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Created: 01/30/2018 • Last updated: 02/06/2018 General information Organization Human Services Campus Contact First name Sheila Contact Last name Harris Contact e-mail sharris@hsc-az.org Contact phone number 602-463-6315 Address Street 204 S. 12th Ave. City Phoenix State Arizona ZIP Code 85007 From what tribe is the Gila River Indian Community organization requesting the grant? Total grant amount request 300000 1 / 2 The Gila River Indian Community offers multi-year awards. If your organization is requesting a multi-year grant for this project or program from the Gila River Indian Community, enter the amount to be requested each year. Amount Year 1 (Gila River Indian 100,000 Community Grants Only) Year 2 (Gila River Indian 100,000 Community Grants Only) Year 3 (Gila River Indian 100,000 Community Grants Only) Year 4 (Gila River Indian Community Grants Only) Year 5 (Gila River Indian Community Grants Only) 2 / 2 Gila River Indian Community Grant Application Grant Cycle 2018 Cover Sheet Municipality Information 1. Date of Application: 2/26/2018 (NOTE: Click or use up/down arrow keys to move among fields) 2. Name of City, Town or County: Maricopa County 3. Mayor (City or Town) or Board of Supervisor’s Chairman (County): Steve Chucri 4. Mailing Address: 301 W. Jefferson, Ste 960 5. City: Phoenix State: Arizona Zip Code: 85003 6. Acknowledgement of Submission by Authorized Municipality Representative: Typed Name/Title: Zachary Wolfe, Finance Department Signature: Applicant Information 7. Department/Organization Name: Human Services Campus, Inc. 8. Is this a 501c non-profit Organization? No Yes If yes, attach IRS Determination Letter 9. Application Contact Person: Sheil Harris, PhD Title: Executive Director 10. Phone Number: 602-463-6315 11. Mailing Address: 204 S. 12th Ave. 12. City: Phoenix State: Arizona Zip Code: 85007 13. Email Address: sharris@hsc-az.org Website Address: http://www.hsc-az.org/ Project Information 14. Project Name: Community Engagement at the HSC 15. Purpose of Grant: Enhance the safety at the Human Services Campus. Engage homeless individuals in services. 16. Priority Funding Area Public Safety 17. Annual amount requested $100,000 18. Number of years that funding is requested 3 years 19. Total amount requested (annual amount x $300,000 number of years) 20. Has your organization received past Yes, 2015-$45,455, 2016-45,455. These funds were awarded to funding from GRIC? If yes, list each year and our sister organization—the Lodestar Day Rescource Center. amount 21. Geographic area served Maricopa County For Office Use Only: Data Entry Receipt Evaluation Outcome Approval Recommended/Amount $ Denial Gila River Indian Community Grant Application Grant Cycle 2018 Narrative Please structure your proposal to provide the following information in the order indicated. Provide the narrative in paragraph form in the text field provided. Please be thorough but strive for brevity. 1. Briefly describe the organization’s history, mission and goals. The mission of the Human Services Campus (HSC) is: Giving hope and transforming lives. The purpose is: Using the power of collaboration to end homelessness. The HSC is an 11-acre Campus that includes eight buildings housing 20 community partners. The organizations assist individuals who are experiencing homelessness by connecting them to resources that support them in ending their homelessness. The Campus is a resource hub for single individuals experiencing homelessness. Organizations located at the campus include The Lodestar Day Resource Center (LDRC), a sister organization to the HSC. The LDRC provides assessment activities with individuals and assists with service navigation and housing placement service. Other services accessible on-site at the Campus include Brighter Way Dental (dental care), Central Arizona Shelter Services (CASS) which provides emergency shelter, Circle the City (health care), Community Bridges (assessment and access for substance use disorder treatment), Mercy Care (behavioral health assessment and access), St. Joseph the Worker (employment support), and St. Vincent de Paul (meals). The HSC organization has the overall responsibility for the management and administration of the Campus. The HSC collaborates with the Campus partners to provide the following continuum of services: assessment, case management, crisis services, coordinated entry, dental care, employment support, Homeless Court, connection to housing options, obtaining official identification documents, legal services, three meals each day, access to behavioral and physical health services, ability to meet with probation officers, medical respite, shelter, a U.S. Post Office, and resources for Veterans. 2. If the applying organization is non-municipal or a non-profit 501c, please describe your relationship with Arizona municipalities including past and present support, whether through partnerships, collaborations, in-kind contributions, grants, tax-based funding or other. Describe the supporting municipality’s role in this project. If the applying organization is a municipality governmental sub-division please enter the text “Not applicable.” Maricopa County is a key partner of the Campus and was instrumental in the development of the Campus in 2005 through donation of the land, convening of the partner agencies, funding buildings, and operational support. On October 4, 2017, Maricopa County conveyed the physical assets of the Campus to the HSC. A representative from Maricopa County is an observer member of the HSC Board of Directors. Currently Gila River Indian Community Grant Application Grant Cycle 2018 Maricopa County provides funding for the overflow shelter located on the Campus. (St. Vincent de Paul’s dining room runs an overflow shelter during the evening hours.) 3. Describe the proposed project and planned goals and activities. The Community Engagement Project at the HSC will increase the safety of the individuals who are experiencing homelessness that are utilizing the campus to access services and in some cases are sleeping on the streets and sidewalks around the campus. Individuals who work at the various agencies will also have a safer work environment. In addition, the business and residential neighborhood surrounding the Campus will have enhanced security. The proposed activities include: 1) Additional staff to enhance security and engage with individuals/clients at the Campus. The staff will provide safety monitoring both by presence on the campus, making regular rounds, and through monitoring of the soon-to-be expanded safety camera system located throughout the Campus. An additional two (2) staff are requested. These staff will significantly increase the safety of clients, staff, and the surrounding business/residential neighborhood. They will provide enhanced coordination with City of Phoenix Police in order to reduce incidents at the Campus. Specifically the staff requested will assist with monitoring clients waiting for services including food and shelter. By having additional security/outreach staff, we will be able to engage clients in a safer environment. 2) A key component to this request is the increase in the number of staff monitoring the Campus through the camera system. The Arizona Department of Housing provided funds for upgrading security hardware (cameras and cabling) on the Campus. The HSC requested funds from the City of Phoenix to provide for additional enhancements resulting in increased safety on the Campus. This expansion and upgrade to current technology will significantly increase the ability to monitor all parts of the Campus including bordering streets. Staff time is needed to utilize the new equipment for monitoring the Campus and increase our ability to respond quickly to altercations and deescalate situations so that clients and staff are not in harm’s way. 3) All staff responsible for security on the Campus will be trained on best-practice intervention techniques including topics such as trauma informed care, motivational interviewing, de-escalation of anger, and working with individuals who are actively using drugs or have a serious mental illness. Individuals who are responsible for security on the campus –have a multi-faceted role and responsibilities. They are critical to support the engagement of individuals to encourage them to access services and ultimately end their homelessness. Staff training ensures that the best-practice intervention techniques are used which ensures interactions with clients are respectful and safety is a focus. Gila River Indian Community Grant Application Grant Cycle 2018 4. Describe how the proposed project satisfies one or more of the priority funding areas identified by the Gila River Indian Community. The Community Engagement at the HSC Project satisfies the public safety priority funding area. The project is meant to improve the safety of clients (including individuals who sleep on the sidewalks and streets around the campus), staff who work at the agencies on the Campus, and the business/residential neighborhood surrounding the Campus. The public safety focus is two-fold—one to ensure that the Campus and its surrounding area is safe and two to enhance the information available to first responders and City of Phoenix Police that regularly support the Campus when incidents do occur. The funds provided by the Gila River Indian Community will greatly enhance our ability to ensure that all individuals are treated with dignity and respect. Also we will be able to quickly deescalate situations that do occur and perhaps reduce the need to call first responders and the police, and where needed, provide timely information to first responders and police so that situations where individuals are in danger can be addressed quickly. 5. Identify the needs/problems to be addressed, target population and number of people to be served by the project. We are witnessing an increase in the number of people accessing services and resources on the Campus Approximately 6,000 people in 2015 and 2016 accessed service on the Campus. By 2017, approximately 7,392 unduplicated individuals accessed services and resources an increase of 23%. There are approximately 1,000 individuals on the Campus on any given day and approximately 200 individuals sleeping on the perimeter of the Campus on any given night. Since its establishment 12 years ago, the Campus infrastructure has experienced a high level of use and is deteriorating due to wear and tear. This deterioration puts the individuals using the Campus at risk as well as staff and police and first responders. The proposed enhancements will improve safety and security for all including individuals who use the services on the Campus, take respite from the heat or cold in the shelter or sleep on the sidewalks and streets on the perimeter of the Campus. The population is single adult women and men. Many individuals are vulnerable in a number ways including addiction to substances, serious mental illness and other mental health issues, medical issues due to lack of medical care, and the overall toll that being homeless has on an individual. Unfortunately, there is a reality that this concentration of vulnerable individuals in a single location also presents the potential for predatory behaviors related to substances, prostitution, and domestic violence including sexual assault. Approximately 1,000 individuals access services at the HSC on a daily basis. Individuals who are experiencing homelessness and were unsheltered in Maricopa County increased 25% from 2016 to 2017. Of the 2,059 individuals counted, 98% (2,020) were adults without children. These Gila River Indian Community Grant Application Grant Cycle 2018 individuals sleep on the streets throughout the county, but are concentrated around the Campus. Of those counted, 34.7% meet the definition of chronically homeless (homeless for 12 months or several times in three years and have a life impacting disability.) Homelessness occurs due to medical issues, unemployment, domestic situations, substance and alcohol use disorders, and behavioral health issues. Individuals become immersed in a spiral where issues become inter-related and they no longer have the resources to solve these issues. They become homeless, unable to manage those responsibilities. At that point, individuals need support to once again be housed and transition to a stable lifestyle. (2017 Point In Time Count Maricopa Association of Governments). The Community Engagement Project at the HSC will touch the lives of the approximately 1,000 persons on the Campus on any given day. The funds will help us ensure their safety both during the day and at night by increasing the number of individuals responsible for their safety and security. The individuals will be trained in engagement strategies to help individuals connect to services on the Campus and ultimately move off the streets into housing. 6. Define the project as a new or continuing program. The Community Engagement Project represents an enhancement and improvement of current activities related to the safety of individuals and clients who are using the services at the Campus, as well as those who sleep at night on the streets and sidewalks on the perimeter of the Campus. 7. Provide a brief timeline including start and finish dates. Indicate if the timeline is flexible. The following is a brief timeline for the project. The timeline is flexible. November 2018—recruit and hire two (2) staff for the Community Engagement Project. December 2018—establish a training calendar for all staff involved in the safety and security of clients and staff. January 2019 through October 2021 - provide training modules on a monthly basis. January 2019 through October 2021 - staff hired will ensure the safety of clients and staff and work with first responders and City of Phoenix Police to refine strategies related health and safety at the campus. Staff will be rehired and trained as vacancies occur. During the project period, options for sustainable funding will be explored so that the level of support is ongoing beyond the end of the project. 8. Identify other organizations, partners or funders participating in the project and their roles. Gila River Indian Community Grant Application Grant Cycle 2018 The Arizona Department of Housing provided $200,000 for overall campus operation, part of which $61,000 is dedicated to equipment related costs. In addition, the HSC has requested $149,000 from the City of Phoenix for updated camera, fiber optics, and related cableing to expand the amount of the campus which can be monitored for safety and security. In addition, the HSC uses it general fund to provide the basic foundation for the operation of the campus. General funds are the result of individual and corporate donations. 9. Would you be able to implement the proposed plan if your organization received partial funding for this project? The Community Engagement Project at the HSC will be able to do a partial implementation with partial funding. Reductions would include the amount staff time and the number of staff that are available to provide safety, security, and engagement. 10. Describe your plan for project financial sustainability beyond the grant period. If this is a program/project previously funded by the Gila River Indian Community describe efforts made towards the previously described sustainability plan. The plan for financial sustainability is donor cultivation, special fundraising events, and grant development submission when needed. 11. Describe your plan to document progress and results. Progress and results will be measured by the following: 1. The number of engagements with clients and individuals at the Campus. 2. The number of individuals who accept service referrals and complete an initial assessment as a result of the Community Engagement Project staff involvement. 3. The number of calls for first responders and City of Phoenix Police. 4. The number of incidents that were deescalated and did not require first responder and police involvement. 12. Indicate any application to and/or awards made by a tribe other than the Gila River Indian Community for state shared revenues for this and any other project for the past five (5) years. If this information is included in a separate attachment, please indicate that here. The Human Services Campus received $50,000 in 2014 from the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community. Gila River Indian Community Grant Application Grant Cycle 2018 Project Budget Budget Period: November 2018-October 2019 For each budget item listed here please provide a narrative description on the following Project Budget Detail page. Proposed Budget Expense Amount Amount In Kind Total Budget (list each budget item) requested from requested or contributions GRIC secured from other funders 1. Security Engagement Specialist $69,900 $0 $0 $69,900 Salaries 2. Security Engagement Specialist $17,475 $0 $0 $17,475 EREs 3. Cameras $0 $64,258 $0 $64,258 4. Camera Maintenance and Badging $10,625 $0 $0 $10,625 System 5. 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