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Fiscal Year
2005 CDBG and HSDF Funds
Allocated to Human Services Projects
The allocation process for the County Community
Development Block Grant (CDBG) and Human Services
Development Funds (HSDF) was completed on June 1, 2005. A
total of $596,817 in CDBG funds and $302,400 in HSDF were
allocated to 22 different human service projects that serve
low and moderate income persons in Lancaster County. The
projects, their funding levels, and a brief description of
each are listed below. Contracts will begin July 1,
2005.
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SERVICES OF LANCASTER COUNTY
FY 2005 Funds Requested: $90,000
CDBG Funds Recommended: $83,700
Community Action Program of Lancaster County provides
services to victims of domestic violence and their
dependents, including: 24-hour protective shelter,
individual and group counseling, legal advocacy, food,
children’s programming, information and referral.
SHELTER TO INDEPENDENT LIVING
FY 2005 Funds Requested: $86,931 CDBG Funds Recommended:
$28,595 HSDF Funds Recommended: $10,000
Tabor Community Services provides counseling, advocacy,
and housing education for the homeless in Lancaster County,
to assist homeless households to move from area shelters
directly into permanent housing.
SEXUAL ASSAULT PREVENTION AND COUNSELING CENTER
FY 2005 Funds Requested: $50,964
CDBG Funds Recommended: $20,000
HSDF Funds Recommended: $ 3,464
YWCA of Lancaster provides crisis intervention,
counseling and referral services to victims of sexual
assault. Funds to be used to serve children under the age of
18.
MEDICAL AND DENTAL SERVICES
FY 2005 Funds Requested: $90,500
CDBG Funds Recommended: $70,875
The Welsh Mountain Medical and Dental Center provides
subsidized medical and dental services to low and moderate
income persons on a sliding fee scale.
PREGNANCY AND PARENTING CENTER
FY 2005 Funds Requested: $54,781
CDBG Funds Recommended: $25,334
Family Service provides prenatal and postnatal services
for pregnant teens and adolescent parents, including: group
education, case management, counseling, support groups,
information and referrals, pregnancy testing, child abuse
and developmental screenings and transportation.
JUBILEE HOUSE
FY 2005 Funds Requested: $21,676
CDBG Funds Recommended: $11,205
Tabor Community Services provides a long-term
transitional housing facility for homeless mothers (and
their dependent children) who have completed a residential
treatment program for substance abuse.
COMPREHENSIVE PRIMARY MEDICAL AND DENTAL SERVICES
FY 2005 Funds Requested: $99,475
CDBG Funds Recommended: $77,760
SouthEast Lancaster Health Services provides general
medical and dental services on an appointment and emergency
basis to low income families on a sliding fee scale.
LEGAL REPRESENTATION TO LOW-INCOME RESIDENTS OF LANCASTER
COUNTY
FY 2005 Funds Requested:
$88,000
CDBG Funds Recommended: $70,000
MidPenn Legal Services provides free legal services in
civil matters to low-income individuals and families living
in Lancaster County.
CLARE HOUSE CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES
FY 2005 Funds Requested: $15,000
CDBG Funds Recommended: $ 8,370
Clare House provides assessment, goal-setting, case
management, referrals and aftercare support to both women
with children and other single women to enable them to
return to permanent housing.
REPRESENTATIVE PAYEE PROGRAM
FY 2005 Funds Requested: $52,000
CDBG Funds Recommended: $10,000 HSDF Funds Recommended: $
8,068
Neighborhood Services provides representative financial
services for the elderly and for special needs populations,
such as developing budgets, paying bills, providing clients
with an allowance and financial/life skills coaching.
CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES FOR THE DEAF AND HARD-OF-HEARING
FY 2005 Funds Requested: $15,000
CDBG Funds Recommended: $ 7,500
Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Services of Lancaster County
provides case management, advocacy and referral services for
deaf and hard-of-hearing clients throughout Lancaster
County.
RENTAL COUNSELING TO PREVENT HOMELESSNESS
FY 2005 Funds Requested: $92,500
CDBG Funds Recommended: $43,591
HSDF Funds Recommended: $26,750
Tabor Community Services provides housing counseling and
case management to low income families at risk of becoming
homeless.
FAMILY SELF-SUFFICIENCY
FY 2005 Funds Requested: $16,271
CDBG Funds Recommended: $8,000
HSDF Funds Recommended: $8,271
Tabor Community Services provides skills and resources to
families enabling them to become self-sufficient within five
years of entering the program. All participants must be on
the County’s Section 8 Rental Assistance Program.
LANCASTER COUNSELING CENTER
FY 2005 Funds Requested: $8,000
CDBG Funds Recommended: $8,000
Catholic Charities provides affordable, accessible and
high quality mental health counseling services to
individuals, couples and families through its outpatient
psychiatric clinic.
OUTREACH AND CASE MANAGEMENT
FY 2005 Funds Requested: $73,532
HSDF Funds Recommended: $65,000
Community Action Program of Lancaster County provides
emergency assistance, crisis intervention and other services
to disadvantaged families throughout Lancaster County.
LANCASTER INFORMATION CENTER (LINC)
FY 2005 Funds Requested: $20,000
HSDF Funds Recommended: $18,000
United Way of Lancaster County provides comprehensive and
computerized information and referral services and a
database of human services available within the County.
ELEMENTARY AND YOUTH SUPPORT PROGRAM
FY 2005 Funds Requested: $83,000
HSDF Funds Recommended: $63,495
The Council on Drug & Alcohol Abuse provides early
intervention for children and families at risk for alcohol,
drug dependencies, and other health damaging behaviors.
CASE MANAGEMENT AND SUPPORTIVE SERVICES
FY 2005 Funds Requested: $67,400
CDBG Funds Recommended: $20,000
HSDF Funds Recommended: $22,000
The Gathering Place provides physical, emotional and
spiritual care to the HIV community in Lancaster and helps
to maintain and/or enhance hope, dignity, self-sufficiency
and quality of life to people living with HIV disease and
their families
LANCASTER INTENSIVE DAY TREATMENT
FY 2005 Funds Requested: $47,710
CDBG Funds Recommended: $17,887
HSDF Funds Recommended: $15,000
Catholic Charities provides a highly structured, fully
integrated program for children, ages 9 to 16, who have
serious difficulties in school and have not been helped by
less restrictive approaches.
CRISPUS ATTUCKS EMERGENCY SHELTER
FY 2005 Funds Requested: $40,000
CDBG Funds Recommended: $16,000
HSDF Funds Recommended: $10,000
Crispus Attucks Community Center provides emergency
shelter, case management and referrals (drug and alcohol
treatment, job training/employment and GED/education) to
homeless individuals and families, encouraging them to work
towards self-sufficiency.
FAMILY INTERVENTION TREATMENT SERVICES
FY 2005 Funds Requested: $146,929
CDBG Funds Recommended: $70,000
HSDF Funds Recommended: $29,600
The Boys & Girls Club of Lancaster provides counseling
services for families at-risk of child abuse/neglect or
families with youth at-risk for delinquent behavior.
BRIGHT SIDE OPPORTUNITIES TECHS FOR TOMORROW PROGRAM
FY 2004 Funds Requested : $95,480
HSDF Funds Recommended: $22,752
The Bright Side Opportunities Center provides sessions on
computer technology and software, sound studio recording and
digital imagery, as well as life skills and SAT preparation,
targeting the at-risk youth in southwest Lancaster City.
Also provided are weekly individual, family and group
counseling and home visits |
