Organization Partner Organization for this Specific Project Project Type Project Description Consolidated Plan Goal Addressed Service Area (Low Mod only?) Who Will Project Target? (Seniors, Homeless, Severly Disabled) (Find under Contract Info) HUD National Objective Addressed (Find under Contract Info) Can the Project be Presumed Benefit? If yes, how? (Find under Contract Info) CDBG Eligibility Regulation Has this Organization Received CDBG Funding from SSF Before? Findings or Concerns from Prior Year Monitoring How much of Prior Year CDBG Grants utilized - PY 2024-25 Total Project Cost Requested Amount # of Beneficiaries (Individuals) Per Unit Cost (Individual) # of Beneficiaries (Households) Per Unit Cost (Household) CDBG Per Unit Cost Recommended Funding Program Changes to PY25-26 Staff Notes 1 Friends for Youth Public Services Friends for Youth provides quality mentoring relationships for underserved youth across San Mateo County schools and community partner sites, with the goal of empowering youth to be mentally and behaviorally healthy, emotionally secure, and equipped with responsible decision-making, social, emotional and resiliency-building skills. Goal 3: Provide public services to improve the quality of life for low-income individuals and families, including those at risk of becoming homeless and special needs populations. City-Wide 05D - Youth Services LMC No 24 CFR § 570.201(e) Yes $2,450.92 of $12,5000 793909.8 12500 80 156.25 28 446.43 Friends For Youth is starting their group mentoring program at Martin Elementary School in South San Francisco in the school year 2024-2025. Friends For Youth has also created and implemented a Social Emotional Learning (SEL) curriculum in Spanish in an attempt to serve more bilingual youth and break through language barriers. Finally, Friends For Youth had the following staffing changes: one 1-to-1 program coordinator left our organization, and two program coordinators were hired as full time staff. These changes have been reflected in the 24-25 program budget. 2 Magic Tooth Bus Public Services To provide dental screenings which are fundamental components of preventive oral healthcare. They involve comprehensive assessments by trained dental professionals to evaluate the condition of teeth and gums. Goal 3: Provide public services to improve the quality of life for low-income individuals and families, including those at risk of becoming homeless and special needs populations. City-Wide 05M - Health Services LMC No 24 CFR § 570.201(e) Yes $0 of $14,000 74518.5 14000 350 40 120 116.67 Magic Tooth Bus will provide dental screenings and oral health awareness through educational materials, helping people to navigate dental home and motivate the population we serve at Breezeway Hub and FY 2025 we will expand our participation at the SSF Farmers Market and other SSF community events. 3 Rape Trauma Services: A Center for Healing and Violence Prevention Public Services The Sexual Abuse Services Program for Children and Youth provides mental health services to address the multiple healing needs of child survivors of sexual violence including: crisis intervention, individual and group counseling, advocacy, medical/legal and forensic accompaniment, and information and referrals. Goal 3: Provide public services to improve the quality of life for low-income individuals and families, including those at risk of becoming homeless and special needs populations. City-Wide 05N - Abused and Neglected Children LMC Abused Children 24 CFR § 570.201(e) Yes $0 of $15,000 705020 15000 85 176.47 85 176.47 Services continue as outlined above and are provided in-person, with the option of Tele-Health or virtual programming when requested. There are no significant program changes. 4 Rebuilding Together Peninsula - National Rebuilding Day Minor Home Repair National Rebuilding Day (NRD) - Home Rehabilitation program is a volunteer-driven home repair program, held twice per year, that brings together about 1,000 volunteers together on behalf of dozens of low-income homeowners, ensuring that every neighbor we serve has one of the most critical of human needs met -- a safe and healthy home.
NRD’s main objective is that the homes owned by our low-income neighbors are dry, clean, pest-free, ventilated, safe, contaminant-free, maintained, thermally controlled, accessible, and affordable (the National Center for Healthy Housing’s ten Principles of Healthy Homes). Goal 2: Preserve and improve public facilities and infrastructure that serve low-income neighborhoods or special needs residents. City-Wide 14A - Rehab; Singl-Unit Res LMH No 24 CFR § 570.202(a1) Yes There was mismanagement for projects and projects were started/completed without an Environemental Review. Staff seems to be doing better this year about submitting projects. $0 of $25,000 1080477 25000 3 8333.33 The operation of RTP’s NRD home repair program has remained largely the same. However, there have been a series of processes that have been clarified or added as a result of a number of discussions between the jurisdictions and RTP from June to September 2024. These discussions resulted in the Minor Home Repair Guidelines (published by the San Mateo County Department of Housing on 9/2/2024). RTP has trained all of its staff on these guidelines and they are now the basis for our program’s operations. The guidelines include additional guidance on:
1. Income calculations
2. Eligible Improvements
3. Scope of work specifications
4. Change orders
5. Environmental reviews
6. Lead Based Paint
7. Radon testing
8. Documentation of Reimbursement
9. Termination of property owners from program
10. Grievance or Appeal Process
11. Procedures
12. Client files
Training and implementation of the new guidelines, combined with delays caused by HUd in signing this year’s contracts means that we did not complete any CDBG funded projects during our October 2024 Rebuilding Day events. That said, we expect to meet all of our deliverables during April 2025 Rebuilding Day events.
NRD’s main objective, that the homes owned by our low-income neighbors are dry, clean, pest-free, ventilated, safe, contaminant-free, maintained, thermally controlled, accessible, and affordable (the National Center for Healthy Housing’s ten Principles of Healthy Homes), remains unchanged. 5 Rebuilding Together Peninsula - Safe at Home Minor Home Repair RTP’s Safe at Home program provides critical health and safety related home repair needs for low-income homeowners, including home safety modifications that allow low-income seniors to safely age in place by eliminating the threat of injury or accident, particularly from falling. Goal 2: Preserve and improve public facilities and infrastructure that serve low-income neighborhoods or special needs residents. City-Wide 14A - Rehab; Singl-Unit Res LMH No 24 CFR § 570.202(a1) Yes There was mismanagement for projects and projects were started/completed without an Environemental Review. Staff seems to be doing better this year about submitting projects. $0 of $65,000 1247150.8 65000.3 10 6500.03 The operation of RTP’s SAH minor home repair program will remain largely the same in FY2025. However, there have been a series of processes that have been clarified or added as a result of a number of discussions between the jurisdictions and RTP from June to September 2024. These discussions resulted in the Minor Home Repair Guidelines (published by the San Mateo County Department of Housing on 9/2/2024). RTP has trained all of its staff on these guidelines and they are now the basis for our program’s operations.
That said, as detailed in the addendum to our 1/15/2025 quarterly report, there were a number of issues that impacted the launch of this year’s minor home repair program (e.g. new eligibility documentation, contract execution delays, larger projects needing more environmental review, radon testing, turnover). For example, the eligibility documentation guidelines were significantly updated this Summer. In practical terms, this meant that RTP had to contact every waiting applicant, explain the additional documentation needed and get all new documentation. This was time consuming and confusing for our low-income, elderly, and vulnerable clients. All of this time spent gathering new documentation from waiting clients, learning the new guidelines, and then training our staff on implementation impeded the ability of our same staff to also conduct home previews that they normally would have been conducting to be sure that our pipeline was full ahead of contract execution. This, along with other factors mentioned in our report addendum, means that we are behind in our FY 24-25 deliverables. We are making every effort to catch-up in the remaining six months of our contract. The numbers below show our goal and the number served/in progress as of 1/17/25.
Jurisdiction / Goal # of homes to be served / # completed or in progress:
Redwood City / 5 / 0
City of San Mateo / 4 / 1
County of San Mateo/ 30 / 7
South San Francisco/ 10 / 2
6 Renaissance Entrepreneurship Center Public Services Igniting the power of entrepreneurship to strengthen lower-income English and Spanish-speaking communities, families and individuals in San Mateo County.
Goal 3: Provide public services to improve the quality of life for low-income individuals and families, including those at risk of becoming homeless and special needs populations. City-Wide 18C - Micro-Enterprise Assist LMC No 24 CFR § 570.201(e) Yes $3,311.74 of $25,000 160000 25000 30 833.33 30 833.33 No program changes for 2025-26 7 Community Overcoming Relationship Abuse (CORA) Public Services To provide operating assistance for CORAs Safe Houses (emergency shelters) providing victims and survivors of domestic violence and their children with a confidential and safe living environment for up to six months. Goal 3: Provide public services to improve the quality of life for low-income individuals and families, including those at risk of becoming homeless and special needs populations. City-Wide 24 CFR § 570.201(e) $11,893.20 of $20,000 164362 20000 3 6666.67 3 6666.67 Beginning in FY2025, CORA’s Safe Houses will have staff available onsite at the Safe House 7 days a week, whereas staff were only onsite 6 days a week prior. By having staff available 7 days a week, staff are able to be more available for clients to provide client-led case management, conduct phone assessments of referred clients, conduct intakes into the safe house, and more. 8 Human Investment Project (HIP Housing) Public Services HIP Housing’s Affordable Housing Programs are multifaceted and provide housing and/or case management support to individuals in the Home Sharing, Self-Sufficiency, and Housing Readiness Programs as well as in HIP Housing’s owned or managed properties, all of which prevent homelessness, maintain housing affordability, and increase access to housing resources for those who live, work, or attend school in San Mateo County. "Goal 3: Provide public services to improve the quality of life for low-income individuals and families, including those at risk of becoming homeless and special needs populations." City-Wide 24 CFR § 570.201(e) $1,815.93 of $10,000 3721597.1 9615.3799999999992 40 240.38 35 274.73 HIP Housing’s Affordable Housing Programs are multifaceted and provide housing and/or case management support to individuals in the Home Sharing, Self-Sufficiency, and Housing Readiness Programs as well as in HIP Housing’s owned or managed properties, all of which prevent homelessness, maintain housing affordability, and increase access to housing resources for those who live, work, or attend school in San Mateo County. 9 Legal Aid Society of San Mateo County Public Services Legal assistance to people threatened with losing their homes or living in substandard conditions with the goals of keeping people in their homes; preventing homelessness through the enforcement of legal rights, in and out of court; and remedying substandard living conditions through advocacy. "Goal 3: Provide public services to improve the quality of life for low-income individuals and families, including those at risk of becoming homeless and special needs populations." City-Wide 24 CFR § 570.201(e) $2,967.28 of $11,800 1016761 11800 100 118 40 295 Due to sunsetting funding streams and a shift in priorities from some of our funders, Legal Aid SMC's Housing Team has lost funding to provide legal services to low-income tenants in San Mateo County. We have made the difficult decision to not fill a vacant attorney position on this team until we are confident that we have the funding to support it. The HomeSavers program's objective, key priorities and specific activities remain unchanged; however, our capacity to serve tenants has been reduced. We will prioritize funded work. Given the extensive community need, we are confident that we can meet our proposed deliverables with the requested funding. Additional funding from a jurisdiction would provide critical legal services to additional local households. 10 LifeMoves Public Services LifeMoves is requesting funding to support interim housing programs and comprehensive supportive services at Family Crossroads for families and individuals experiencing homelessness from across San Mateo County. Goal 4: Support service-enriched shelter and transitional housing for homeless families and individuals. City-Wide 24 CFR § 570.201(e) $0 of $26,250 70983518 26250 6 4375 2 13125 There are no changes to our program for FY2025. 11 Samaritan House Public Services Safe Harbor Shelter, a 105-bed adult, congregate homeless shelter located in South San Francisco, is an integral component of San Mateo County’s housing crisis resolution system offering short-term, emergency housing with supportive services to swiftly transition clients into permanent housing.. Goal 4: Support service-enriched shelter and transitional housing for homeless families and individuals. City-Wide 24 CFR § 570.201(e) $9,913.67 of $19,800 2861366 19800 90 220 90 220 There are no changes to this program for FY2025. 12 StarVista Public Services StarVista’s Transitional Housing Placement Plus (THP+) program provides subsidized apartments in South San Francisco and case management services for emancipated foster youth aged 18-25, in addition to essential life skills training and assistance finding employment or attending school. Goal 4: Support service-enriched shelter and transitional housing for homeless families and individuals. City-Wide 24 CFR § 570.201(e) $0 of $12,100 1223733.3999999999 12100 8 1512.5 8 1512.5 We are working closely with clients to increase their self-sufficiency skills, and this will continue into FY25-26. Our main goal is to support youth in creating and maintaining positive habits that they can take with them into their next living situation and beyond. This will include increase responsibilities (e.g., indoor and outdoor chores like mopping, taking out the trash, sweeping the back yard, properly storing food), formalizing consequences for incomplete chores, and growing the program’s new move-in/move-out processes to mimic walk-throughs landlords will require when youth move into their own homes after exiting the program.
In addition to strengthening accountability and independent living skills for youth, these changes will increase safety and cleanliness at the program site and decrease client stay length in the program (as they will more quickly develop many skills needed to be self-sufficient). Youth currently stay in our Single Site housing for 2-3 years due to many factors, including needing time to build independent living skills, experiencing barriers to obtaining housing due to the expensive cost of living our county, financial factors (e.g., low credit scores, lack of savings), and/or navigating mental health challenges.
In tandem with the above, the program is focusing on increasing safety, staffing, and visibility for FY25-26. New cameras and locks have been added to the sites for client and staff safety, we hired a new Site Coordinator who has been on site consistently to support youth, and we’ve adapted our case managers’ schedules to maximize on-site coverage. Lastly, we’ve been hosting more events for youth on site (e.g., planning celebrations for various holidays and bringing in other organizations to provide financial workshops) and plan to continue this trend in the new fiscal year. 13 Project Sentinel Fair Housing Throughout San Mateo County Project Sentinel provides comprehensive fair housing services of proactive community outreach and education to home seekers, in place residents and housing providers as well as reactive complaint investigations seeking remedies for victims of housing discrimination. "Goal 3: Provide public services to improve the quality of life for low-income individuals and families, including those at risk of becoming homeless and special needs populations." City-Wide 05J - Fair Housing Activities-Subj.to Pub.Serv.Cap None No 24 CFR § 570.201(e) $0 of $12,575 871233 12576 10 1093.57 4 2733.91 There are no changes to this program for FY2025. 14 Total Requested 268641.68
** ESTIMATED based on PY24-25
CDBG Award 443482
Public Service Cap 66522.3
Administrative Cap 88696.400000000009
Prior Year Funds
Total Public Services Recommeneded 0
Balance of CDBG Public Services 66522.3
Total Non Services Recommneded 0
Balance of Non Services Recommended 288263.3
443482