Maria, CA 93456
Problem / Need Statement
4. Proposed Program / Project Description: Describe in detail the services that will be provided to Santa Maria residents with the requested CDBG funding and explain the established need for this program/project. What problems will this program/project solve or alleviate?
Include quantitative data to support your position.
Freedom Warming Centers (FWC) are operated and centrally located in the city creating easy access to services. FWC provide a warm, safe location for homeless individuals to escape winter weather conditions that could be life-threatening.
Warming Centers are not traditional sheltering programs, FWC are low barrier and accept individuals with pets as well.
Freedom Warming Centers operate from November 15th - March 30th. FWC activates when winter conditions reach 35 degrees or less and/ or there is a 50% change of rain two or more nights in a row (recommended regional guidelines from the National Coalition on Homelessness). Activation hours are from 6 pm - 6 am. Individuals receive a hot meal for dinner, breakfast items in the morning, PPE supplies, and a warm place to sleep. FWS staff also provide linkages for mental health Some answers will not be presented because they are not part of the selected group of questions based on the answer to #1.
Public Services
Capital Project
services, drug & alcohol treatment, public health for medical referrals and shelter options. The problems that will be solved include hypothermia prevention and keeping individuals safe and warm during inclement weather.
5. Based on the City of Santa Maria's Community Development Block Grant priorities for Fiscal Year 2023-24, which PRIMARY priority do you feel your program / project falls under? The priorities are not listed in order of importance. They are numbered for referencing purposes only. Priorities #1 and #2 will only be considered for CDBG public services funding.
6. Explain why you believe your program / project best fits the PRIMARY priority selected.
Refer to NOFA packet for the detailed description of each priority and choose only one subcategory under one of the four priorities.
The target population that the Freedom Warming Center serves is homeless individuals that are in need of shelter and food and are currently unsheltered and need to come indoors due to inclement weather. The income guidelines and requirements used to qualify participants include an income assessment and family size. 100% of participants are at-risk by the definition of being homeless upon intake into the program. Last year, 42 unduplicated clients were served at the Freedom Warming Center in Santa Maria.
Target Population
7. At least 70 percent of the CDBG funding used must serve low- to moderate-income persons. How does your program / project benefit low- to moderate-income Santa Maria residents? Provide the income guidelines and requirements used to qualify participants for the proposed program/project.
Note: CDBG income limits can found on the City's webpage under General Subrecipient Resources www.cityofsantamaria.org/city-government/departments/community-development/special-projects-division/community- development-block-grant-cdbg-program
Good Samaritan Shelter (GSS)'s services target Santa Maria residents as we are the only agency in the Santa Maria Valley that provides shelter and support services for homeless individuals. All clients entering into Good Samaritan Shelter's homeless programs have a completed homeless verification form upon intake, and provide proof of income to meet the low income benefit. The Freedom Warming Centers primarily serve chronically homeless individuals that are unsheltered.
8. Check box or boxes of population category to be served by the proposed program / project:
9. Out of all the boxes checked above, which population category will primarily be served by the proposed program / project?
The target population that the Freedom Warming Center serves is homeless individuals that are in need of shelter and food and are currently unsheltered and need to come indoors due to inclement weather. The income guidelines and requirements
Prevent homelessness and address critical emergency, at-risk youth, elderly and underserved populations
Expand educational and development opportunities
Provide affordable housing
Revitalize existing neighborhoods
Homeless
At Risk of Homelessness
Homeless Youth, 18-24 Years Old
Elderly
Victims of Crime
Persons with Mental Illness
Physically Disabled
Developmentally Disabled
Persons with AIDS/HIV
Unemployed
Language Barriers
Youth, 0-5 Year Olds
Youth, 6-12 Year Olds
Youth, 13-17 Year Olds
Families Living in Poverty
Families w/ Housing Burden
Substance Abuse Problems
At-Risk Youth
Other:
used to qualify participants include an income assessment and family size. 100% of participants are at-risk by the definition of being homeless upon intake into the program.
Unit of Service
10. What is the total number of unduplicated persons OR households to be served OVERALL by the proposed SANTA MARIA program / project?
Please enter only for persons OR households (not both).
11. A.) Define the unit of service, other than persons or households, to be provided by the proposed program. A unit of service is the service that is being provided to the client under CDBG. B.) Provide the estimated units of service each person OR household will receive.
Example: A.) The unit of service can be defined as a bed night, meal, counseling session, etc.; B.) 1 person OR household equals (X amount) units of service; 1 person equals approx. 30 shelter bed nights.
A.) A unit of service is a bed night B.) 1 person equals approximately 10 bed nights for the season activation
Outcomes
12. Describe your short- and long-term goals and performance targets.
A.) Describe the intended outcomes for the program participants / beneficiaries; B.) What measures, tools and / or indicators will be used to demonstrate the outcomes?
Goals for the Freedom Warming Center include:
1) Provide low barrier shelter each night the weather indicates activation of the Freedom Warming Shelters
2) Improve access to homeless services with outreach and education that include joint initiatives, education, inter-agency cooperative agreements, and coordinated activities related to homelessness.
Outcomes will be reported and demonstrated in the Homeless Management Information System (HMIS).
Collaboration
13. Will you collaborate with other partners in implementing the proposed program / project? If so, identify the collaborative partners and describe how the proposed program / project will be designed and implemented.
How will funding be distributed to each collaborative partner and what percentage of the requested CDBG funding will be provided to each partner?
Yes, GSS does collaborate with other partners in implementing the shelter programs. The collaborative partners that are already in place include Public Health Department, Department of Behavioral Wellness, Department of Social Services, Department of Education, Transitions Mental Health, Domestic Violence Solutions, CALM, Santa Maria Youth & Family, Fighting Back Santa Maria Valley, and numerous local church and community organizations. Public Health Nurses provide medical assessments and referrals for shelter clients twice a week and a part-time Physician’s Assistant provides 20 hours of on-site services beginning March 2006, and the Mental Health Caseworker(s) also see clients at the shelter and make necessary referrals and assessments. Mental Health contracts with GSS for five mental health beds are reserved for clients that suffer from mental health problems, to keep them safe at night and ensure that they receive the services needed. Fighting Back Santa Maria Valley (FBSMV) is a partner in the After-School Program that provides tutoring and support for school-age children, they also fund 3 Outreach Liaison staff persons to make those referrals and track children staying at the shelters.
GSS’s partner, CALM and Santa Maria Youth & Family provide mental health services for children ages 0-18 years old.
Approximately 50 local churches and community organizations provide a hot meal at night and a brown bag lunch for all the clients staying at the shelter. Before the pandemic, different church or local organization would prepare and serve dinner for all of the clients.
14. How do you cooperate or network with other existing related programs, organizations or community resources?
Good Samaritan Shelter works closely with a number of local agencies to provide complete services for our clients. Local agencies actively involved with GSS’s programs include the County Department of Social Services (including Child Welfare Services), CalWorks, Fighting Back Santa Maria Valley, Department of Behavioral Wellness, County Public Health Department, Drug Court, Food Bank, Boys & Girls Club of Santa Maria Valley, Transitions Mental Health, CALM, Domestic 50Persons
Households
50.0050.00TOTAL
Violence Solutions, and Community Action Commission (Headstart). GSS cooperates and networks with these organizations through a referral system and by providing on-site services.
15. Does the proposed program require parental participation or family involvement? If so, please describe in detail.
N/A, the Freedom Warming Centers do not serve homeless families or those with minor children. All families will be referred to the Santa Maria Emergency Shelter and/ or Family Shelter programs for shelter services (transportation will be provided).
16. Do you utilize volunteers for direct services?
17. If answered "yes" to previous question, explain and indicate the total number of hours of volunteer labor used per year and for what purpose.
If you do not utilize volunteers for direct services because the circumstances do not allow for them or the situation is not appropriate, you may wish to make a comment to clarify your reasoning or answer "N/A".
GSS utilizes the services of over 500 volunteers, 40 area churches, and service organizations who provide screening of clients and food service. The total number of volunteer hours per year is 15,000+ hours. These hours include screening, managing the intake of homeless clients each night, and volunteer groups that prepare and serve a hot meal every night. In addition, GSS partners with Allan Hancock College, Westmont College, and Simmons College to work with volunteer interns in the Drug & Alcohol Treatment field and the mental health field. The pandemic has affected our ability to bring in volunteers to assist with food preparation & serving at the shelter systems and also community volunteers within our programs.
Description of Agency Services
18. Describe in detail the services your agency provides and how they are unique from the services provided by other agencies.
The Good Samaritan Shelter (GSS) originally opened to serve the needs of the homeless population within our community in January, 1988. After the agency reviewed the underlying causes of homelessness, GSS was able to provide appropriate support services and expand the agency by incorporating 16 additional programs under the umbrella of the Good Samaritan Shelter. Recovery Point Detox/Acute Care is a 12-bed inpatient drug and alcohol program that provides 3–21 day acute detoxification. Recovery Point is an outpatient program that provides counseling sessions for clients who are in need of drug and alcohol treatment. Transitional Center for Women & Children is a transitional living program for perinatal women and their children who are enrolled in the day treatment program. Project PREMIE is a day treatment program for perinatal women and their children who are working towards sobriety from drug and/ or alcohol addiction. The After School Program provides tutoring and activities for “at-risk” children after school. The 90-bed Emergency Shelter program provides approximately 500 bed-nights and 1,600 meals per week for the homeless. The 56-bed Family Shelter provides transitional living for homeless families for up to two years. The 40-bed Overflow Shelter provides emergency shelter for up to 90 days. GSS’s Clean & Sober Living programs provide a safe environment for adults in recovery to live in. In October 2008, GSS started providing services in the Lompoc region including Recovery Way Home, a perinatal residential program serving 16 women & their children, Another Road Detox, a six-bed residential social model detoxification program, and Turning Point, a day treatment program for perinatal women and their children. In January 2012, GSS reopened the Marks House, in partnership with the City of Lompoc, to provide 19 beds of transitional housing for homeless families and Bridgehouse, a 56-bed Emergency Shelter in Lompoc.
Hope House in Lompoc that provides transitional housing in a triplex for homeless families. Casa de Familia is a 16-unit apartment complex on the GSS Santa Maria Shelter Campus that provides permanent housing for homeless families. The Santa Maria Shelter campus is one of the first facilities in the country that provides all three levels of housing for homeless families at one location. In January 2014, GSS opened Pine Street Bungalows which is a duplex that provides permanent housing for two formerly homeless families. The Freedom House in Orcutt opened in Fall 2016, providing permanent housing for 6 formerly homeless veterans. The Santa Maria Safe House opened in April 2018 and provides emergency and transitional housing for up to 16 victims of human trafficking. Since 2020, GSS has expanded to include several new programs in southern Santa Barbara County. In 2021, Good Samaritan opened up the Santa Maria Sobering Center and serves approximately 250 homeless persons per year at that location.
19. How long have you been in existence and provided services to the community? GSS first started providing services on April 1, 1986 when services were provided at different church locations on a rotating schedule. The original shelter opened on January 31, 1988 and GSS has consistently provided emergency shelter services every night ever since (30+ years).
CDBG Experience
20. Has your agency received CDBG funding in the past from the City of Santa Maria?
Yes
No
21. If YES, explain when your agency received funding and how your agency did in managing these funds. This includes providing information obtained during your most recent monitoring review by the Special Projects Team.
If NO, explain how your agency is prepared to manage these additional CDBG funds and confirm that you are aware of the various reporting requirements imposed by this federal funding.
Yes, Good Samaritan Shelter has received CDBG funding for public services to support both the Homeless Shelter Programs and the Freedom Warming Center (FY 2021-22 is the first year of GSS managing the FWC Program). GSS has also received capital CDBG funding in the past to improve and construct numerous facilities. GSS has vast experience in managing federal funds and have always been in compliance and have had positive audit results.
Funding Sources
22. List the annual funding sources and amounts for the entire Agency or organization in the table below.
These figures should agree with the figures in the financial statements for your most recent prior fiscal year.
23. How do you offer a service that is both cost-efficient and effective? By providing emergency shelter and support services to homeless families and persons in Santa Maria Valley, GSS reduces government costs of social services, housing of homeless individuals and families, extensive health care costs for the homeless population, and the cost of job training and placement for displaced and unemployed individuals. GSS provides services at an efficient level and at the least possible cost by working together with local community groups (i.e. service groups, local businesses & churches) and by collaborating with partner agencies to best meet the clients’ needs and to prevent duplication of services. It is critical that the City of Santa Maria CDBG Committee makes an investment into shelter services, as GSS is then able to leverage the majority of funding needed to provide shelter services for the homeless (Priority #1) by matching local dollars to county, state, federal and private funding.
Timeline
24. What is the proposed start date of construction / project? -answer not presented because of the answer to #1-
25. Phasing
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Yes
No
4,168,627Federal Government
4,025,289State Government
10,418,378County Government
87,053Local Government
0 United Way
24,099Contributions
0 Fundraising
593,200Program Service Fees
910,433Private Foundations
123937.351Other
20,351,016.3520,351,016.35TOTAL
Program Budget top
Revenue
Total Prior Year's
Budget for SM
Program
Total Annual Budget
for Proposed SM
Program
CDBG Portion of
Budget for Proposed
SM Program
Percent of
CDBG
Investment
CDBG Grant/City of Santa Maria
(same as amount requested)) USD$ 20,000.00 USD$ 20,000.00 USD$ 20,000.00 USD$ 1.00 CDBG Funding from another
subsidiary USD$ 28,500.00 USD$ 30,000.00 USD$ 0.00
Grants from other Gov't Agencies USD$ 20,000.00 USD$ 39,000.00 USD$ 0.00 United Way USD$ 0.00
Contributions USD$ 20,000.00 USD$ 0.00 USD$ 0.00
Special Events/Fundraising USD$ 0.00
Legacies & Bequests (Unrestricted) USD$ 0.00
Membership Dues USD$ 0.00
Program Service Fees USD$ 0.00
Other (Specify in Narrative) USD$ 0.00 USD$ 0.00
Total USD$ 88,500.00USD$ 89,000.00USD$ 20,000.00USD$ 0.22 Expenses
Total Prior Year's
Budget for SM
Program
Total Annual Budget
for SM Program
CDBG Portion of
Budget for SM
Program
Direct Assistance to Individuals
Salaries USD$ 70,000.00 USD$ 73,500.00 USD$ 20,000.00
Professional Fees
Supplies/Publication/Printing USD$ 13,250.00 USD$ 10,000.00 Occupancy/Utilities USD$ 1,000.00 USD$ 1,000.00
Travel/Mileage USD$ 0.00
Other (Specify in Narrative) USD$ 4,250.00 USD$ 4,500.00 Capital - Design & Engineering
Capital - Property Acquisition
Capital - Construction
Capital - Financing/Legal
Capital - Relocation
Capital - Demolition/Clearance
Capital - Site Improvements
Capital - Admin/Activity Delivery
Capital - Off site Improvements
Capital - Other (Specify in Narrative)
Total USD$ 88,500.00USD$ 89,000.00USD$ 20,000.00
Tables top
% of Annual budget
Households or
Individuals
(Indicate one)
CDBG
Portion of
Budget
Annual Budget
for Santa Maria
Program (must
match the
budget tab)
Percent of
CDBG
Investment
OVERALL Annual
Number of Persons /
Households served
by Santa Maria
Program
REQUIRED Minimum
number of CDBG
Persons/Households
served
50 $ 20,000 $ 87,473 23 % 50 11
Total $ 20,000 $ 87,473 23 % 50 11
Required Documents top
Documents Requested * Required?Attached Documents *
List of board of directors and local advisory board, if applicable. If N/A, please submit a written statement
in lieu of the required attachments.
Board List
Copy of board authorization to apply for this grant.
Board Resolution
Agency's organizational chart
GSS Org Chart
Certificates of insurance covering Worker's
Compensation and General Liability (it is not
necessary to name City of Santa Maria as additional
GSS COI Santa Maria
Application ID: 423531
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Current and prior year's financial statements
GSS BS 6.30.22
GSS BS 9.30.22
GSS P&L 21-22
GSS P&L 22-23 Q1
Most recent annual audit report (if your agency does
not perform an annual audit because it is not required
to, please submit a written statement in lieu of the
required attachments.)
GSS Audit report
Most recent Form 990 and Schedule A Federal Tax
Return
GSS 990
Budget information for the current fiscal year and
next fiscal year (if budget for next fiscal year is not yet available, please submit a written statement in
lieu of the required attachments.)
GSS 22-23 Budget
GSS Budget Letter
Capital Projects ONLY: Three (3) bids required, with
at least one (1) bid coming from a local contractor.
Failure to submit may result in an incomplete
application.
Organizational structure: List the total number of
employees for your agency by job title/classification
and salary/wage range for each job/classification.
download template
GSS Org Structure