2011/03/30 Council Agenda Packet

Description of Public Service Programs Recommended for Community Development Block Grant Funding in 2011 1 1. Advocates for the Rights of Citizens with Developmental Disabilities (ARC) Specialized Housing Program CDBG funds will be used to pay for staffing for this program. The program will provide help for people with developmental disabilities in three areas: 1) Location and retention of affordable housing; 2) Education and training and, 3) Alternative living support. Recommended 2011 CDBG Funding $10,500.00 2. Assistance League of Everett—Operation School Bell The goal of this program is to ensure that homeless children and children living in poverty have adequate school clothing and hygiene supplies. Recommended 2011 CDBG Funding $12,500.00 3. Pilchuck Area Council of Camp Fire, Inc. - Camp ships The funds will provide financial assistance to low income children to attend Camp Killoqua in the summer of 2011. Recommended 2011 CDBG Funding $3,525.00 4. Little Red School House— Early Intervention This program provides early intervention services to infants and toddlers who are at risk of becoming developmentally delayed and of not being successful at school. Risk factors include homelessness, poverty, cultural isolation, and abuse and neglect. Recommended 2011 CDBG Fund: $10,000.00 5. Everett Family YMCA - Child Care for Low Income Parents CDBG funds will be used for the YMCA's child care program to meet the growing need for infant care for low-income families. Recommended 2011 CDBG Funding $5,000.00 6. Mercy Housing Northwest Mercy Housing Northwest provides affordable rental housing and on-site supportive to low-income and homeless and homeless families at Family Tree Apartments, a 150 unit community in south Everett. Recommended 2011 CDBG Funding $8,000.00 7. Imagine Children's Museum —Imaginate Program 9