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Recommendation to approve and adopt the funding recommendations of the Community Development Advisory Commission for the Fiscal Year 2010 (FY 10) Social Service Grant Program; and authorize City Manager to execute all necessary documents with fifteen (15) various nonprofit organizations approved for FY 10 Social Service Grant Program in the total amount of $199,985 for the period from October 1, 2009 through September 30, 2010. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
The Social Service Grant (SSG) program was established in 1986 by the Long Beach City Council to encourage the development of innovative programs to address unmet and emerging social service needs of low-income Long Beach residents. City of Long Beach administration of the SSG program was transferred from the Health and Human Services Department to the Community Development Department in October 2008. In FY 2009, funding for the SSG was $400,000, of which $200,000 was funded with General Funds. The $200,000 funding from the General Fund was eliminated from the FY 10 budget and now the program solely relies on $200,000 in Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds. The SSG program was placed under the purview of the Community Development Advisory Commission (CDAC), a citizen advisory group who is charged with providing advice to the City Council on formulation of plans, programs, and activities utilizing CDBG funds.
On December 17, 2008, the Commission met to discuss the priority needs and to reprogram the Social Service Grant to mirror the objectives of the CDBG program. A sub-committee was created at that time to review applications and make funding recommendations to the full Commission. In addition, the Commission prioritized SSG categories of service with special consideration given to services to youth, senior citizens and women. The following categories of services were identified priorities in the Request for Proposals:
· Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment Services
· Children, Youth, and Family S...
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