Fiscal Year 2007 CDBG Funds Allocated to
Human Services Projects

The citizens’ allocation process for the County Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) was completed on April 18, 2007. A total of $560,000.00 in CDBG funds were allocated to 20 different human service projects that serve low- and moderate-income persons in Lancaster County. These 20 projects, their funding levels, and a brief description of each are listed below.  Contracts began July 1, 2007.

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SERVICES OF LANCASTER COUNTY

FY 2007 Funds Requested:  $90,000
CDBG Funds Recommended:  $60,000

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 2007 Funds Requested:  $35,125
CDBG Funds Recommended: $35,125

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.

MEDICAL AND DENTAL SERVICES

FY 2007 Funds Requested:  $75,000
CDBG Funds Recommended: $62,000

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 2007 Funds Requested:  22,000
CDBG Funds Recommended: $14,000

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

COMPREHENSIVE PRIMARY MEDICAL AND DENTAL SERVICES

FY 2007 Funds Requested:  $50,100
CDBG Funds Recommended:  $30,000

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. 

CIVIL LEGAL AID TO VULERNABLE POPULATIONS

FY 2007 Funds Requested:  $55,000
CDBG Funds Recommended:  $55,000

MidPenn Legal Services provides free legal services in civil matters to low-income individuals and families living in Lancaster County.

REPRESENTATIVE PAYEE PROGRAM

FY 2007 Funds Requested:  $34,036
CDBG Funds Recommended:  $20,000

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.

RENTAL COUNSELING TO PREVENT HOMELESSNESS

FY 2007 Funds Requested:  $58,500
CDBG Funds Recommended:  $39,000

Tabor Community Services provides housing counseling and case management to low income families at risk of becoming homeless.

OUTREACH AND CASE MANAGEMENT

FY 2007 Funds Requested:  $75,742
CDBG Funds Recommended: $70,000

Community Action Program of Lancaster County provides emergency assistance, crisis intervention and other services to disadvantaged families throughout Lancaster County.

HIV/AIDS CASE MANAGEMENT AND SUPPORTIVE SERVICES

FY 2007 Funds Requested:  $36,000
CDBG Funds Recommended:  $20,403

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

FAMILY INTERVENTION AND TREATMENT SERVICES

FY 2007 Funds Requested:  $63,000
CDBG Funds Recommended:  $25,000

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. 

COLUMBIA CLUBHOUSE                        

FY 2007 Funds Requested:  $65,017
CDBG Funds Recommended:  $20,000

The Boys & Girls Club of Lancaster provides a comprehensive recreational, educational and developmental program for youth ages 6-18 years old in Columbia Borough.

SUPPORTED HOUSING AND OUTREACH PROGRAM                    

FY 2007 Funds Requested:  $15,500
HSDF Funds Recommended:  $15,500

The Lodge, Inc. of Pennsylvania provides non-facility based housing and supportive services to homeless families and individuals who suffer from serious mental illness.

SEXUAL ASSAULT PREVENTION AND COUNSELING CENTER

FY 2007 Funds Requested:  $40,000
CDBG Funds Allocated:  $22,000

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.

.JUBILEE HOUSE

FY 2007 Funds Requested:  $14,000
CDBG Funds Allocated:  $6,000                                                                   

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.

CLARE HOUSE CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES

FY 2007 Funds Requested:  $7,500
CDBG Funds Allocated:  $6,000

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.

FAMILY SELF-SUFFICIENCY

FY 2007 Funds Requested:   $16,992
CDBG Funds Allocated:   $16,992

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 INTENSIVE DAY TREATMENT

FY 2007 Funds Requested:  $32,000
CDBG Funds Allocated:  $14,000

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 2007 Funds Requested:  $28,160
CDBG Funds Allocated:  $16,000

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. 

TRANSITIONAL LIVING CENTER (TLC)          

FY 2007 Funds Requested:  $31,500
CDBG Funds Allocated:  $12,980

TLC provides transitional housing, education and supportive services to homeless individuals, couples and families, empowering them to secure permanent housing and achieve independent living.

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Fiscal Year 2007 ESG Funds Allocated to
Homeless Prevention Activities

A panel of human services professionals met and reviewed applications for funding requests for fiscal year 2007-2008 Emergency Shelter Grant (ESG) funds on September 27, 2006 and made funding recommendations based on what was then projected to be the Authority’s 2007 ESG allocation from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).  When this allocation was subsequently received, the monies designated for ESG grants were more than anticipated, so the funding levels listed below are the final, revised allocation amounts, along with a brief description of each project funded:

CLARE HOUSE

FY 2007 Funds Requested:  $15,000
ESG Funds Allocated:  $15,000

Clare House operates two transitional shelter facilities, one that targets women with children and the other single women.  Both shelters offer clients a 90- to 120-day intensive program including:  case management, information and referral, daily support and guidance, parenting and nutrition classes, children and family activities, case management and aftercare.  ESG funds will be used for operational support ($10,000) and essential services ($5,000).

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SERVICES OF LANCASTER COUNTY (DVS)

FY 2007 Funds Requested:  $50,000
ESG Funds Recommended:  $42,765

This Community Action program of Lancaster County program provides comprehensive services to victims of domestic violence and their dependent children and serves as advocates in educating the local community to the issues of domestic violence.  ESG funds will be used to pay for operating expenses for DVS’ Shelter for Abused Women.

UNITED VETERANS BEACON HOUSE

FY 2007 Funds Requested:  $6,100
ESG Funds Recommended:  $3,900

Located in Akron Borough, United Veterans Beacon House, Inc. provides transitional housing to homeless veterans, as well as assistance and time to locate employment, and the support to maintain a stable, drug-free lifestyle that will help veterans to return to society as valued and productive citizens.  ESG funds will be used toward operating costs.

CRISPUS ATTUCKS EMERGENCY SHELTER

FY 2007 Funds Requested:  $39,994.88
ESG Funds Allocated:  $29,830

Crispus Attucks Community Center operates a 20-bed emergency shelter for homeless men, women and children. ESG funds will be used for operational costs ($16,400) and essential services ($13,430) to provide case management to residents of the shelter to enable them to access permanent affordable housing.

TRANSITIONAL LIVING CENTER (TLC)          

FY 2007 Funds Requested:  $31,500
ESG Funds Allocated:  $31,290

TLC provides transitional housing for single men and women, couples and families.  In addition, clients receive individual guidance and support to empower them with the skills and discipline necessary to gain long-term self-sufficiency and permanent housing.  TLC offers fifty-four (54) rooms.  ESG funds will be used to cover a portion of the operations.

SHELTER TO INDEPENDENT LIVING

FY 2007 Funds Requested:  $29,150
ESG Funds Recommended: $26,228

This Tabor Community Services, Inc. program provides housing counseling, case management, information and referral, and advocacy and education to homeless families residing in emergency shelters and transitional housing facilities in order to assist them in finding housing and becoming self-sufficient.  ESG funds will be used to pay for essential services.

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In addition to the above-listed CDBG and ESG projects to be funded in Fiscal Year 2007, two new programs are proposed, as well.  The first is called ADA Accessibility Improvements that will increase accessibility for persons with physical disabilities in public facilities, owner-occupied housing units and rental housing units. The total cost of this program will be $412,500.

The second program proposed is called the Perry Street Improvements Project which will provide $200,000 toward public improvements on the 300 block of Perry Street in the Borough of Columbia.  The funding for this program will come from Local Option Contingency Funds.

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