2024 Minutes HHSC 5.29.24

City of Chandler — Regular Meeting (2024-09-11)

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MINUTES 
HOUSING AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION 
NEIGHBORHOOD RESOURCES DEPARTMENT 
235 S. Arizona Avenue, Chandler, AZ 85225 
Wednesday, May 29, 2024, 6:00 p.m. 
 
CALL TO ORDER / ROLL CALL   
Commission Chair Heather Mattisson called the meeting to order at 6:01 p.m. 
 
Commissioners present: Heather Mattisson, Ryan Magel, Tony Alcala, Karen Tepper, Frank Dichoza, Jeff 
Reynold, and Lisa Loring (6:06 p.m.). 
 
Commissioners absent: Cecilia Hermosillo, Sharyn Younger, David Gonzalez, and Aimee Griffith-
Johnson.  
 
Staff present: Riann Balch, Community Resources Senior Manager, Karin Bishop, Community 
Development Senior Program Manager, and Dylan Raymond, Management Analyst Senior. 
 
Public present: None. 
 
SCHEDULED/UNSCHEDULED PUBLIC APPEARANCES/CALL TO PUBLIC 
Members of the audience may address any item not on the agenda. State Statute prohibits the Board 
or Commission from discussing an item that is not on the agenda, but the Board or Commission does 
listen to your concerns and has staff follow up on any questions you raise. 
 
CONSENT AGENDA 
Items listed on the Consent Agenda may be enacted by one motion and one vote.  If a discussion is 
required by members of the Board or Commission, the item will be removed from the Consent Agenda 
for discussion and determination will be made if the item will be considered separately. 
 
1. May 8, 2024, HHSC Regular Meeting Minutes. 
 
Motion: Commissioner Frank Dichoza made a motion to approve the Consent Agenda. Commissioner 
Jeff Reynolds seconded the motion.  
 
Discussion: None. 
 
Results: The motion was approved 6-0. 
 
ACTION AGENDA 
2. Approval of HHSC Recommendations and Contingency Plan for General Funds Allocations for 
Fiscal Year 2024-2025 to City Council. 
 
Chair Mattisson called on Community Resources Senior Manager Riann Balch to provide an 
overview of the final recommendations and contingency plan. Ms. Balch reviewed the final 
recommendations, which included repositioning of funds declined by an applicant as follows:

Organization Name 
Proposal Title 
FY 24-25 Base 
Funding 
Recommendation 
FY 24-25 
Contingency 
Funding 
Total Funding 
Recommendation 
A New Leaf 
A New Leaf's Housing 
Support Services at Erie  
$0.00 
$0.00 
$0.00 
A New Leaf 
La Mesita Family Shelter 
$30,248.27 
$25,000.00 
$55,248.27 
About Care, Inc. 
Empowering Independent 
Living 
$30,000.00 
$20,000.00 
$50,000.00 
About Care, Inc. 
Senior Community Wellness 
Collaboration 
$14,017.49 
$15,982.51 
$30,000.00 
Aid to Adoption of 
Special Kids 
AASK Mentoring Program  
$0.00 
$10,000.00 
$10,000.00 
Arizona Burn 
Foundation  
Early Childhood Burn 
Prevention & Fire Safety 
Education Program FY24-25 
$10,000.00 
$10,000.00 
$20,000.00 
Assistance League 
of East Valley 
Operation School Bell 
$0.00 
$13,000.00 
$13,000.00 
AZCEND 
Food Bank 
$25,000.00 
$40,000.00 
$65,000.00 
AZCEND 
Interfaith Homeless 
Emergency Lodging Program 
- IHELP 
$50,000.00 
$50,000.00 
$100,000.00 
AZCEND 
Neighborhood Assistance 
Services 
$60,000.00 
$70,000.00 
$130,000.00 
AZCEND 
Senior Nutrition Program 
$60,000.00 
$90,000.00 
$150,000.00 
Big Brothers Big 
Sisters of Central 
Arizona (BBBSAZ) 
Chandler Mentoring for At-
Risk Youth 
$10,000.00 
$5,000.00 
$15,000.00 
Boys & Girls Clubs 
of the Valley Inc. 
Boys & Girls Clubs - Chandler 
Compadres Branch 
$20,000.00 
$35,000.00 
$55,000.00 
Catholic Charities 
Community 
Services, Inc. 
My Sisters Place: Services for 
Victims of Domestic Violence 
and Sexual Assault 
$25,000.00 
$5,000.00 
$30,000.00 
CeCe's Hope 
Center 
Housing & Case 
Management for Chandler 
Survivors 
$0.00 
$0.00 
$0.00 
Central Arizona 
Shelter Services, 
Inc. (CASS) 
CASS Emergency Shelter 
Services for Chandler 
Seniors 
$0.00 
$0.00 
$0.00 
Chandler CARE 
Center Children's 
Medical and Dental 
Clinic 
Chandler Children's Medical 
Clinic and Building Blocks for 
Kids 
$122,176.50 
$52,500.00 
$174,676.50 
Chandler Gilbert 
Arc 
Independence in Action 
$0.00 
$0.00 
$0.00 
Child Crisis Arizona 
 Emergency Care for Foster 
Children and Youth 
$10,000.00 
$40,000.00 
$50,000.00

Child Crisis Arizona 
FANS Locker Room for 
Children, Youth, and 
Families in Need 
$35,000.00 
  
$35,000.00 
Civitan Foundation, 
Inc. 
Civitan Commons 
Transportation and Food 
Distribution 
$10,000.00 
$0.00 
$10,000.00 
Comp-U-Dopt, Inc. 
Digital Equity for Chandler 
$0.00 
$0.00 
$0.00 
Dignity Health 
Foundation East 
Valley  
Chandler Children's Dental 
Clinic 
$118,583.50 
$71,461.50 
$190,045.00 
Dress for Success 
Phoenix 
The Workforce Initiative 
Mobile Unit Job Training for 
Chandler Youth 
$0.00 
$0.00 
$0.00 
East Valley JCC 
JBox: Seniors in Need 
$40,000.00 
$21,247.49 
$61,247.49 
East Valley JCC 
Low Income Family 
Scholarships 
$25,000.00 
$43,000.00 
$68,000.00 
East Valley JCC 
Youth in Crisis 
$10,000.00 
$15,000.00 
$25,000.00 
EMPACT-Suicide 
Prevention Center 
(SPC) 
Senior Peer Counseling 
Program 
$10,000.00 
$2,770.00 
$12,770.00 
For Our City-
Chandler 
For Our City-Chandler 
Operation Back to School 
$10,000.00 
$15,000.00 
$25,000.00 
HonorHealth 
HonorHealth Cancer Care 
Patient Transportation 
$10,000.00 
$3,200.00 
$13,200.00 
Hope for the 
Homeless, Inc.  
Hope for The Homeless, Inc.  
$0.00 
$0.00 
$0.00 
I Rise Foundation 
I Rise Soccer Program 
$0.00 
$0.00 
$0.00 
ICAN: Improving 
Chandlers Area 
Neighborhoods 
ICAN Positive Youth 
Development 
$66,250.51 
$33,749.49 
$100,000.00 
Junior Achievement 
of Arizona 
Providing the JA BizTown 
Program to Primarily Low-
Income City of Chandler 
Students 
$10,000.00 
$789.01 
$10,789.01 
Live Love 
Live Love Youth & Teen 
Program Expansion 
$0.00 
$20,000.00 
$20,000.00 
Matthew's Crossing 
Emergency Food Assistance 
Programs 
$30,000.00 
$10,000.00 
$40,000.00 
Mesa United Way 
Chandler VITA Program 
$20,000.00 
  
$20,000.00 
Midwest Food Bank 
- Arizona Division 
Emergency Food Box 
Program 
$40,000.00 
$26,800.00 
$66,800.00 
Neighbors Who 
Care, Inc. 
Aging in Place 
$10,000.00 
$10,000.00 
$20,000.00 
notMYkid, Inc. 
Prevention & Peer Support 
$10,000.00 
$13,000.00 
$23,000.00 
Oakwood Creative 
Care, Inc. 
Day Club Program for Low-
Income Chandler Seniors 
Experiencing Physical and 
Cognitive Impairments 
$22,500.00 
$22,500.00 
$45,000.00

One Small Step, 
Inc.  | Clothes 
Cabin 
One Small Step | Clothes 
Cabin 
$20,000.00 
$5,000.00 
$25,000.00 
Phoenix Gospel 
Mission, Inc. dba 
Phoenix Rescue 
Mission 
Homeless and Outreach 
Navigation Program  
$0.00 
$0.00 
$0.00 
Pups And Warriors 
Side by Side 
(P.A.W.S.S.) 
P.A.W.S.S. (Pups And 
Warriors Side by Side) 
Service Dog Training  
$10,000.00 
  
$10,000.00 
Read On Chandler 
Story School  
$0.00 
$15,000.00 
$15,000.00 
Recovery Cafe 
Arizona 
Recovery Cafe Arizona 
Capacity Grant 
$0.00 
$0.00 
$0.00 
Recreation and 
Athletics for 
Individuals with 
Disabilities (RAD) 
Payment Assistance for 
Individuals with Disabilities 
(PAID) 
$10,000.00 
$5,000.00 
$15,000.00 
Resurrection Street 
Ministry, Inc. 
Driving our Chandler 
Veterans 2024 
$10,000.00 
$0.00 
$10,000.00 
Resurrection Street 
Ministry, Inc. 
Feeding our Chandler 
Neighbors 2024 
$15,000.00 
$15,000.00 
$30,000.00 
Resurrection Street 
Ministry, Inc. 
Furnishings for Housing 
Stability 
$0.00 
$0.00 
$0.00 
Save the Family 
Foundation of 
Arizona 
Rapid Rehousing for 
Chandler Families 
$0.00  
$120,000.00 
$120,000.00 
Semicolon Society 
Semicolon Society 
Community Hope Project 
$10,000.00 
$5,000.00 
$15,000.00 
St Joseph the 
Worker 
Employment Without 
Barriers Program  
$0.00 
$10,000.00 
$10,000.00 
The Salvation Army, 
A California 
Corporation 
Chandler Corps Client 
Choice Food Pantry 
$20,000.00 
$0.00  
$20,000.00 
The Salvation Army, 
A California 
Corporation 
Housing Stability Assistance  
$25,000.00 
$25,000.00 
$50,000.00 
United Food Bank 
The Emergency Food 
Assistance Program 
Chandler  
$10,000.00 
$0.00  
$10,000.00 
Valley of the Sun 
YMCA 
Chandler Family YMCA 
Chandler i-Learn Program 
$10,000.00 
$10,000.00 
$20,000.00 
 
Motion: Commissioner Jeff Reynolds made a motion to approve the HHSC Final 
Recommendations and Contingency Plan for General Funds Allocations for Fiscal Year 2024-2025 
to City Council. Vice-Chair Ryan Magel seconded the motion.  
 
Discussion: None. 
 
Results: The motion was approved 7-0.

3. Approval to Change June’s HHSC Meeting Date to Wednesday, June 5, 2024, at 6:00 p.m. 
 
Chair Mattisson called on Ms. Balch to present the item. Ms. Balch explained that the June meeting 
has been rescheduled to June 5, 2024, to accommodate summer vacation schedules. 
Motion: Commissioner Tony Alcala made a motion to approve changing June’s HHSC Meeting to 
Wednesday, June 5, 2024, at 6:00 p.m. Commissioner Karen Tepper seconded the motion.  
 
Discussion: None. 
 
Results: The motion was approved 7-0. 
 
BRIEFING 
4. Non-Profit Capacity Award Pilot Program 
Chair Mattisson called on Ms. Balch to present the item. Ms. Balch shared that the City of Chandler 
FY 2024-2025 budget includes $360,000 for a capacity building pilot project for non-profit 
organizations serving the Chandler community. Staff will release a Request for Proposals (RFP) to 
procure an organization to provide a capacity building curriculum to include both group and one-
on-one activities to selected organizations. Organizations that complete the program will receive 
funding to complete an organizational goal. The pilot project will serve approximately 15 
organizations. 
 
MEMBERS COMMENTS / ANNOUNCEMENTS 
HHSC member Jeff Reynolds extended an invitation to a comedy show Mic Drop MANIA, 51 E 
Boston Street, following the June 5 meeting. 
 
CALENDAR 
5. HHSC Regular Meeting, Wednesday, July 10, 2024, at 6:00 p.m. 
6. HHSC Regular Meeting, Wednesday, August 14, 2024, 6:00 p.m. 
 
INFORMATION ITEMS 
None 
 
ADJOURN 
The meeting was adjourned at 6:43 p.m. 
 
Dated: _____________________________ 
 
__________________________________ 
Chair Heather Mattisson 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Recording Secretary Dylan Raymond