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, 6.1 B REPC�RT To the Honorable Mayor and City Cauncii From Ci Council Committee September 27, 2010 � SUBJECT Housing and Human Concerns Committee Fiscal Year 2010/2011 Funding Recommendations and Funding Agreements for the Redwood City Human Services Financial Assistance (HSFA) Program RECOMMENDATION 1) Approve Funding Recommendations for HSFA for Fiscal Year 2010/11. 2) Au#horize the City Manager to execute the HSFA funding agreements for Fiscal Year 20'10/11. BACKGROUND As part of the Fiscal Year 2010-2011 Budget deliberations, the City Council decided to continue funding the Human Services Financial Assistance Program (HSFA} and Shelter Network's Redwood Family House at an 8% reduction of funding from the revious fiscal ear. The total amoun p y t approved was $176,267 for HSFA and $36 800 , for Redwood Family House. I Concurrent with Council's budget process, the Housing and Human Concerns Committee (HHCC) has continued to prioritize HSFA funding to support the provision of non-housing basic human needs with Community Development Block Grants (CDBG) � funds being used to support homeless and housing services. City staff held two mandatory technical workshops for po#ential applicants to explain the HSFA process and answer any questions. Agencies submitted an initial draft and then a fina) proposal on May 25th, 2Q10. �n July 14th, 2010, agencies appeared before the HHCC to make brief presentations and answer questions about their proposals. In August, the Committee met to consider their funding recommendations for Fiscal Year 2010-2011. The Committee recommendations for funding are contained in Attachmen# 1 of this report. Attachment 1 also includes funding amounts received for Fiscal Year �9-10. Attachment 2 includes a brief description of each agency and their funding request. (Please note that a white binder with the full agency applications is available at the City Clerk's Office}. Funding Agreements have been developed for each of the agencies recommended for . funding. Attachments 3-5 include all of the information related to the funding agreements. ALTERNATIVES The Council could choose to modify the funding recommendations made by the Housing and Human Concerns Committee.