Consolidated Plan: A Strategy & Budget for Community Development
TOD University 2013
Instruction for Exercise 1 – Mix & Match the Programs to the Strategies
Objective:
- To familiarize participants with the programs in the ConPlan, the local activities they can fund, and how those match up to our citywide ConPlan strategies.
Materials:
- Cards or labels (Avery 5164 Shipping label) describing ConPlan programs. Template starts on next page. If printing on paper, use three colors: one for the first four pages, another for the next three pages, and a third color for the last two pages. You will need one set of cards/labels for each small group of four people.
- 7 pieces of butcher paper.
- Handouts: Section 8, Public Housing, Partnerships.
- Tape and markers
Instructions:
1. Place 7 pieces of butcher paper around the room, each with one of the following headings in large letters:
- Build and preserve affordable housing
- Stabilize families (financially)
- Stabilize and improve neighborhoods
- Improve educational achievement and job readiness
- Create jobs
- Prevent and end homelessness
- Coordinate grant administration
- Explain that these seven are the main strategies in the ConPlan –point out each one
- Divide the participants into groups of four and give them a set of cards/labels.
- Explain the activity:
- Each card/label has the name of a program and one local activity that the program can fund. Read all the cards/labels before you start.
- Match the activities to the 7 strategies. Tape the cards to the appropriate butcher paper under the strategies.
- If you want to put one card in more than one place, then tape it on the best match and write the program and activities under the other strategies where it might also apply.
- After the cards/labels are up, bring the group together for one discussion. Ask:
- Anything surprise you, or stand out for you, in doing this exercise?
- What do you see on the wall? (Open ended question)
- What about CDBG as compared to the Low Income Housing Tax Credit? (Flexible vs. focused)
- Point out programs in ConPlan (CDBG, HOPWA, HOME, ESG – cards in first two colors). Other programs are “leveraged” by ConPlan programs.
- What about Section 8 – seems like there are a lot of different programs. Hand out the Section 8 fact sheet and the Public Housing fact sheet.
- Comment: Seems like a lot of programs, but there are also a lot of partnerships between government and non-profits. Hand out the list of partners in the ConPlan.
- Ask for other comments, questions.
Community Development
Block Grant
- Buying land or buildings: for housing, homeless shelter, economic development, park, etc)
Block Grant
- Public Facilities: neighborhood facilities, firehouses, public schools, libraries, parking lots
Community Development
Block Grant
- Streets, sidewalks
Block Grant
- Infrastructure: water and sewer lines, flood and drainage improvements, utility lines
Community Development
Block Grant
- Aesthetic amenities on public property: trees, sculptures, fountains and other works of art
Block Grant
- Health facilities: nursing homes, convalescent homes, hospitals
Community Development
Block Grant
- Shelters & group homes:for homeless, victims of domestic violence and disaster victims; shelters and transitional facilities/housing for the homeless; halfway houses for run-away children, drug offenders or parolees; group homes for the developmentally disabled
Block Grant
- Social services: child care, health care, services for senior citizens, services for homeless persons, drug abuse counseling and treatment
Community Development
Block Grant
- Job training: education programs, training needed by welfare recipients to enable them to qualify for jobs created by CDBG-assisted economic development activities
Block Grant
- Public safety
Community Development
Block Grant
- Energy conservation: counseling and testing
Block Grant
- Homebuyer assistance: down payment
Community Development
Block Grant
- Rehabilitation: construction costs for preservation of residential
Block Grant
- Housing construction – including replacement housing for persons to be displaced by a contemplated CDBG project
Community Development
Block Grant
- Code Enforcement- salaries of building inspectors, other overhead costs
Block Grant
- Economic Development: Commercial or industrial improvements, loans to pay for the expansion of a factory or commercial business, technical assistance to a business facing bankruptcy,
Community Development
Block Grant
- Business incubator: assistance to new firms to help them become viable businesses, promote microenterprises with technical assistance, transportation, peer support programs, child care.
Block Grant
- Community-Based Development Organizations – neighborhood revitalization, energy conservation, community economic development
Community Development
Block Grant
- Planning and Capacity Building: studies, analysis, data gathering, preparation of plans
Block Grant
- CDBG & HOME administration: including staff for program management, coordination, monitoring, reporting, and evaluation.
Community Development
Block Grant
- Improving accessibility for disabled people.
HOME
(Home Investments
Partnerships Program)
- Loans to build affordable housing for low-income households
(Home Investments
Partnerships Program)
- Rental assistance
HOME
(Home Investments
Partnerships Program)
- Security deposits
(Home Investments
Partnerships Program)
- Relocation expenses
Emergency
Solutions Grant
- Outreach to homeless people on the street: emergency health or mental health care, case workers
Solutions Grant
- Emergency shelter – renovate buildings to use as shelters, case workers, child care, education, job assistance and training, legal help, mental health, substance abuse treatment, transportation
Emergency
Solutions Grant
- Homelessness prevention and rapid re-housing: rental application fees, security deposit and utility deposits and payments, last month’s rent, housing search, short-term rental assistance
Solutions Grant
- Homeless Management Information System (HMIS)- administrative costs for data collection, computer equipment, tech support, office space, training costs, participation fees, and salaries
HOPWA
(Housing Opportunities for Persons With HIV/AIDS)
Housing assistance and related supportive services for persons with HIV/AIDS.
- Help with daily living (bathing, cooking, cleaning, shopping, etc)
(Housing Opportunities for Persons With HIV/AIDS)
Housing assistance and related supportive services for persons with HIV/AIDS.
- Housing: rehabilitation and new construction of affordable apartments
HOPWA
(Housing Opportunities for Persons With HIV/AIDS)
Housing assistance and related supportive services for persons with HIV/AIDS.
- Rental assistance
(Housing Opportunities for Persons With HIV/AIDS)
Housing assistance and related supportive services for persons with HIV/AIDS.
- Short-term payments to prevent homelessness
HOPWA
(Housing Opportunities for Persons With HIV/AIDS)
Housing assistance and related supportive services for persons with HIV/AIDS.
- Health care and mental health services
(Housing Opportunities for Persons With HIV/AIDS)
Housing assistance and related supportive services for persons with HIV/AIDS.
- Substance abuse treatment
HOPWA
(Housing Opportunities for Persons With HIV/AIDS)
Housing assistance and related supportive services for persons with HIV/AIDS.
- Food assistance
Section 8: SRO
(Single Room Occupancy)
Mod Rehab
Project-based Section 8 rental assistance for homeless persons in connection with the moderate rehabilitation of apartments meant for only one person to live in. These studios may have kitchens and bathrooms. / Shelter + Care
Section 8 Rental Assistance for hard-to-serve homeless person with disabilities needing supportive services.
- Rental assistance and rental deposits
- Supportive servicesrequired as a match (not funded by grant): outreach, health care, mental health treatment, alcohol and other substance abuse services, childcare services, case management, counseling, education and jobtraining.
Section 8
Tenant-Based Vouchers
Federal rental assistance for extremely low and very low-income individuals and families, senior citizens and persons with disabilities. Tenants pay about a third of their income in rent and Section 8 pays the rest each month
- Tenant-based Section 8 Vouchers: tenants rent from private landlords who offer safe, decent housing at reasonable rents. Tenants may move and use their voucher to rent at their new home.
Project-Based Vouchers
Federal rental assistance for extremely low and very low-income individuals and families, senior citizens and persons with disabilities. Tenants pay about a third of their income in rent and Section 8 pays the rest each month
- Project-based Section 8 Vouchers: affordable housing developers get vouchers to make their new or rehabbed apartments affordable to extremely–low-income people. Vouchers remain with the apartment if tenants move out.
HUD-VASH (Veteran Affairs Supportive Housing)
Section 8 rental assistance to veterans along with intensive case management, access to health care, clinical services, substance abuse treatment, crisis intervention, and referrals to educational and vocational community agencies. / Low Income
Housing Tax Credit
New and rehabbed affordable apartments: tax credit for private companies that invest in affordable housing. Matched with state tax credits requiring apartments to remain affordable for 55 years. / Low Income
Housing Tax Credit
New and rehabbed affordable apartments: tax credit for private companies that invest in affordable housing. Matched with state tax credits requiring apartments to remain affordable for 55 years.
Public Housing
Capital Fund
- Funding to modernize public housing projects