FY 2022-2023 Program Descriptions and Funding Recommendations
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1 CITY OF CHANDLER FISCAL YEAR 2022–2023 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT (CDBG) PROGRAM DESCRIPTIONS AND FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS CDBG Public Services: City of Chandler Community Development and Resources Division – Client Services Funding Request: $115,000 Recommendation: $109,678 Funding is requested to provide community navigation and client services to individuals experiencing unsheltered homelessness in Chandler. This funding supports .5 FTE Client Services Specialist and 1 FTE Community Navigator who will identify and establish relationships; coordinate care and communications with appropriate service providers; facilitate access to housing; and provide support and advocacy necessary to maintain housing. City of Chandler Housing and Redevelopment Division – Public Housing Youth Program Funding Request: $81,329 Recommendation: $72,753 Funding is requested to provide after school and intersession programming to youth, ages 6- 18, who reside in Chandler’s four Public Housing family sites. Activities include academic support; mentoring; youth development; arts; books and reading services; and sports and recreation. Programming is offered Monday through Friday on regular school days at each public housing site. During intersession, youth from all four sites come together to participate in regular programming and special events. In the summer months, activities are offered in the morning for younger children, in the afternoon for all ages, and in the evening for teens. Save the Family – Case Coordination and Homeless Housing Funding Request: $28,000 Recommendation: $21,515 Funding is requested to assist Chandler families experiencing homelessness in obtaining and maintaining permanent housing through long-term shelter, rapid rehousing, and case coordination. Save the Family is unique in its provision of a scattered-site long-term shelter model, which allows families to stay integrated in their community near their natural support systems while they are in transition to permanency. Scattered-site shelter is provided in the cities of Mesa and Tempe. Scattered-site rapid rehousing services are provided throughout Maricopa County, but primarily in the East Valley cities of Chandler, Mesa, Tempe, Scottsdale, and Gilbert. 2 CDBG Capital Projects, Housing, and Neighborhood Revitalization: City of Chandler Neighborhood Preservation Division – Code Enforcement in Low–Mod Neighborhoods Funding Request: $167,370 Recommendation: $140,819 Funding is requested to continue the systematic, proactive inspection program in CDBG eligible areas, with an emphasis on north Chandler. The program supports 1.5 full-time Code Inspectors and .3 full-time Neighborhood Preservation Technician specifically assigned to initiate code enforcement inspections and take necessary enforcement actions to remediate neighborhood degradation. Residents receive an advisory notice providing information about common code violations for self-evaluation and correction prior to inspection. City of Chandler Housing and Redevelopment Division – Relocation Assistance Funding Request: $421,000 Recommendation: $265,908 Funding is requested to provide relocation assistance to households with low and moderate income that may be impacted by a future Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) project. City of Chandler Housing and Redevelopment Division – Professional Services Funding Request: $200,000 Recommendation: $0 Funding is requested to support pre-development costs associated with a future Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) new construction project. Pre-development costs may include a land survey, HUD NEPA environmental assessment, Phase I environmental study, remediation studies, appraisal, and legal fees. City of Chandler Community Development and Resources Division – Homeowner Rehabilitation Operations Funding Request: $200,000 Recommendation: $140,819 Funding is requested to identify, assess, and prepare single-family Chandler homeowners with low- and moderate-income that have significant housing rehabilitation needs to receive assistance. The Homeowner Rehabilitation program works in tandem with FSL Home Improvements programs to assist homeowners in accessing services for both Emergency Home Repair, Exterior Improvements and Home Modifications for People with Disabilities. 3 FSL Home Improvements – Chandler Emergency and Rehab Program Funding Request: $500,000 Recommendation: $370,661 Funding is requested for emergency repairs, minor repairs, ADA modifications and exterior improvements for eligible Chandler residents with low and moderate income who own and occupy a single-family home. The Exterior Improvement Loan Program (EILP) offers up to $20,000 for exterior improvements to address blighted conditions and revitalize the property and surrounding neighborhood in the form of zero percent interest loans, which are forgivable over five years. The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) program offers up to $10,000 for persons with disabilities to modify their homes so they can continue to live safely and comfortably. This program is a continuation of the current partnership with the City of Chandler Neighborhood Resources Department. The City will continue to process client applications directly through the Homeowner Rehabilitation Operations grant. FSL's role will include home inspections, scope of work creation, contractor procurement, construction oversight, and billing/reporting.