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May 18, 2009
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Agenda
Item No. 37 Roll
Call No. 09-
Communication No. 09-299 Submitted by: Larry Hulse, Community Development
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AGENDA
HEADING:
Approval
of the Iowa Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) FY 2009 CSBG American
Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) agency plan.
SYNOPSIS:
Recommend
Council approval of the Iowa Community
Services Block Grant (CSBG) FY 2009 CSBG American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
(ARRA) Agency Plan (application) made to the Iowa Department of Human Rights/
Division of Community Action Agencies for the City of Des Moines Community
Services Program.
FISCAL
IMPACT:
Amount:
$875,471 (revenue)
Funding
Source: Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) through
the Iowa Department of Human Rights/ Division of Community Action Agencies,
deposited to the FY09 Operating Budget, Community Services Block Grants –
SP027, CDD049900, CSBGARRA001
ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION:
CSBG
provides funding for the City’s Community Action Agency with services delivered
through the Community Development Department’s Community Services
Division. The
Iowa Division of Community Action Agencies (DCAA) recommends the plan remain
flexible and subject to change as the funding is timed to be completed on
September 10, 2010. The FY09 CSBG-ARRA
plan is subject to DCAA review. NRB
Community Services sub-committee and Community Services staff’s plan summarized
below includes the expansion of existing and development of new programs:
Income
Management Program:
Establish and provide a three month educational and financial assistance
program designed to stabilize low-income families. Extension of the assessment
and resolution program assisting households in danger of disconnection to
maintain or restore utilities.
Youth
Activity Program:
Provide financial assistance for youth who wish to participate in organized
activities available in the community. This
project is an expansion of the existing parks department scholarship program
which provides low-income households with reduced park fees.
Emergency
Assistance Program:
Provide to families in need the financial assistance to obtain needed items
such as beds, auto repair, eye glasses, or dental expenses. This is an expansion of the seasonal Embrace
Iowa program.
Personal
Pantry: Expand
the existing personal pantry program to serve the increased number of families
in need of personal hygiene and household cleaning products.
Removal
and Replacement of High Risk Trees:
Remove high-risk/hazardous trees on the property of low-income families. Replacement trees will be planted on the same
property. This project was modeled after a successful 2008 Des Moines
Neighborhood Resource Office and DNR pilot project.
Four Mile Water Shed Project:
Working in partnership with the Parks and Recreation Department. CSBG-ARRA
will fund parks department employees who
will restore the woodland buffer and convert turf areas into native plantings
along a section of Four Mile Creek. Enhancing
the creek’s native plant communities will improve storm water runoff quality
and reduce runoff volume.
PREVIOUS
COUNCIL ACTION(S):
Date: March 9, 2009
Roll
Call Number: 09-387
Action:
CSBG Contract
(Community Action Plan) with Iowa Department of Human Rights for 2008-2009 CSBG
Program Year. (Council
Communication No. 09-142) Moved by Vlassis to adopt.
Motion Carried 7-0.
BOARD/COMMISSION
ACTION(S):
Date:
March 4, 2009
Roll
Call Number: N/A
Action:
Approval of the Iowa Community
Services Block Grant (CSBG) FY 2009 CSBG American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
(ARRA) agency plan.
ANTICIPATED
ACTIONS AND FUTURE COMMITMENTS: NONE
For more information on this and other agenda items,
please call the City Clerk’s Office at 515-283-4209 or visit the Clerk’s Office
on the second floor of City Hall,