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6.1.F. - Page 1 RE PO RT To the Honorable Mayor and City Council From the Cit Mana er October 10, 2011 SUBJECT Housing and Human Concerns Committee Fiscal Year 2011/2012 Funding Recommendations and Funding Agreements for Redwood City Human Services Financial Assistance (HSFA) Program RECOMMENDATION 1) Approve Funding Recommendations for HSFA for FY 2011/2012. 2) Authorize the City Manager to execute the HSFA funding agreements for Fiscal Year 2011/2012. BACKGROUND As part of the Fiscal Year 2011-2012 Budget deliberations, the City Council decided to fund the Human Services Financial Assistance Program (HSFA) in the amount of $117,511. A Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) and Request for Proposals (RFP) was issued in early July. Agencies that received Redwood City Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Funds for FY 11-12 were only eligible to apply for HSFA Funds if applying for a different project or program than the one funded under CDBG. Staff offered an optional technical assistance workshop for interested applicants on July 15t", 2011. Agencies submitted their final proposal on July 28t", 2011. On August 23rd, agencies appeared before the HHCC to make brief presentations and answer questions about their proposals. ANALYSIS On August 30t", the HHCC met to consider their funding recommendations for Fiscal Year 2011-2012. The Committee recommendations for funding are contained in Attachment 1 of this report. Attachment 1 also includes funding amounts received for Fiscal Year 2010-2011. 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. Attachment 3 is a sample template of the funding agreement. Attachment 4 is the data that will be placed in the template to form each of the agreements. Attachment 5 is a copy of each of the Exhibit A attachment that will go with each corresponding funding agreement.