Reg 2019-05-20 Item 4H - Grant Application - 2020 Minor Home Repair Program from Community Development Block Grant for $100,000

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4/29/2019 Print/Preview Project Funding 6. Provide background and explanation of fund sources and status of other funding pursued and committed for this project, i.e. what other grant/fund sources will be applied toward this project? Have other funds been committed? If so, provide the expiration date for use for those funds. Are any of the 'Other' funds from a federal source? All four partner cities (Tukwila, Covington, Des Moines, SeaTac) have Human Services or Coordinator staff to manage and administer the Minor Home Repair program for their residents. All four cities provide in -kind contributions of staff time to screen clients, hire and pay contractors and administer the program in their respective city. The city of Tukwila is the lead fiscal agent so in addition to administering the program for eligible Tukwila residents, the Human Services Program Coordinator manages the administration of the application process, contract execution and the quarterly bill reimbursement between Tukwila (and the partner cities) and King County. 7. What public participation has been held or will be held during the course of the Pre -application? Provide evidence of community input regarding the need this project addresses and of potential solutions. The Minor Home Repair Program is reviewed by City Council committees as well as the full City Council. All Council meetings (and agenda's) are advertised and open to the public. Customer Satisfaction interviews are conducted after each completed repair. Organization 8. Describe how long your agency has offered the services associated with the project. Present the average number and characteristics of clients served, and required licenses to operate. NON -PROFITS: Upload Form 100.3 - List of Agency Board Members; Form 100.4 - Current Bylaws and Articles of Incorporation; Form-100.5 Organization Chart; Form 100.8 Agency Recent Audit and/or General Ledger and Balance Sheet for 2017/2018. The Tukwila Human Services Program has managed the Minor Home Repair Program with CDBG funds since 2005. On average, the partner cities combined serve 66 unduplicated low -mod income households yearly; averaging 643 repair hours for all projects annually. 9. Services: Describe the specific service(s) or need your program is designed to meet. Quantify this need using local or regional data that confirm or describes the problem or need. How much of the need are you currently serving? With varying levels of owner -occupancy in the partner cities (Tukwila 38%, SeaTac 52%, Des Moines 58%, Covington 80%) and significantly lower median incomes compared to King County (Tukwila, 60% of median; SeaTac, 61% of median; Des Moines, 72% of median; Covington, almost median) regular maintenance in low to moderate income households is often postponed, due to limited financial resources. Nearly 40% of residents are cost burdened, paying more than one-half of their income on housing. Food insecurity data is also an indicator of poverty. In the partner cities, free/reduced lunch stats in our respective school districts range from 36% to 89%. 20% of our residents are using their local food banks and DSHS services. In all four cities, much of the single-family housing was built in the mid 60's to 80's or before. Aging housing stock typically requires more money for maintenance and repairs. CDBG funds allow the MHR program to provide maintenance/repairs to issues such as electrical, plumbing, installing grab bars, replacing broken railings/stairs, worn locking mechanisms on doors, security lighting and a variety of other small but necessary safety repairs that are often deferred by our very limited income homeowners. We are primarily serving elderly and disabled adult homeowners that are on very fixed incomes. In 2018, 87% of all the homeowners served in the Minor Home Repair program were below 50% of median income. We estimate we are meeting 35-45% of the need. https://zoomgrants.com/printprop.asp?rfpidu=061 DF8F0EC5645FEA418533872F13A6D&propidu=DC91 BAB13BB34EF280D4B04AB0A20118&print=R 3111 7