HomeMy WebLinkAbout09 HEADSTART PROG 03-21-94 NO. 9
3-21-94
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_~ATE:
MARCH 21, 1994
TO: WILLIAM A. HUSTON, CITY MANAGER
FROM: COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT
SUBJECT: ESTABLISHING A HEADSTART PROGRAM WITH CDBG FUNDS
RECOMMENDATION
Receive and file.
FISCAL IMPACT
No specific allocation of the City's Community Development Block
Grant (CDBG) funds can be acted upon at this time.
BACKGROUND
At the meeting held on February 22, 1994, Mayor Potts requested a
report on a possible proposal from Cliff Polston, Executive
Director of the Boys and Girls Club of Tustin, to establish a
Headstart pre-school program in the .Southwest Area utilizing
Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds.
Beginning this federal fiscal year, 1994-95, Tustin will be an
entitlement community and, as such, can apply directly to the
federal Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for CDBG
funds. We have informally been told that Tustin will receive
$494,000 in CDBG funds for the 1994-95 funding year.
Communities are permitted to use CDBG monies to develop their own
programs and funding priorities as long as they meet one of the
three national objectives. Those objectives are:
a.
Benefiting low and moderate (L/M) income persons, or
Addressing slums or blight, or
Meeting a particularly urgent community development need,
such as assistance to earthquake or flood victims.
As an entitlement community, and because our grant award is
substantially larger than in previous years, we anticipate
receiving a number of funding requests from outside service
providers and non-profit agencies. While it is difficult to
anticipate the exact number, Community Development Department staff
mailed Request for Funding applications to approximately 65 service
City Council Report
Establishing a Headstart Program with CDBG Funds
March 21, 1994
Page 2
providers and non-profit organizations. However, federal law
states that only a maximum of 15% of the total grant award
($74,100) may be used for public service programs ~hich assist low
and moderate income families or address issues of elimination of
slum or blight conditions. The $74,100 limit would apply to any
and all public service provider, including any .potential City
recommended public service programs.
Community Development Department staff met with Cliff Polston and
a representative of the Tustin Unified School District (TUSD) who,
together, are working on the "Tustin Acts for Families and Youth"
(TAFY) program. According to the TUSD representative, one activity
currently being explored for the TAFY program is a pre-school;
another possible activity is a "satellite" Boys and Girls Club
facility.
Staff has provided the Boys and Girls Club and the _--USD with copies
of all application forms for the CDBG program an~ explained the
required procedures. It is not known at this time if a request.to
fund such a program will be submitted to the City.
Under the federally funded CDBG program, the City must follow a
detailed citizen participation process, including public
workshops/meetings and a public hearing, prior to 5he City Council
making final determinations on the uses of CDBG mcnies.
The following is the anticipated schedule for revie~ing and ranking
of applications for funding made to the City, holding public
hearings and making recommendations to the City Council on the CDBG
program.
Tentative Dates
March 15, 1994
Deadline for submittal of funding proposals
from public service providers and non-profit
organizations.
April 7, 1994
Citizen participation workshop/ meeting to
receive comments on "Request for Funding
Proposals" from City agencies, outside service
providers and non-profits, or additional~
project suggestions. Prioritization of
projects will also be discusse~.
May 2, 1994
City Council public hearing and approval of
Final Statement.
City Council Report
Establishing a Headstart Program with CDBG Funds
March 21, 1994
Page 3
June 1, 1994
3uly 1, 1994
Final Statement of Objectives due to HUD Los
Angeles office.
Start of Program Year
CONCLUSION
Staff will be prepared to answer any questions the City Council may
have regarding the CDBG program.
A~sociale Planner
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