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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAGENDA REPORT 2001 0207 CC REG ITEM 09BO MI CITY OF 14OORPAalRX, CALTFOTRNI TA j Cjtq Council Meeting ACTION • MOORPARK CITY COUNCIL AGENDA REPORT,, To: Honorable City Council From: Nancy Burns, Senior Management Analyst v� Date: January 23, 2001 (CC Meeting of February 7, 2001) Subject: CONSIDER PROPOSALS FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT (CDBG) FUNDS ($202,206) FOR FY 2001/2002 BACKGROUND This report will introduce proposals the City received in Proposals for CDBG funds for 2000. Complete proposals available in the Conference R section of the Consolidated Action Plan. CDBG projects income persons recipients are median income. family of four DISCUSSION key excerpts from twelve (12) response to a Request for Project FY 2001/2002, issued December 11, and the Consolidated Plan are )om for Council review. The lass Plan (Section VI) is the Annual are expected to address the unmet needs of low as identified in the Consolidated Plan. Eligible those whose income does not exceed 800 of area Area median income currently is $68,500 for a (4) . Moorpark is expected to receive $202,206 in CDBG funds for FY 2001/2002, an increase over funding levels for the past four years. Last year's funding allocation was $195,292. Public Service programs may be considered for funding based on anticipation of increased levels of service, or to assist in establishing a new service. A maximum of fifteen per cent (150) or $30,331 may be allocated for Public Service projects this year, per HUD guidelines. (Last year's Public Service limit was 00019 Honorable City Council Date 02/01/01 Page 2 $29,293.) Eight (8) proposals for Public Service projects were received, totaling $58,550. Three (3) proposals for Public Improvement projects were received, totaling $174,000; one proposal was received for $3,000 for Planning /Administration. This year's applications have been summarized as Attachment "A ". Applications made last year which were not funded have been listed as Attachment "B ". Attachment "C" provides an overview of past CDBG funding. Excerpts taken directly from each of this year's proposals follow this report and its attachments. All three agencies funded last year are among this year's applicants for Public Service funds. These include the Catholic Charities Community Services Program, providing emergency assistance and referrals to low income residents; the Senior Nutrition Program, providing nutritious noon meals on a congregate basis and home delivery for homebound seniors; and Senior Center Operations (Part -time Staff Assistance), providing staff assistance for administrative functions and coordination of activities. Public Service proposals for programs not currently funded include the following: 1. Brown Bag for Seniors and Emergency Food Service to help defray the costs of food, fuel and electricity, submitted by Food Share; 2. Senior Survivalmobile to provide free medical transportation to Moorpark seniors, submitted by the County's Human Services Agency; 3. Subsidized Therapy Vouchers to provide free counseling services for seniors, submitted by Interface Children Family Services; 4. Long -term Care Ombudsman Program to provide advocacy and support services for seniors in long -term care facilities and assistance for individuals placing loved ones in long -term care, submitted by Long -term Care Services; and Honorable City Council Date 02/01/01 Page 3 5. Long -term Care for Terminally Ill to provide temporary placement in an appropriate facility until other funding is identified, submitted by Loving Heart Hospice Foundation. Other proposals which are not subject to the Public Service funding limit include the following: 1. New windows for the gymnasium, submitted by the Boys & Girls Club; 2. Improvements to the Redevelopment Agency owned property at 222 High Street to make the existing sheet metal building suitable for use by Catholic Charities for its Community Services Program in Moorpark; 3. Rehabilitation of an existing County structure to increase capacity to serve homeless individuals (in a transitional living facility), submitted by RAIN; and 4. Continuum of Care to assist in the preparation of a funding application through HUD's Super -NOFA for funds to meet the needs of homeless persons, submitted by the Ventura County Homeless and Housing Coalition. Joint Powers Agreements (JPAs) between the City and the County may be considered for some programs, enabling administrative functions for these programs to be assumed by the County. In the past, the County has offered to participate in JPAs for the Long -term Care Ombudsman Program, RAIN, Food Share, and Fair Housing Counseling, which is considered an Administrative program. Given an allocation of $202,206, staff recommends funding levees equal to HUD limits for each type of activity, as shown in Table 1 on the following page. Cv001 Honorable City Council Date 02101101 Page 4 Table 1: FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS BY CATEGORY FUNDING CATEGORY HUD LIMIT STAFF REQUEST Administration (including Fair Housing Counseling) $25,150 $20,000 Public Service $30,331 $30,331 Affordable Housing, Code Enforcement, Public Improvements, Economic Development $N /A $151,875 Total Funding $202,206 $202,206: STAFF RECOMMENDATION 1. Open public hearing and receive public testimony for consideration in the appropriation of FY 2001/2002 CDBG funds estimated to total $202,206; close public hearing; 2. Refer this matter to the Budget and Finance Committee for review prior to the next regularly scheduled Council meeting, directing the Committee to prepare a recommendation for final appropriations for Council's consideration at the regular meeting scheduled for March 7, 2001; 3. Continue this item to the meeting of March 7, 2001. Attachments: A Summary of Proposals for FY 2001/2002 B Summary of Unfunded CDBG Proposals from FY 2000/2001 C Overview of Past CDBG Funding Excerpts from Proposals Submitted for FY 2001/2002 C�(1)015 Organization PUBLIC SERVICES Catholic Charities Food Share Human Services Agency Human Services Agency Interface Children Family Services Long Term Care Services Loving Heart Hospice Foundation City of Moorpark Subtotal (Public Services) CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS Boys & Girls Club Catholic Charities RAIN (County of Ventura) C: Subtotal (Capital Improvements) 0 s� Proposals Recd FY 2001 -2002 Page 1 of 2 CDBG Proposals Received for FY 2001/2002 Number of Number of Name of Project Anticipated Anticipated Amount Category Moorpark County Requested Total Beneficiaries Beneficiaries Request Community Services Program 4,254 UNKNOWN $13,348 Brown Bag for Seniors 3,187 106,415 $2,000 Senior Nutrition 200 UNKNOWN $11,000 Senior Survivalmobile 20 UNKNOWN $1,000 Subsidized Therapy Vouchers for 15 N/A $3,702 Seniors Long Term Care Ombudsman 56 8,273 $2,000 Long -term Care for Terminally III 6 N/A $13,500 Senior Center Staff 1000 N/A $12,000 $58,550 Window Renovation 375 N/A $19,000 Community Center 4,254 N/A $150,000 Building Rehabilitation 9 245 $5,000 Attachment A $174,000 1/29/2001 F� Organization ADMINISTRATION/PLANNING Ventura County Homeless and Housing Coalition Subtotal (Administration /Planning) GRAND TOTAL (ALL PROPOSALS) Proposals Recd FY 2001 -2002 CDBG Proposals Received for FY 2001/2002 Number of Name of Project Anticipated Moorpark Beneficiaries Continuum of Care Attachment A 100 Page 2 of 2 Number of Anticipated Amount Category County Requested Total Beneficiaries Request 1,900 $3,000 $3,000 $235,550 1/29/2001 Page 1 of 2 UNFUNDED CDBG PROPOSALS FY 2000/2001 Amount Organization Name of Project Description Requested PUBLIC SERVICE PROPOSALS Coalition to End Domestic and Bi- lingual outreach $6,250 Sexual Violence Latino Domestic Violence and education staff Education and Outreach Hospice of the Conejo Hospice /Bereavement Outreach and $5,000 Outreach bereavement support Human Services Agency Senior Survivalmobile Medical transportation $1,200 for seniors Interface Children Family Information and Referral- Referral service to $1,100 Services Senior Outreach seniors Khepera House, Inc. Staff for Transitional Service to individuals $5,000 Living House who completed drug /alcohol detoxification program Long Term Care Services Long Term Care Placement assistance $1,000 Ombudsman and support to seniors in long -term care Loving Heart Hospice Hospice /Related Service Nursing care, $6,300 Foundation medications and use of equipment RAIN Operations - Transitional Counseling, food, $5,000 Living /Related Programs transportation, job preparation, etc. to homeless persons Turning Point Foundation Supportive Transitional Housing and support $2,300 Housing and Homeless services to homeless Services mentally ill Unfunded Proposals FY 2000!2001 Attachment B 1/26/2001 0018 Organization AFFORDABLE HOUSING Habitat for Humanity Name of Project Habitat - Moorpark CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS RAIN Building Rehabilitation Food Share Emergency Generator Unfunded Proposals FY 2000/2001 Attachment B Description "Sweat equity" construction of house Housing for homeless individuals and families Generator to continue safe storage of frozen food in case of power interruption Page 2 of 2 Amount Requested $70,000 $2,500 $2,000 1/26/2001 C�0 () 19 Page 1 of 2 CDBG OVERVIEW OF PAST FUNDING Program 1989190 1990191 1991/92 1992/93 1993/94 1994/95 1995/96 1996/97 1997198 1998/99 1999120002000/2001 PUBLIC SERVICES Adult Literacy $8,000 $5,000 $5,000 $5,000 $5,000 $5,000 $3,600 $1,000 $1,000 Catholic Charities $7,500 $7,500 $8,000 $8,000 $8,000 $6,000 $6,200 $9,097 $5,366 $7,293 Child Health Care $4,591 $2,000 Homeless Ombudsman $500 $500 $500 $2,000 $2,000 Legal Services $563 $7,000 $1,200 $3,650 $4,506 $4,506 $1,884 $2,000 $2,000 Long -term Care Ombudsman $2,500 $1,000 $2,000 $2,790 $3,300 $3,000 $1,964 PDAP/Teen Counseling $1,500 Senior Center Part-time Staff $9,200 $10,100 $13,000 $12,000 Senior Equipment $1,987 Senior Lifeline $5,480 Senior Nutrition $10,000 $10,000 $10,500 $10,000 $10,000 $12,000 $12,000 $9,000 $9,000 $9,000 $10,000 $10,000 Vocational Training $5,437 NOTE: Program year 1989 was the first year Public Service projects were funded In Moorpark. C-) I'1 0 Overview of Past Funding Attachment C 1/27/2001 CDBG OVERVIEW OF PAST FUNDING Category Total Organization Amount Funding AFFORDABLE HOUSING CEDC $53,540 Networking $5,000 Property acquisition $11,728 Undefined projects $238,918 Total (Affordable Housing) $309,186 CODE ENFORCEMENT Code Enforcement - Residential $20,000 Total (Code Enforcement) $20,000 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS Street Improvements, Handicap Ramps $1,453,116 Food Share $7,000 ADA Play Equipment (Mountain Meadows Park) $23,731 Casa Pacifica $25,000 Boys & Girls Club Re- stucco $58,000 Senior Center Expansion $483,500 Total (Capital Improvements) $2,050,347 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT RAIN Project $1,000 Total (Economic Development) $1,000 NOTE: Affordable Housing and Capital Improvement Projects often are funded over multiple years. s�J i Overview of Past Funding Page 2 of 2 Attachment C 1/27/2001 Community 5crvicco Program Catholic Charitico CP13G FY 2001/2002 PART III - Description of Community Needs and Proposed Project Section A - Community Needs to be Addressed by Project Please describe the unmet community needs which this project proposes to meet? Moorpark and its immediate vicinity are home to several thousand very low income households who are struggling to house and feed their families. Many families are hidden from the casual observer's view. The far majority do not receive government benefits. Rather, they comprise the "working poor" who work in minimum -wage (often part -time) jobs in the fast food industry, assembly work, agricultural, domestics and child care providers. Catholic Charities staff provide supplemental food, winter utility assistance, rental assistance to prevent eviction, clothing, households goods, as well as holiday food and gifts. In addition, the caseworkers provide invaluable information about resources for complementary services (i.e. income tax assistance, senior assistance, substance abuse treatment programs, youth services, disability, legal, health, transportation, shelters and government programs) which could bring relief to clients' crisis or help them reach a more self-reliant plan. During the Fiscal Year 1999 -2000, the Catholic Charities office provided services to 5,518 (unduplicated count) low- income persons. The office also has provided a venue for VTAPMTA tax assistance programs. The office has recently negotiated with California Rural Legal Assistance to provide outreach in the Moorpark Community. Due to the devastating fire in May 1999, the agency scrambled to find service locations in Moorpark. With the help of several churches and civic organizations, Catholic Charities moved into its current location February 2000. The current facility cannot adequately accommodate the need for client privacy nor space to invite other agencies to provide outreach into the community. Section B - Agency's Plan to Meet Community Needs How will your agency use these grant monies to address these unmet community needs? Funds will be used to pay salaries for a case aide (22 hours weekly) and a caseworker (10 hours rekly); who assist the Senior Caseworker, Ruben Castro, in the office. All staff are bi- lingual (Spanish - English) to enhance communication and cultural sensitivities. These positions assist Mr. Castro in the course of casework and case management duties. C"')0022 Brown Bag for 5cn;ore Ventura County Food 5hzre CDBG FY 2001/2002 PART ill -- Description of Community Needs and Proposed Project Section A -- Community Needs to be Addressed by Project Please describe the unmet community needs that this project proposes to meet? Low - income seniors on fixed incomes and/or living below the poverty level are an often "forgotten" segment of our local population. Seniors 65 to 74 years old are the fastest growing age group in our county, and within this group, elderly women and minorities are the economically poorest segment. We work continuously to meet the underserved and unmet need of supplemental food and nutrition to our county's senior citizens. There are few resources in Ventura County dedicated to this purpose; FOOD Share plays a major role in this area in Moorpark at the Moorpark Senior Center, and county -wide. Many impoverished seniors are forced to choose between paying for their prescriptions or buying groceries. When their budgets run out, grocery shopping is usually cut back on first. Especially as they age, many seniors have no support systems of friends or families to help them. FOOD Share works to continuously strengthen and expand Brown Bags for Seniors, because it serves as one of the few county -wide lifelines to a particularly vulnerable segment of our society. In just seven years, 2008, Ventura County's overall population of 750,000 is predicted to increase by 100,000; the senior numbers within this increase will grow accordingly. FOOD Share expects the need for our hunger Section B — Agency's Pian to Meet Community Needs How will your agency use these grant monies to address these unmet community needs? These grant monies would improve our Brown Bag for Seniors Program in Moorpark and strengthen our food bank's overall food delivery to our Moorpark distributing agencies. FOOD Share would utilize this proposed grant as follows: 1. Truck transportation fuel to Moorpark: $ 500 265 gallons of diesel fuel for our Brown Bag and agency deliveries Over the past year, fuel costs have dramatically risen locally and nationwide. FOOD Share's fuel bill rose by an astonishing 64.63 %, which was an unanticipated blow to our operating budget. (Atfachment #2.) We expect the costs to be as high or higher over the coming year. Truck fuel for the collection and delivery of food is central to FOOD Share's operation, particularly as we seek to expand our services and identify additional people in your area who are in need. When a Brown Bag recipient is ill, disabled or home -bound for any reason, our drivers deliver their food personally. 2. Electricity support for the food bank's 21,000 sg. -foot warehouse: $ 500 FOOD Share depends upon the operation of 25,000 cubic feet of freezer storage, and 30,000 cubic feet of refrigerated storage, both essential to handling and distributing millions of pounds of perishable produce and other foods every year. The electric power required for this equipment accounts for 70% of FOOD Share's total electric bill or about $40,000 annually. In the coming year, we predict electricity rates to increase by about 20 %, potentially up to an additional $10,000. 3. High -Grade Protein Food Purchase for Moorpark Brown Bag Inclusion: $ 1,000 Although 95% of the food distributed by FOOD Share is donated, we must sometimes purchase specific high protein food items, because they are difficult to obtain through contributions, and we must ensure our often - malnourished seniors complete nutrition. When we do this, we purchase at greatly reduced prices in bulk through discount food brokers, where we can purchase at about 25% below wholesale. A modest amount of purchased food funding is leveraged by our exceptional buying ability, and by all the donated foods that round out the nutrition package. The week's bag of groceries for one senior would include two loaves of bread, fresh broccoli, noodles, canned soup and oranges, all which are donated to us. Purchased would be one pound of frozen ground turkey, or one can of tuna, representing the protein that is so seriously lacking in a low -cost diet. An investment in purchased food products will significantly improve the nutritional mix of food for our county seniors. We aim to increase from a once monthly protein inclusion to at least a twice- monthly distribution. Senior Nutrition Program Human 5ervicee Agency CDBG FY 2001/2002 PART III - Description of Community Needs and Proposed Project Section A - Community Needs to be Addressed by Project Please describe the unmet community needs which this project proposes to meet? Many older adults do not get adequate nutrition. Loneliness and depression cause lack of appetite, or an apathy that can make preparing a meal seem like too great a task. Some people do not want to cook just for themselves, or do not like to eat alone. People on a fixed income often choose to pay the rent and utilities first, and spend only what is left for food. Some people simply do not know how to prepare nutritious meals for themselves. Among the elder population of the nation, inadequate nutrition has been associated with over -and underweight, nutrition - related chronic health conditions, and premature institutionalization. In 1994, forty-one percent of Title III service providers nationwide had waiting lists for home - delivered meals, suggesting a significant unmet need for these meals that has carried into the present. Today, some jurisdictions are reporting waiting lists for both home - delivered and congregate meals. The absence of waiting lists in the City of Moorpark and other cities in Ventura County is solely due to the additional funds the Senior Nutrition program receives. Private donations and the generosity of the cities in allocating CDBG funds to their respective dining centers and home - delivered meal routes supplement the basic funding provided by the Area Agency on Aging. Section 8 — Agency's Plan to Meet Community Needs The mission of the Senior Nutrition program is to improve the nutritional status of elderly people in our communities, and decrease their social isolation. We target services to seniors with the greatest economic or social need. We are requesting this money to allow us to continue providing this service at the current level for the citizens of Moorpark. We propose to continue to employ one Nutrition Program Worker II in Moorpark with the help of CDBG funding. This staff person assists with final food preparation, serving, and clean up. The NPW II plans special events, celebrations, and educational programs for the participants, in addition to his/her kitchen duties. C �O02- Senior 5urvivalrr,obile Human 5erviceo Agency CDBG FY 2001/2002 PART 111 -- Description of Community Needs and Proposed Project Section A — Community Needs to be Addressed by Project Please describe the unmet community needs that this project proposes to meet? Low- and moderate - income seniors living in Moorpark have limited options for medical transportation if they are too frail to use public transportation, or if they must travel outside of the Moorpark area. If a person cannot drive and does not have relatives or friends who are able to provide transportation, he or she has no way to get to medical appointments. Senior Survivalmobile is the only transportation resource dedicated to seniors in Moorpark that does not charge a fee, will take people between cities, and will go out of County. The Senior Survivalmobile program operates in three other cities in Ventura County, but funds from each city are used only to fund transportation for its citizens. Section IS — Agency's Plan to Meet Community Needs Flow will your agency use these grant monies to address these unmet community needs? Our agency intends to continue to provide Senior Survivalmobile transportation to medical appointments for low- income seniors who cannot use public transportation. Paid volunteers provide transportation in their own vehicles, and are matched with riders by a centralized dispatcher. Rides are limited to one round trip per month, unless there are special circumstances requiring additional medical care. Many rides are to hospitals and clinics that no other transportation resource serves. C�o()2 5ubsidized Therapy Vouchers for 5eniors Interface Childrer and Family 5ervices CD50 FY 2001/2002 PART III -- Description of Community Needs and Proposed Project Section A — Community Needs to be Addressed by Project Please describe the unmet community needs that this project proposes to meet? The National Institute of Mental Health estimates that 6% of the elderly suffer from some form of depression. In fact, Americans 65 and over constitute 13% of the American population, but 20% of the suicides. Ventura County's elderly population comprises 18 %, or over 100,000 individuals, all of whom are facing special physical, emotional, and social needs simply as a result of their growing older. The American Association of Geriatric Psychologists gives a list of 15 different mental health challenges confronted by seniors for which treatment is indicated. From coping with the onset of illness such as heart disease, diabetes, Parkinson's, Alzheimers, late life schizophrenia, dementia, and strokes, to managing the anxiety, grief and loss associated with major life changes, death of friends and loved ones, memory problems, insomnia and its debilitating emotional effects, seniors face multiple losses and diminution in control over their bodies, minds, and circumstances. While some of the elderly are well -off and can afford high quality insurance programs which include mental health benefits, a far greater number are reliant upon social security and MediCal benefits which limit their access to non - crisis based counseling support. An even more fragile sub -group of seniors are more severely challenged. The Federal Interagency Forum on Aging warns that seniors aged 85 years and older are currently the fastest growing segment of the population. At the national figure of 2 %, Ventura County's 85+ population translates to 14,660 people. These numbers are steadily increasing, and it is projected that several thousand individuals will age into this group each year for the next five decades. Statistically, this population is most likely to be frail, challenged by health problems, female, and widowed resulting in an increased likelihood of their living alone, and in poverty, than any other sector of the senior population. Males over 85 are six times more likely to commit suicide than the general population. Given health, and economic limitations, these elderly are most likely to be homebound, isolated, and subject to abuse and exploitation by caregivers upon whom they depend for almost every basic need. Section B — Agency's Plan to Meet Community Needs How will your agency use these grant monies to address these unmet community needs? We are applying to the City of Moorpark for funding which would permit us to provide vouchers for free therapeutic assistance for seniors. The vouchers will be distributed through Moorpark's Senior Center to clients seeking assistance for themselves, or for others. Each Voucher would entitle the bearer to one hour of therapy through our Family Guidance Program. Therapists could come to clients at the Senior Center, provide the therapy in senior's homes, or at our Family Guidance Clinical Services office. Vouchers will be negotiable for 90 days from the date of issuance, and Senior Center staff will advise Family Guidance staff on a regular basis of the number of vouchers they have distributed. Since this is a pilot effort, this application is for the provision of 104 vouchers -- the equivalent of two hours per week of therapeutic assistance. We anticipate that individual seniors will participate in an average of six to 12 visits with their therapists for a wide variety of concems. Therapists will receive specialized training in assessing and addressing the needs of seniors and will work with clients to create linkages with providers of other programs and services which correspond to individual needs. Individual, family, or group counseling may be provided as is appropriate for individual clients. Community service access, and development of peer support will be encouraged to the maximum extent appropriate to each senior's capacities. This program will bring an approach to treatment designed to encourage and empower seniors to strengthen their connections with family, friends, Senior Center staff community service providers, and others who share their interests and support their overall wellbeing. We anticipate that a minimum of 10 and a maximum of 20 of Moorpark's senior citizens will receive therapeutic treatment for depression, anxiety, stress, grief, family conflict, elder abuse, or other psychological distress through this pilot program in fiscal 2001/2002. Long Term Care 5ervicee Lore Term Care Orrbudoman CDf3G FY 2001/2002 p,1 of 2 PART 111 -- Description of Community Needs and Proposed Project Section A -- Community Needs to be Addressed by Project Please describe the unmet community needs that this project proposes to meet? In May, 2000 the Attorney General of California released the statistic that 40'/o of individuals in California over the age of 65 will spend some time in a long term care facility. In Moorpark there are over 1,500 residents over the age of 60 and 13% of these are one - person households. There are two facilities in Moorpark — one is a hospice with a very high patient turnover and the other a residential care facility for the elderly. Both facilities are monitored weekly /monthly for quality care of residents. Pre - admission counseling in Moorpark increased by 30% this year with most elder placement in nearby Simi Valley facilities. Sixty percent of all elderly living in long term care facilities have no family or friends to visit or watch out for them. Long Term Care Services of Ventura County's Ombudsman program is the only program that is federally mandated and solely exists to serve the frail elderly resident living in long term care. Long Term Care Ombudsman are trained and state certified to monitor long term care facilities and advocate for those who are too fearful, weak or unable to represent themselves. Although federal mandate only requires one visit per facility per year, the Ventura County Ombudsman Program is a state model in that all county skilled nursing facilities are visited and monitored once a week minimum and all residential care facilities are visited and monitored once a month minimum. This standard has been in place since inception of Ventura County's program in 1981. In the absence of the Ombudsman it is feared that most elder abuses and complaints in skilled nursing facilities and residential care facilities for the elderly would go unnoticed and unremedied while levels of care and the quality of life for the frail elderly residents in long term care would deteriorate. All services are free and confidential. Services Provided by Ombudsman Program: 1. Recruit and train additional volunteer Ombudsmen to serve the elderly residents living in long -term care facilities in the cities and unincorporated areas of Ventura County. Presently there are 156 long term care facilities in Ventura County with almost 7,000 residents including turnover. Ombudsmen help ensure that these residents receive the highest levels of care and their rights are not infringed upon. Volunteer and staff Ombudsmen visit all skilled nursing facilities at least once a week and all residential care facilities at least once per month. All visits are unscheduled and unannounced. 2. Pre - admission counseling conducted in office or at various sites throughout county. 3. Support services to families of residents in long term care facilities. Ombudsmen are required to attend monthly in- service training to educate and update them on elder abuse, elder rights, and varied subjects relating to aging issues and the care and well -being of the frail elderly living in long term care facilities. 4. Training of staff and Direct Caregivers in residential care facilities in conjunction with licensing agencies regarding various forms of elder abuse, residents' rights including dignity, privacy, confidentiality and subjects relating to the care and well -being of the frail elderly living in long -term care situations. CDBG funds are used for 90% of the elderly residents living in long term care facilities who are over the age of 75 and considered to be disabled. These funds also apply to the 70% of residents who are receiving either MediCal or SSI and have been determined low - income recipients. CDBG Proposal 3 C %r_11? 0 02 Long Term Care 5ervicco Long Term Care Ombudernan C05G FY 200112002 p.2 of 2 According to the State of California Department of Finance most recent statistics, the senior population is the fastest growing population in Ventura County and the percentage of that particular population that is growing the fastest are persons becoming 100 years old. All services performed and provided by Long Term Care Services Ombudsman Program are free and confidential Section B — Agency's Plan to Meet Community Needs How will your agency use these grant monies to address these unmet community needs? 1. We will be continuing ongoing recruitment and training of volunteer Ombudsmen to serve the elderly in long- term care facilities. Training sessions will be held in February, April, June and September 2001 -2002 which will provide additional Ombudsman to cover the growing number of facilities and residents living in long- term care facilities. 2. Training staff and volunteer Ombudsmen to provide pre - admission counseling to families who are contemplating placing a loved one in long term care. 3. Providing 12 hours of mandated continuing education to our volunteer Ombudsmen on subjects relating to the care and well-being of the frail elderly living in long -term care situations including elder abuse and current legislation that affects seniors living in long -term care such as MediCal, HMO's, social security, nursing home regulations, etc. 4. Providing specialized training of staff and Direct Caregivers in long -term care facilities in conjunction with Department of Health Services and Department of Social Services Community Care Licensing. S. Providing training of law enforcement on elder abuse. CC) 0028 Long Term Care for Terminally III Loving Heart Hospice Foundation CDBG FY 2001/2002 PART III — Description of Community Needs and Proposed Project Section A -- Community Needs to be Addressed by Proiect Please describe the unmet community needs that this project proposes to meet? The Unmet Community Need which Loving Heart Hospice Foundation purposes to accomplish in this CDBG Project is to: Provide a one time funding for Long Term Care Placemenj for six terminally ill Moorpark patients who are low /moderate income for thirty days. These Moorpark patients and families fail into a difficult funding category. This is a large population of low /moderate income patients and families who are falling through the government cracks because they do not earn an income that affords them private insurance coverage or the ability to pay for medical services privately but they unfortunately earn an income that doesn't qualify them for medi -cal benefits. The patient may qualify for Medicare, however, Medicare does not pay for long term care placement. In addition, not all low /moderate income patients or families qualify for Medi -Cal due to excessive assets or not low enough income. Therefore, any additional services required by the patient, that are not covered by the Medicare Hospice Benefit, become the responsibility of the patient or family to pay for privately. For the elderly hospice patient and his/her spouse or family, paying privately for long term care placement will deplete the life savings that the surviving spouse or family is expected to live on, thereby placing them in the unfortunate predicament of needing to receive county assistance to live on either temporarily or permanently. In the event that a patient or family does qualify for medi -cal assistance, in Moorpark, there is one Congregate Living Health Facility, which does not accept medi -cal as a payer source and there are not any Skilled Nursing Facilities. Moorpark's surrounding cities also have a shortage of Skilled Nursing Facilities and of those facilities, very few accept medi -cal as a payer source. Of the nursing facilities that do accept medi -call, only a small percentage of their beds are designated medi -cal beds, which all have long waiting lists that, unfortunately, hospice patients don't have the luxury of benefitting from. If the patient's care become to difficult for the family to maintain at home, the patient is unable to transfer to a nursing facility for long term care placement due to either (1) a lack of financial resources, (2) no existing nursing facility in their area or (3) no medi -cal bed available in the time frame the hospice patient has remaining. The family and caregiver ability to care for the patient is a vital component in the patient's hospice services. If their ability to function deteriorates, then the patient's hospice care begins to deteriorate as well and intervention is required. This intervention comes in the form of either a hired caregiver or transferring the patient to a nursing facility for long tern care placement. This long term care placement however does not fall into any currently funded government program. Until a program for long term care placement is created to aid the terminally ill patient and family during the patients last stage of life, other resources, such as CDBG funds, need to be utilized. When paying for a hired caregiver is not within the financial means of the low /moderate income patients and families, transferring to a long term care facility through the CDBG Funds or Loving Heart Hospice Foundation matching funds is the only option when a medi -cal facility placement isn't available. Through the CDBG Funds or our matching funds, the patients requiring long term care placement can be transferred to a number of facilities accepting private funding. Section B — Agency's Plan to Meet Community Needs How will your agendy use these grant monies to address these unmet community needs? The CDBG Funds and the Loving Heart Hospice Foundation matching funds will be utilized by providing Long Term Care Placement to six (6) Moorpark patients for approximately thirty days. This long term care placement may either be a temporary placement while a patient is waiting for a medi -cal facility bed to be available or it may see the patient through the remainder of his/her life. Should a patient not live long enough to utilize the entire thirty days, the remaining days will be transferred to assist another low /moderate income patient. Should a patient live longer than the thirty days and either a medi -cal facility bed has not become available yet or other funding sources have not been identified, the patient will utilize a portion or all of another set of thirty days through either the CDBG or matching funds. 00029 Senior Center Part -Tirne Staff City of Moorpark CDBG FY 2001/2002 :RECEIM CITY OF MOORPARK COMMUNITY SKRVICES DEPARTMENT . W 7 1 -/ U U MEMORANDUM City of Moorpark Administrative Services Dqu tnent TO: Nancy Burns, Sr. Management Analyst FROM: Mary K. Lindley, Director of Community Services rc__. DATE: January 25, 2001 SUBJECT: FY 2001/02 CDBG Request As in years past, I am requesting consideration for Community Development Block Grant funding for Senior Center Program part-time staff in the amount of $12,000. This will provide approximately 1,090 hours divided between two existing part-time recreation coordinator positions. The Senior Center recreation coordinators are responsible for assisting with the coordination of classes, special events, and information and referral services. In addition, the positions assist with the production and distribution of the monthly Senior Center newsletter, coordinate the use of volunteers, perform fundraising activities, room set -up, press releases, track program participation, serve as the Center's receptionist, draft general correspondence, and staff the Senior Center in the absence of the Senior Center Coordinator. I would also like the City Council to consider allocating $2,000 for the Senior Survival Mobile. This is a transportation service that provides rides to seniors for medical appointments outside of the County. There is no required cost to eligible seniors. They simply request a suggested donation. There is no other low cost/no cost transportation service available to seniors to transport them outside of the County. The Senior Center Trust Fund currently funds trips provided by the Senior Survival Mobile. CC"',0� 0 Gymnasium Renovation Project Boys and Girlo Club CDBG FY 2001/2002 PART III - Description of Community Needs and Proposed Project Section A - Community Needs to be Addressed by Project Please describe the unmet community needs which this project proposes to meet? This project addresses a number of unmet and undermet community needs as identified in the 1994 community profile and the 2000 Consolidated plan. In the 1994 Community Profile, the need for child care was identified as critical to the safety, health, and nurturing of children and to the ability of parents to work and contribute to family income. This report also acknowledged that this has become an increasingly critical need due to both parents working and there being more single parent households. Additionally, affordable care for children is a critical need, which is why membership to the Boys & Girls Club is intentionally low and no child is ever turned away due to inability to pay. The 2000 Consolidated Plan also identifies the problem of latch -key children as a priority for Moorpark. Other needs identified that the Boys & Girls Club addresses include providing positive alternatives for kids to deter gang involvement, substance abuse, and premature sexual activity. Several participants of the 1994 Community Profile group indicated that "more programs like Boys & Girls Clubs after school droon (are needed) because they fill such an intense and growing need.' Also, according to the 2000 Consolidated Plan, the City of Moorpark has placed a strong emphasis on the needs of youth in the community. This is especially significant as 37% of the city's population is under the age of twenty. The Boys & Girls Club is one of the major service providers for youth, particularly between the ages of 6 —14. The 2000 Consolidated Plan indicates the need for further renovation of the Boys & Girls Club of Moorpark. This project specifically provides for a safe, well maintained, attractive, and inviting facility to provide programs specifically aimed at meeting these needs. Section B — Agency's Plan to Meet Community Needs How will your agency use these grant monies to address these unmet community needs? The Boys & Girls Club provides a e6mprehensive youth development strategy empowering kids with the skills they need to succeed. The Club's program and services promote and enhance the development of kids by instilling a sense of competence, a sense of usefulness, a sense of belonging, and a sense of power or influence. The Club provides a safe place to learn and grow; ongoing relationships with caring, adult professionals; life enhancing programs and character development experiences; and hope and opportunity. Additionally, our programs are targeted specifically to serve latchkey children. We provide a safe positive place for kids enabling parents to maintain employment and provide for their families, knowing their Idds are learning, having fun, and are well cared for. Many of the programs the Boys & Girls Club of Moorpark provides are nationally recognized and have received numerous awards for their effectiveness. Additionally, the Club is located in a redevelopment area and provides access to many families with low /moderately low incomes. Many of the youth in this area do not have the same opportunities as others to participate in youth development programs without the Bays & Girls Gub. The Boys & Girls Club has invested significant resources to acquire and renovate our 14,000 sq. ft. facility. This has enabled the Club to expand its services to more youth in the community. Great strides have been made and are in the process of being made to renovate the building. The next phase of renovation needed and what these grant funds will address is to replace the windows in the gymnasium. There are 38 windows that have been broken or and/or boarded up for years. The replacement of these windows will also provide for better energy efficiency, as the windows will supply much more light. This project will ensure that the youth in the Moorpark community have for a safe, well maintained, attractive, and functional building which will serve the youth of Moorpark for many years to come. Specifically, this project will remove existing windows, frames, stops, and screens; Install new %* lexan windows to fill column to column, header to sill with quarter round stops inside and out; fill all nail holes, prime, and paint with two coats of paint; include interior and exterior dean -up daily. This project will enhance the entire surrounding area. The renovation will also compliment Walnut Canyon School located beside the Club. C 00031 Community Center Catholic Charities CDBG FY 2001/2002 PART III - Description of Community Needs and Proposed Project Section A - Community Needs to be Addressed by Project Please describe the unmet community needs, which this project proposes to meet? Moorpark and its immediate vicinity are home to several thousand very low-income households who are struggling to house and feed their families. Many families are hidden from the casual observer's view. The majority of our clients do not receive government benefits. Rather, they comprise the `working poor who work in minimum wage, often part-time jobs such as: food service, assembly work, field work, domestic work and child care service. The Catholic Charities staff, working out of the MCSC at 30 Flory Street, provides supplemental food, winter utility assistance, eviction prevention assistance, clothing, household goods, as well as holiday food and gifts. In addition, the caseworkers provide invaluable information about income tax assistance, senior assistance, substance abuse treatment programs, youth services, disability services, legal aid resources, healthcare, transportation, shelters and government programs which bring relief to clients and helps them to develop a better plan for self reliance. During the Fiscal Year 1999 -2000, the MCSC provided services to 5,518 (unduplicated count) low-income Moorpark residents. These individuals often return 2 -3 times a year for some type of assistance, which means our duplicated count of people we assist through our Moorpark Center is between 12,000 - 18,000 a year. The office also has provided a venue for VTAPMTA tax assistance programs. The office has recently been negotiating with Califomia Rural Legal Assistance to provide outreach in the Moorpark community. With the help of several local churches and civic organizations, Catholic Charities moved into its current location February 2000 after a fire destroyed our Center in May 1999. Though we are thankful for our current MCSC space and for the generosity of our landlord, the current facility does not adequately accommodate our needs for food storage, food distribution, in -kind donations, in -kind distribution, the necessity for client privacy. In addition, the donation storage facility leaks and the office space is extremely cold and drafty in the winter and smothering in the summer. Furthermore, the Flory property has been sold and the MCSC must find a new location that is accessible to our Moorpark clients. Section B — Agency's Plan to Meet Community Needs How will your agency use these grant monies to address these unmet community needs? Funds will be used to underwrite costs to rehabilitate the sheet metal building and property on High Street. The building will provide sufficient space for Catholic Charities, through its MCSC staff and volunteers, to provide basic services to low and low- moderate income persons in the Moorpark community. With the inclusion of a fourth office, the facility will be designed in a manner that it can accommodate other agencies and groups that have expressed an interest in providing some outreach services to Moorpark residents (i.e. California Rural Legal Assistance, East County Job and Career Center, etc.). C 0 030 RAIN Building Rehabilitation CDDG FY 2001/2002 PART ill -- Description of Community Needs and Proposed Project Section A -- Community Needs to be Addressed by Project Please describe the unmet community needs that this project proposes to meet? It is estimated that there are between 3,000 and 4,000 homeless individuals in Ventura County. There are a limited number of beds available for the homeless. The few existing programs serve target populations and do not provide the case management, job development, training and search, tutoring, child care, money management, transportation, counseling, access to health care, 12 -step programs, parenting skill training, and structured after care that the RAIN Project provides in a sober living environment. Rehabilitation of the existing structure located at 1732 S. Lewis Rd., Camarillo, will enable the RAIN Project to significantly increase the number of homeless families with children and singles served by the program. Every day homeless are turned away for lack of bed space available at the current site ion the premises of the Camarillo Airport. tection B — Agency's Plan to Meet Community Needs How will your agency use these grant monies to address these unmet community needs? Last year at this time, the RAIN Project was presenting a proposal requesting assistance to rehabilitate the ARC building located at 1732 Lewis Rd., Camarillo. This year, progress has been made toward this endeavor including a capital fund raising campaign that netted over $800,000. In the past 8 months, the rehabilitation project has been designed by Lauterbach and Associates. The man -made environmental hazards have been defined and are being mitigated, and the project will be in Plan Check in February. The schedule now appears to target the move -in date around November /December 2001. During the design phase, approximately $100,000 was spent for architectural services, and part of this service included a precise cost estimate for build -out. The price estimate puts the project approximately $300,k000 over budget for the building. The design phase also noted improvements needed for utility improvements (including a new transformer for power, sewage pipe replacement and water pressure issues). In total, the project is in need of an additional $500,000 to $800,000 dollars to completely build. Upon completion, the facility will house at least 85 beds in 30 rooms, have a complete commercial kitchen, a nurse's facility, playroom and living space for the clients. Grant applications to raise the additional money include a $500,000 proposal to the State of California (EHAP), and CDBG grant proposals to all cities in the County which have not yet participated. Work is also underway to secure in -kind building construction contributions from the BIA (Home Aide program) and the US Department of the Navy (See Bees). C 6103 2001 Continuum of Care Ventura County Homeless and Housing Coalition CD5G FY 2001/2002 PART 111 -- Description of Community Needs and Proposed Project Section A -- Community Needs to be Addressed by Project Please describe the unmet community needs that this project proposes to meet? There are an estimated 20004000 homeless persons in the County of Ventura, and many more at risk of becoming homeless. The Continuum of Care is used in applying for funds to meet the many needs of this population. A copy of last year's Continuum of Care is attached, documenting the unmet needs in our County. (Attachment 2) Section B — Agency's Plan to Meet Community Needs How will your agency use these grant monies to address these unmet community needs? The Ventura County Homeless and Housing Coalition has been producing the Continuum of Care, in conjunction with the County, each year since 1995. Each and every year, the HUD Super -NOFA application to which this document is attached has brought in over $1 million each year to the County of Ventura. C t 03J1