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91-2287 �I�IC�r�,r��. ��. , Council Filw f � " ��8T y Green Sheat # �5 T RESOLUTION CITY OF SAINT PAUL, MINNESOTA Presented By Referred To Committee: Date WHEREAS, the State of Minnesota established the Community Resources Program to promote the provision of human services in target areas within the cities of Saint Paul, Minneapolis and Duluth, for the purposes of (1) increasing community safety and reducing crime, (2) enhancing family stability including school readiness, (3) providing opportunities for residents to become self supporting, and (4) building the capacity of neighborhood based organizations to create cohesiveness and stability in their communities; and WHEREAS, the legislation provided that each of the cities was to develop an individual program for submission to the Department of Trade and Economic Development for approval; and WHEREAS, in 1991, the Legislature appropriated $6.23 million to the Community Resources Program for the 1991-93 biennium, $2.3 million of which is to be slated for target areas in Saint Paul; and WHEREAS, it is estimated that $200,000 in interest payments will be generated by the program fund, creating a total fund of $2.5 million; and WHEREAS, Saint Paul census tracts 313, 314, 315, 325, 326, 327, 328, 329, 330, 331, 336, 338, 339, 340, 353, 359, 360, and 361, a one half mile sunounding each tract, and all assisted housing developments were determined, based on legislatively prescribed eligibility criteria, to be the target area for the purposes of the Community Resources Program; and WHEREAS, the legislation provided that the city may use up to 20 percent of the community resource money for low-income housing needs and economic developing in the targeted neighborhoods and that not more than 40 percent of that amount may be used to address low income housing needs citywide; and WHEREAS, Minnesota law requires that the city council of a participating city establish -- or designate an already established -- advisory council to assist the city in developing and implementing its community resources program; and WHEREAS, the Saint Paul Planning Commission was designated, in program guidelines adopted by the City Council on August 15, 1991, as responsible for developing a proposed program plan for Council review; and WHEREAS, the Saint Paul Planning Commission recommended a two year funding plan; and 1 .,�"��,�-�.��;�►� �. �� WHEREAS, the Commission, on November 22, 1991, recommended the Community Resources Program for 1991-93 for Saint Paul which was transmitted to the City Council by the Mayor; and WHEREAS, a public hearing on the proposed program plan was held by the City Council's Human Services, Regulated Industries, and Rules and Policy Committee on . December 11, 1991; NOW, THEREFORE, BE TT RESOLVED that the City Council adopts the Community Resources Program for 1991-1993 under the conditions specified in the program guidelines; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that second year funding will be confirmed by the City Council in 199 and will be contingent upon demonstrated progress toward established goals and other onditions of the Guidelines. if funding is available. BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that the City Council directs that the Community Resources Program for 1991-1993 be submitted to the Minnesota Department of Trade and Economic Development for its approval. Yeas Navs Absent Requested by Department of: imon i' osw tz � on ..i � acca ee �- ettman r une ✓ z son � By: �E� 9 � Form Approved by City Attorney Adopted by Council: Date � �- -J- - ��-- Adoption Certfqfi by Council?Se retary By: �� /� . By� `�—� � Approved by Mayor for Submission to Approved by M or: Da � �; � �� Council �� By: �,��L�dX.� BY s P�lIS61�� J�at� `� '9� , 41-2287 ✓ DEPARTMENT/OFFICE/COUNCIL DATE INITIATED PED: P�anning 11/25/91 GREEN SHEET N° _ 17549 CONTACT PERSON&PHONE I TE INITIAUDATE �DEPARTMENT DIRE j� �CITY COUNCIL Nancy Homans (x3372) ASSIGN �CITYATfORNEY �CITYCLERK NUMBER FOR MUST BE ON COUNCIL AGENDA BY(DATE) ROUTING �BUDGET DIRECTOR �FIN.&MCiT.SERVICES DIR. Human �VC$ Commi ttee - 12/11/91 ORDER �MAYOR(OH ASSISTANT) � ('j TOTAL#OF SIGNATURE PAGES 2 (CLIP ALL LOCATIONS FOR SIGNATURE) ACTION REQUESTED: Siqn Transmittal Letter and Resolution allocatinq Communitv Resources Proqram funds for 1991-93. RECOMMENDATIONS:Approve(A)or Reject(R) PERSONAL SERVICE CONTRACTS MUST ANSWER TFIE FOLLOWING�UESTIONS: �PLANNINQ COMMISSION _CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION �• Has this person/firm ever wOrked under a contrect for thl8 department? _CIB COMMITTEE _ YES NO 2. Has this person/firm ever been a city employee? �STAFF — YES NO _DISTRiCT COURT _ 3. Does this person/firm possess a skill not normally possessed by any current city employee? SUPPORTS WHICH COUNCIL OBJECTIVE7 YES NO N21�hbOY'h00dS Explain all yes answers on aeparate shsst and attach to proen sheet INITIATINO PROBLEM,ISSUE,OPPORTUNITY(Who,What,When,Where.Why): The State's Community Resources Program requires that cities submit a nrogram nlan for the allocation of funds. The 1991-93 annropriation for Saint Paul totals $2,3 million to be focused on human service programs in designated targeted areas. The Planning Commission is recommending a program nlan which needs to be approved b.y City Council and submitted to the Department of Trade and Economic Develonment. ADVANTAGE3 IF APPROVED: Funds may be awarded to 22 neighborhood based organizations and agencies to address human service needs in the core city. ,�� OFC ,�� C�j� 3 DISADVANTAGES IF APPROVED: �` � �/s4{ig None apnarent. RECEIVED ,�`��y i` RECEIVED D E C 4 1991 QEC 101g91 guuwt� �rr�c,E CITY CLERK DI3ADVANTAOES IF NOT APPROVED: Funds will not be available to Saint Paul . The Commission put it�elf on a "fast track" timetable f;n order that nrograms funded in 1989 which are also being recommended for fundi ng i n 1991 woul d not suffer an i nterruption i n thei r fundi nq��s��;�� -. � ��", "`1�;*�r DEC 0 � 1991 TOTAL AMOUNT OF TRANSACTION $ �2•5 mi 11 i on COST/REVENUE BUDGETED(CIRCLE ONE) YES ►d0� / FUNDING SOURCE Communi ty Resources Program & 'j nter`�VITY NUMBER — � � OO" O FINANCIAL INFOFMATION:(EXPLAIN) �� NOTE: COMPLETE DIRECTIONS ARE INCLUDED IN THE GREEN SHEET INSTRUCTIONAL MANUAL AVAILABLE IN THE PURCHASING OFFICE(PHONE NO. 298-4225). ROUTING ORDER: Below are correct routings for the five most frequent types of documents: CONTRACTS(assumes authorized budget exists) COUNCIL RESOLUTION (Amend Budgets/Accept. Grants) 1. Outside Agency 1. Department Director 2. Department Director 2. City Attorney 3. City Attorney 3. Budget Director 4. Mayor(for contracts over$15,000) 4. Mayor/Assistant 5. Human Rights(for contracts over$50,000) 5. City Council 6. Finance and Management Services Director 6. Chief Accountant, Finance and Management Services 7. Finance Accounting ADMINISTRATIVE ORDERS(Budget Revision) COUNCIL RESOLUTION (all others, and Ordinances) 1. Activity Manager 1. Department Director 2. Department Accountant 2. Ciry Attorney 3. Department Director 3. Mayor Assistant 4. Budget Director 4. City Council 5. City Clerk 6. Chief Accountant, Finance and Management Services ADMINISTRATIVE ORDERS(all others) 1. Department Director 2. City Attorney 3. Finance and M�nagement Services Director , , 4. City Clerk TOTAL NUMBER OF SIGNATURE PAGES Indicate the#of pages on which signatures are required and papercllp or flag each of these pages. ACTION REQUESTED Describe what the projecVrequest seeks to accomplish in either chronologi- cal order or order of importance,whichever is most appropriate for the issue. Do not write complete sentences. Begin each item in your list with a verb. RECOMMENDATIONS Complete if the issue in question has been presented before any body, public � or private. SUPPORTS WHICH COUNCiL OBJECTIVE? Indicate which Council objective(s)your projecUrequest supports by listing the key word(s)(HOUSING, RECREATION, NEIGHBORHOODS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, BUDGET, SEWER SEPARATION). (SEE COMPLETE LIST IN INSTRUCTIONAL MANUAL.) � — PERSONAL SERVICE CONTRACTS: . � This information will be used to determine the ciry's liability for workers compensation claims,taxes and proper civil service hiring rules. INITIATING PROBLEM, ISSUE, OPPORTUNITY Explain the situation or conditions that created a need for your project or request. ADVANTAGES IF APPROVED Indicate whether this is simply an annual budget procedure required by law/ charter or whether there are specific ways in which the City of Saint Paul and its citizens will benefit from this projecUaction. DISADVANTAGES IF APPROVED What negative effects or major changes to existing or past processes might , this projecUrequest produce if it is passed(e.g.,traffic delays, noise, tax increases or assessments)?To Whom?When? For how long? DISADVANTAGES IF NOT APPROVED What will be the negative consequences if the promised action is noi approved? Inability to deliver service?Continued high traffic, noise, accident rate?Loss of revenue? FINANCIAL IMPACT Although you must tailor the information you provide here to the issue you are addressing, in general you must answer two questions: How much is it � going to cost?Who is going to pay? , � c�e ►P� �� la/iq�qf . C �- � �_ 2z�? COMMUIVITY RESOURCES PROGRAM 1991-1993 • City of Saint Paul James Scheibel, Mayor Adopted by the Saint Paul City Council December 19, 1991 � o� �_ ��b'T COMMUNITY RESOURCES PROGRAM Summary of Funding Recommendation Funds Recommended Requested Allocation � 012 Saturday Program $220,000 $170,000 014 Model Cities Therapeutic Care $192,170 $162,000 . 008 Khmer Youth Project $52,570 $52,000 032 West Side Family Violence $114,470 $101,000 031 Casa de Esperanza $106,784 $97,000 007 Hmong Youth Pride Project $280,000 $180,000 027 West 7th Living at Home $85,203 $72,000 010 Frogtown Family Resource Center $380,000 $250,000 002 Neighborhood Connection $25,000 $25,000 020 STAR $355,640 $195,000 030 Wabasha Development Initiative $546,443 $270,000 036 SACDC Housing Rehab $50,000 $50,000 011 Mounds Park Child Care Subsidy $50,000 $50,000 023 Youth in Action $672,946 $100,000 004 Mt. Airy Boys and Girls Club $148,300 $75,000 015 Community Clinic- Infant Mortality $165,247 $105,000 001 Developing Roots $362,830 $130,000 009 Youth Express $20,000 $20,000 034 Comm'ty Stabilization Project $100,000 $80,000 026 Sibley Manor $123,000 $60,000 024 Payne Phalen Family Literacy $140,020 $70,000 016 School Readiness-Multi Cultural $33,750 $34,000 035 Historic Gateways/Comm'ry Land Trust $200,000 -"' $15,000 TOTAL $4,424,373 $2,363,000 Projects Not Recommended for Funding Funds ' Requested 003 Dayton's Bluff Housing Resources Netwrk $71,000 005 North End/South Como Block Nurse $38,350 006 Family Stabilization Project $149,625 013 St. Paul Access for New Americans: Bilingual Program $200,000 017 Focusing In $35,000 018 Families in Crisis-Service Network $66,067 019 Hi Risk Birth Identification $117,490 021 YWCA Transitional Housing $45,000 022 City Art $57,350 025 PAT Among Hmong $90,000 028 Eastside Southeast Asian Access Project $53,415 029 My Turn $100,000 033 Preventive&Resto�ative Dental Care $20,000 - 037 Home Improvement Program/CACHIE $121,450 038 Roosevelt Homes Resident Unity $95,298 TOTAL $1,260,045 , � � � q �- ��<s'� INTRODUCTION Saint Paul's Community Resources Program is the sum of twenty three projects, programs and activities designed and implemented by neighborhood based organizations and agencies. Each is focused on those Saint Paul neighborhoods hardest hit by poverty, economic dislocation, and physical deterioration. Each, however, has also tapped the greatest strength of Saint Paul neighborhoods -- their people. Together, the projects include efforts by people of all ages and cultural traditions to strengthen their support systems, address the needs of their neighbors, and celebrate a renewed hope in the power of community in their lives. The most dif�cult aspect of developing the program was the realization that there are not enough resources to support all the good ideas that people brought to the table. The City intends to demonstrate, through the success of programs such as these, the need for continued and increased State support of the Community Resources Program. ELIGIBLE NEIGHBORHOODS The following census tracts meet the eligibility criteria established for all CRP activities: 313, 314, 315, 325, 326, 327, 328, 329, 330, 331, 336, 338, 339, 340, 353, 359, 360, and 361. Data indicating their eligibility are attached. Also attached is a map indicating each of the tracts as well as those areas within a legislatively permitted one half mile perimeter around the eligible tracts. AVAILABLE RESOURCES It is anticipated that Saint Paul's allocation of Community Resources Program funds will be $2.3 million, divided evenly between the two years of the biennium. In addition, the City anticipates $200,000 in interest income, some of which is unexpended interest on the 1989 allocation. It is recommended that the interest income be allocated in the following manner: $ 90,000 Evaluation of all CRP funded activities to be conducted quarterly 45,000 Project management services to supplement PED staff 65,000 Program activities outlined below RECOMMENDED ACTIVITIES The City of Saint Paul proposes that the following activities be funded at t e levels indicated. Recommended funding totals $2.36 million, to be divided evenly between t e two years. Second year funding for each activity is tentatively recommended at this time. Se ond year funding will be conf'umed by the City Council in 1992 and will be contingent upon dem nstrated progress toward established goals. 1 I � g� , zz�? 1. Saint Paul Access for New Americans - Saturday Program (Log N mber 012) Funding Requested $220,000 Fitnding Recommended $170,000 State objectives: Enhance famil stabili includin school re diness by providing a variety of classes and recreational activities hich affirm minority cultures while reducing inter-generational co flict through families learning and playing together. Providin o ortunities for residents to bec me self-su ortin by offering career development skills training t about 500 New Americans. � Increasin communi safe and reducin c 'me by offering classes on such safety issues are crime prevention, eighborhood safety and fire prevention. Description: � The objective of the Saturday Program is to improve access for Ne' Americans to existing community and educational services through the concentra ion of resources at Como Park High School on Saturday mornings. Unique features o this "one stop shopping" community education program include: 1) collaboration f over 20 agencies, 2) free day care through the Head Start program, 3) free bus transpo ation from eleven sites, 4) basic literacy, cultural awareness and youth recreation, an 5) a New American advisory board. Among the new initiatives for the program is an e ort to encourage the participation of all newcomers to the United States, not just those oming from � Southeast Asia. � Planning Commission Comment: The Commission recommends eliminating support for the City Co rdinator position from the CRP budget. 2. Model Cities Therapeutic Care (Log Number 014) ' Funding Requested $192,I70 Funding Recommended $162,000 State objectives: Enhance family stabilitv including school rea iness by providing high risk children and families with compreh nsive social support services that will assist them towards greater tability. It is the objective that each child will be prepared for mainstreaming into a traditional educational setting. 2 . � g�, ,��7 Description: . The Model Cities Therapeutic Care Program is a multi-disciplina program targeted at meeting the needs of infants, toddlers and preschoolers who have en prenatally and passively exposed to illicit drugs. Center based and family centere , the purpose of the intervention program is to improve the quality of life and develop ent of drug-exposed young children, aid in their mainstreaming to traditional services a d to assist parer}tal and non-parental caregivers in providing appropriate care to assist in the child's normal growth and development. CRP funds were awarded to this progra in 1989 and were used for planning and program development during the time that facility was under construction. The first children were admitted into the program ' October 1991. � Plannin� Commission Comment: CRP support for administrative expenses should be reduced to no ore than $8,100 per year. 3. Khmer Youth Project (Log Number 008) � Funding Requested $52,570 Funding Recommended.• $52,000 State objectives: Enhance family stabilitv by working intensiv ly with troubled Khmer youth and their families to resolve p rsonal and family problems and thus increase the stability of t e family unit and the � likelihood of educational success. Increase community safetX by addressing the needs of disturbed young people who have truancy problems or have been involved in other delinquent, acting out behavior. Description: CRP funds are requested to support two half time Cambodian Hu an Service Counselors who will work in Mo.nroe, Webster and Homecroft Sch ols and Sibley Manor with disadvantaged Cambodian youth and their families. The proj ' t will target low income families suffering multifarious and serious adjustment diffi ulties resulting in such problems as family conflict, truancy, mental health problems, elinquency, and educational under achievement. � 3 � � 9� .�� 4. West Side Family Violence Project (Log Number 032) Funding Requested $114,470 Funding Recommended $101,000 State objective: Enhance family stabilitv by ending violence ithin individual families. ' Increase communiry safetv by reducing the ' cidence of violence in the home and the likelihood that violence is earned as an � acceptable outlet for frustration. � Descri�tion: The Saint Paul Intervention Project will provide legal advocacy to est Side Hispanic women. A particular focus of the program will be to reach Hispan c women who are � being abused, but because of the isolation created by the inability t speak English, a lack of understanding about legal rights and protections, or undoc mented immigration status, feel they have no alternatives. The bilingual legal advocate ould serve as a link between the victim and the various components of the legal and h man service system. Plannine Commission Comment: CRP support for outreach, advertising and public service announc ments should be reduced by $10,000. 5. Casa de Esperanza Community Outreach Education Program (Lo Number 031) Funding Requested $106,784 Funding Recommended $ 97,000 State objective: Increase community safetv by addressing vi lence in homes where children are at increased risk -- because of t eir exposure to abuse -- of becoming adjudicated as delinquent or therwise becoming involved in violent behavior. � Enhance famil stabili includin school re diness by encouraging . the creation of home environments where the members are safe and free to concentrate on work or sch ol or other opportunities for social adjustment. Description: The purpose of the program is to educate,work within and empo er the West Side Hispanic community in creating an environment that will not toler te abuse against women and violence within the family. Women in crisis will be ide tified through neighborhood based organizations such as La Clinica and Neighb rhood House. Through the organization of"cultural circles" women will have acc s to culturally relevant material as well as mutual support. The organizer will se e as a resource in community schools and a Men's Group will be organized with a f us on developing male leadership in the community to take on responsibility for th prevention of family violence. , � 4 i . ; ��_ 1�� , City Council Comment: . Administrative costs should be eliminated from the CRP budget. rinting costs should be reduced by $2800. 6. Hmong Youth Pride Project (Log Number 007) Funding Requestec� $280,000 Funding Recommended $I80,000 State objective: Enhance famil stabili includin school rea iness by spec�cally addressing the needs of Hmong youth in the context of their families and involving significant parent-focu ed activities. Increasing community safetX by addressing t e issues of Hmong youth for whom issues of delinquency are a increasingly troubling issue. Public housing residents rate crime -- particularly as related to youth and gangs -- as their greatest conce . This project hopes to prevent a rising incidence of this activity. Description: . Staff from the Hmong American Partnership and the Wilder Foun ation will form a Youth Team to coordinate activities from skills developing and ed cational enhancement to community events to intensive casework and counseling for Hm ng youth and their families. The majority of the activities will take place at Washingto Junior High and Como Senior High School as well as at McDonough, Mt. Airy and Roosevelt Homes. 7. West 7th Living at Home/Block Nurse Program (Log Number 027 Funding Requested $85,203 Funding Recommended $72,000 State objective: Buildin the ca aci of a nei hborhood bas d or anization to create cohesiveness and stabilitv. The projec builds and sustains relationships among neighbors and between eighbors and the various community based organizations desi�ned to serve them. To the e�ctent that those relationships allow eople to remain in � their homes the neighborhood is a stronger nd richer place. Description: The program is a community-based, coordinated and comprehensi e effort to keep older adults independent in their homes for as long as possible by offer' g a variety of supportive services. The program, which received 1989 CRP funds serves both frail elderly with more intensive case management needs and those wh are more independent with home visits, informal assessments and refenals t community resources. A caregiver support group as well as group opportuniti s for participants round out the program. � . S i I � � 1 �- �� '� 8. Fmgtown Family Resource Center (Log Number O10) Funding Requested: $380,000 Funding Recommended $250,000 State objectives: Enhancin stabili includin school readine s. The focus of the program is on preschool children and their milies and efforts to strengthen the conte�ct within which children are prepared for � schooL Description: The Frogtown Family Resource Center is a program of outreach a d service to pregnant women and parents of children, birth through five years. In colla ration with other community agencies, the center provides home visits, parent educa ion classes, parent support groups, a drop in center for parents and children, pre-nat� support services, family literacy classes, ESL classes, early childhood classes and coo�dination and referral to other community services. 9. Neighborhood Connection (Log Number 002) Funding Requested $25,000 Funding Recommended.• $25,000 . State objectives: Enhancin famil stabili includin school r adiness. The program will provide case management, pare ting support groups and tutoring and educational enttancement f r at-risk children and their families. Increasin commun' safe and reducin cr me. The community service/restitution component of the progra has already proven to be an effective community response to the vandalism and rock throwing in the neighborhood. � Description: - The program will incorporate needed youth activities for high risk -14 year old neighborhood residents with family intervention and refenal servic s for the children and their parents living in dysfunctional family systems. Activities will ' clude educational, recreational and cultural experiences for children whose families of en cannot afford to provide such opportunities. The program also provides community ervice opportunities --particularly for children involved in vandalism within the neighbo hood. 6 I . � 9r- �.�� 10. Services to Assisted Residents (STAR) (Log Number 020) Furuiing Requested $355,640 Funding Recommended• $195,000 State objectives: Enhancin� f�anlily stabilifv through intensive se management for residents with physical or behavioral problem . Particular ' attention will be paid to those residents with hemical dependency or mental illness. Providin o ortunities for residents to beco e self su ortin . Chart/WEDCO will train residents in job see ing skills and work to eliminate obstacles to employment. West inster's Apprenticeship Program will provide on-the j b training for marginally skilled residents. Other residents ill be referred to employment readiness programs which prepa�e unskilled persons for employment. Increasin communi safe and reducin cri e. Resident leadership in stronger crime prevention effort , better relationships . with surrounding neighborhoods and collabor tion with the Police Department will enhance community safety. Descri�tion: Serving 12001ow income assisted housing residents, the-�rogram pr ides both group training aimed at building self reliance and effective neighborhood ' volvement on the part of the residents. It also provides, through social workers assign d to the various housing sites, individual counseling to those residents in crisis or tra sition. City Council Comment: CRP support for administrative e�enses should be reduced to no m�re than 10 percent of the CRP budget. . 11. Wabasha Development Initiative (Log Number 030) Ficnding Requested $546,443 Funding Recommended $270,000 ' State objectives: Increasin famil stabili includin school rea iness. The Family - Self Sufficiency component of the initiative ha a goal of assisting forty families each year to identify and imple nt a plan of self suf�ciency. The child care services are intend d to provide substantial enhancement of preschool educatio . 7 � . � � �i. �z�� Providin o ortunities for residents to beco e self-su ortin . The availability of second shift and weekend hild care is expected to remove a significant barrier to employme t for working parents. Description: A comprehensive approach to increasing family stability in a West ide target area. Component activities include child care and related programs, fam'y case management and referral, parenting classes, immunization and well child exam c 'nics, home ownership and tenant training, neighborhood beauti�cation and a ome ownership marketing program. The program is linked with a physical redevel pment program previously funded under URAP. 12. SACDC Housing/Commercial Rehabilitation (Log Number 036) j Funding Requested $S0,000 Funding Recommended $50,000 ' State objectives: Low income housine. The enabling legislati n allowed cities to use up to 20 percent of the community reso rce money for low income housing needs in targeted neighborh ods. The program is focused on providing affordable ownership h using. Buildin the ca aci of nei hborhood based or anizations to create cohesiveness and stabilitv. The grant ill provide for staff support of a community based development orporation and will enable the Selby Avenue CDC to strengthen its service to the neighborhood. Description: The grant would fund a staff person who would be responsible for dministering a residential rehab program to take advantage of vacant homes identjified under the Houses to Homes program. � City Council Comment: ' CRP funds may not be used as a match for any other public fundin . . 13. Daytods Bluff/Mounds Park Child Care Subsidy (Log Number Ol ) Fu,nding Requested $S0,000 Funding Recommended $S0,000 State objectives: Enhancin famil stabili includin school r adiness. The extended kindergarten program augments a d enriches kindergarten learning. 8 � ; a , -, -, � � � � � �._k Providin o ortunities for residents to beco e self-su ortin . The availability of affordable extended day c ild care enables parents to work or attend school. Description: , The program's objective is to provide a sliding scale subsidy to up t fifteen children from eligible families to participate in before and after sch ol Discovery Club programs. The funds would also support the participation of p to five unsupervised children in the program on a drop-in basis. The program's staff have identified an increasing number of children wh are going home to unsupervised and potentially dangerous settings. They propose to f llow up with families of such children to arrange their enrollment in the program. 14. Youth in Action (Log Number 023) Funding Requested $672,946 Funding Recommended: $100,000 State objectives: Enhancing family stabilitv. The program will ngage young people in constructive activities which will strengthen self esteem and leadership skills. Increasin communi safe and reducin cri e. The program provides supervised recreational activities that involve youth in their planning. These take place-�at times whe youth are most often gathering in the community without sup rvision. Descri�tion: A collaboration of West Side youth serving organizations propose to continue to provide a range of programs from recreational activities to job train' g and readiness to chore services to a teen council. The teen council, Tee s Networking Together, particularly, has broken new ground in develo ing youth leadership in resolving critical community issues. City Council Comment: If funding for the TNT and Chore Service components of the progra��are maintained at $100,000 through other fundraising then one additional component s�ch as counseling or recreation can be added to the program. 15. Mt.Airy Boys and Girls Club (Log Number 004) Funding Requested: $148,300 • Funding Recommended: $ ?5,000 State objectives: Increasin communi safe and reducin cri e. One of the goals � of the project is to decrease youth involvement in deviant and ' ' � dangerous activities. A professional evaluation 9 � f��- .�� r of Boys and Girls Club programming in public housing developments showed that the presence of club results in an overall reduction ialcohol and other drug us�e, drug trafficking and _ juvenile crime. Description: Funds would support the implementation of a Boys and Girls Clu at Mt. Airy Homes for youth ages 6-18 based on a program model used succe�sfully at Boys and Girls Clubs around the country and on the West Side, East Si e and in the Summit University neighborhood of Saint Paul. Programs will be esigned in collaboration with neighborhood residents and will include activiti s such as arts and crafts, community service projects, a mentoring program, spor s and games, tutoring, cultural education, leadership development and field trip The club will operate out of a no longer programmed Ciry recreation center fac 'ty. 16. Community Clinic Infant Mortality Reduction Initiative (Log Nu ber O15) Funding Requested $165,247 Funding Recommended.• $105,000 State objectives: Enhancin famil stabili includin school r adiness. The program aims to improve parenting skills fo high risk parents and promote healthy birth outcomes. Healthy in ants are less likely to have dif�culty learning. ' Description: P... The funds would support programs at each of seven community c ' ics, individually designed to reduce the incidence of infant mortality in their communities. The programs range from parenting classes to perin tal home visitation to incentive based programs to encourage pregnant moth rs to stop smoking. 17. Developing Roots in the Community (Log Number 001) Funding Requested $362,820 Funding Recommended $130,000 State ob�ectives: Enhancing familv stabilitv includine school r adiness by addressing r the issues which lead to residential transien . Children who can remain in one school are more likely to be s�ccessful students. . Description: The project seeks to identify and propose remedies for the conditi ns that cause excessive residential transiency in the near East Side community. rough intensive case management with a limited number of families as we as participation in policy development sunounding issues related to e and affordable housing, the project hopes to reduce the negative impact on children � associated with repeated moves. 10 . � gf_ �� 18. Youth Express (Log Number 009) : Funding Requested $20,000 Funding Recommended: $20,000 State objectives: Increasin communi safe and reducin cri e by providing programs for young people after school, on w ekends and during the summer. The activities often involve opp rtunities for positive interaction between youth, adults and senior c tizens in the neighborhood. Description: Through four program components •- employment, informal educati n, community service and recreation -- in which programs are designed and implemented by young people between the ages of 10 and 18, the pr ject seeks to develop skills in those participating to ease the transition from adol scence to adulthood. 19. Community Stabilization Project (Log Number 034) Funding Requested $100,000 Funding Recommended $80,000 State objectives: Low income housine. The program is directly involved in improving the quality of affordable housing. Increasin communi safe and reducin cri e. By improving - substandard housing, including property mana ement, the program seeks to reduce the opportunity for propertie to become havens for dealing and other criminal activities. By ' creasing tenant stability and investment in the neighborhood, stronger community is created to combat crime. Description: Through utilization of the Tenant Remedies Act and efforts to esta 'sh non- profit ownership of RTC foreclosed properties in the Thomas Dale nd Summit University neighborhoods, the Community Stabilization Project seek new and innovative ways to address the problem of substandard housing. The process heavily emphasizes the involvement and leade ship of low income tenants and has succeeded in organizing populations not often repr ented in traditional community organizations. City Council Comment: City Council requests that the Community Stabilization Project mee with City staff and members of the 3 PR Task Force to clarify their goals and communication techniques prior to the signing of the contract between the City of S int Paul and the Community Stabilization Project. � 11 ' �� - J1�'�`� 20. Sibley Manor Family and Community Enhancement Program (Log umber 026) Funding Requested $123,000 Funding Recommendec� $ 60,000 State objectives: Buildin the ca aci of a nei hbor ood base or anization to create cohesiveness and stabilitv. The purpos of the program is to empower residents of a low income housin development to identify their issues and make decisions abou how best to resolve them. Increasin communi safe and reducin cri e. The program includes a strong crime prevention componen and block organizing. DescriQtion: The project is designed to offer residents of a low income housing c mmunity access to the basic support and assistance they need while they deve op the knowledge and skills necessary to become self sufficient. There is a onsiderable � emphasis on the importance of building a sense of community amon residents who come from a wide variety of ethnic and cultural traditions. 21. Payne Phalen Family Literacy Pmgram (Log Number 024) Funding Requested $140,020 Funding Recommended.• $ 70,000 :.- State objectives: Enhancin famil stabili and school readines . The program provides the needed survival skills for parents of young children to allow them to stay involved in their children's ducation. Speci�cally, the center provides adult literacy, parent education and early childhood education for limited En 'sh speaking adults and their children. Description: A program for low-income limited English-speaking parents and the' young children which will integrate a program of adult literacy, parent edu tion, . parent-child interaction and early childhood education. By providin child care and transportation the program will be particularly accessible to you g Southeast Asian mothers who are particularly isolated and unlikely to be able t take advantage of traditional literacy programs. 12 � . , � � �� 22. Dayton's Blut�School Readiness - Multi-cultural Outreach (Log umber 016) Funding Requested $33,750 Funding Recommended $34,000 State objectives: Enhancin famil stabili includin school eadiness. The program provides parenting and early child ood education in a � community which is under considerable soc al and economic stress. Description: I Funds would support the hiring of a person of color to both do ou�treach into a growing minority community in Dayton's Bluff to encourage parti ipation in the Early Childhood Family Education program and to provide a role model for children and adult participants in the "Focus on Fours" school rea iness program. 23. Historic Gateways/Community Land Trust (Log Number 035) Funding Requested.• $200,000 � Funding Recommended $ 15,000 State objectives: Address assisted housing needs. Communi land trusts are often used as vehicles for protecting the long ter affordability of housing in neighborhoods undergoing rene al. Description: . _-•- The long range goals of the project are the stabilization of the Da on's Bluff neighborhood through the upgrading of the housing stock, strengt ening the case for a historic district and increasing local home-ownership. Release o these funds is contingent upon an adequate match but at least a mi imum of one to one �nai��i of these funds from other public or private sou�ces. CITIZEN PARTICIPATTON PROCESS I The process of developing Saint Paul's Community Resources Program in luded target area residents in the following ways: Applications/Project Development Program guidelines were widely distributed, encouraging applicati ns from a wide variety of sources. The guidelines and selection criteria spec�cally encou aged the involvement of target area residents and neighborhood based organizations in e development of the applications. � . 13 �� / �,z �� Application Review and Selection The Planning Commission was designated as the legislatively mand ted advisory committee responsible for assisting the City Council in developing and implementing the community resources program. Commission members are city resi ents appointed by the Mayor and confirmed by the City Council and charged with pr viding advice to the Mayor and Council on issues related to the development and impl mentation of City plans. In the course of its review of the 38 applications received, the Resc�urce Allocation Committee of the Planning Commission received an evaluation of ach program from a , panel of human service professionals, rankings and comments from an advisory committee drawn from social services agencies, business and fund' g organizations, and evaluations and rankings from each of the city's district councils. e committee also interviewed each of the applicants. CRP ADVISORY COMMITTEE As indicated above, the Saint Paul Planning Commission was designated a the advisory committee for the purpose of providing advice to the City Council on the evelopment and implementation of the Community Resources Program. Members of the Commission are listed below. While each is appointed by the Mayor to serve the City as a whole, those who live in the target area are indicated, for the purpose of this application, by an asterisk (*). �. � James Brown (*) David McDonnell James Christenson Earl Miller, Sr. (*) James Curran Gladys Morton Anne Flaxman Geisser Karl Neid Linda Hirte (*) Gary Park (*) Frank Horak Fred Perez (*) Kevin Kajer Sou Thao Edward Johnson (*) Tmogene Treichel (*) Eileen LundJohnson Robert Van Hoef Joyce Maddox Mark Vaught (*) Barbara Wencl � 14 i �/- z.�� The following information --required by the Department of Trade and Econ mic Development -- will be added to the report at the conclusion of the City Council process PUBLIC HEARING The City Council's Human Services, Regulated Industries, and Rules and olicy Committee held a public hearing on the Planning Commission's recommendations as to th allocation of Community Resources Program funds on Wednesday, December 11 at 9:0 a.m. in the City Council Chambers. Notice of the hearing was sent to all included in the City's Early Notificat' n System and was included in the Saint Paul Pioneer Press and the major community newsp ,pers in the target area. Copies of those notices are attached. ! ; PROGRAM APPROVAL j i The Community Resources Program for the City of Saint Paul was appro ed by the City Council on (date) and signed by the Mayor on (date). The City Council resolutio and minutes from the Council meeting are attached. I . I 15 i � . �i�,�,�K, Community Resources Prograra Census Tract Eligibility Requirements To be included in the Community Resources Program target neighborhoo�, a census tract must meet two of the following three criteria: 1) Unemployment. The tract must have had an unemployment rate that was twice the unemployment rate for the Minneapolis-Saint Paul SM A as determined by the 1980 federal census. The SMSA unemployment rate in 1980 was 4%. To be eligible, therefore, a census tract must have had an unempldyment rate in excess of 8 percent. I 2) Median household income. The tract must have had a med�an household income no more than one half the median household income for th Minneapolis-Saint , Paul SMSA as determined by the 1980 federal census. The MSA's 1980 median household income was $20,699. To be eligible, therefore, th median household income of a census tract must have been below $10,350. 3) Housine conditions. The tract must have been characterize by residential dwelling units in need of substantial rehabilitation. An area qualified if either: a) 25 percent or more of the residential dwelling units re in substandard ' condition as determined by the City; OR . b) 70 percent or more of the residential dwelling units v�ere built before 1940 as determined by the 1980 federal census. _ . � �� 1 �\�,^ N N O O � ^ II O � M � � C'� � . � �u.. O Mt 111 1��.�• � ��sW�l O�./� •I O. . 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' , p � W M �. � M ^ , � : � M , • ', ' ,. �f . .„ , Z � . � .�uM N . �C p � f � - � M I • C � � Y�S 1 M� ��f• O °� � . � • �Y A . . • - . . . � . ��IG�I�I/�� qi �2Z�� ✓ Coul cil File # I� � Gr�een Sheet # �� RESO�UTION I CITY OF SAINT PAUL, MINNESOTAI Presented B �''�Li�%��` ��!� � Y Referred To Commit�ee: Date WHEREAS, the Stat of Minnesota established the Community Reso�rces Program to promote the provision human services in target areas within the cit�es of Saint Paul, Minneapolis and Duluth, or the purposes of (1) increasing communit� safety and reducing crime, (2) enhanc' g family stability including school readine�s, (3) providing opportunities for residents t become self supporting, and (4) buildingj the capacity of neighborhood based organizat ns to create cohesiveness and stability in their communities; and � WHEREAS, the legislation provide that each of the cities was to de Ielop an individual program for submission to the Depa ment of Trade and Economic D�velopment for approval; and i WHEREAS, in 1991, the Legislature app priated $6.23 million to th Community Resources Program for the 1991-93 bienni , $2.3 million of which is I o be slated for target areas in Saint Paul; and WHEREAS, it is estimated that $200,000 in int est payments will be generated by the program fund, creating a total fund of $2.5 millio • and 1 � WHEREAS, Saint Paul census tracts 313, 314, 315, 5, 326, 327, 328, I329, 330, 331, 336, 338, 339, 340, 353, 359, 360, and 361, a one half mile rrounding each tract, and all assisted housing developments were determined, based n legislatively rescribed eligibility criteria, to be the target area for the purposes the Comm nity Resources Program; and WHEREAS, Minnesota law re uires that the ci council of artici �tin ci establish q tY P P g tY -- or designate an already established -- advisory council to ass t the ci�ty in developing and implementing its community resources program; and II WHEREAS, the Saint Paul Planning Commission was designated, 'n p�ogram guidelines adopted by the City Council on August 15, 1991, as responsible for ev�loping a proposed program plan for Council review; and WHEREAS, the Commission, on November 22, 1991, recommended th Community Resources Prograrn for 1991-93 for Saint Paul which was transmitted toj e City Council by the Mayor; and � WHEREAS, a public hearing on the proposed program plan was held l�y th City Council's Human Services, Regulated Industries, and Rules and Policy �o tee on December 11, 1991; � �, II I I � �� t i1-t�{:�.t' II I�-�.Z.g d . ' 'r ✓ II NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council ad�pts the Community Resources Program for 1991-1993; and j BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that the City Council directs that the ICommunity Resources Program for 1991-1993 be submitted to the Minnesota De�artment of Trade and Economic Developm t for its approval. II I� � I � . '`�� . . Yeas Navs Absent Requested by De art$ment of: imon osw z on plann'n � e� . ettman � une i son BY= Adopted by Council: Date Form App ed by torney Adoption Certified by Council Secretary By: By' Approved by Mayor f r Submission to Council �? Approved by Mayor: Date / �ifu�,�� By: By' i , � �� COMM TY RESOURCES PROG 1991-1993 � City of Saint Paul James Scheibel, Mayor � � , � Recommended by the Saint Paul Planning Commission November 22, 1991 i � �� f��7 C� COMMUNITY RESOURCES PROGRAM Summary of Funding Recommendation Funds Recommended I � Requested Allocation 012 Saturday Program $220,000 $170,000 II 014 .Model Cities Therapeutic Care $192,170 $162,000 I 008 Khmer Youth Project � $52,570 $52,000 i 032 West Side Family Viotence $t 14,470 $101,000 • 031 Casa de Esperanza $106,784 $97,000 I 007 Hmong Youth Pride Project $280,000 $180,000 � 027 West 7th Living at Home $85,203 $72,000 I 010 Frogtown Family Resource Center $380,000 $250,000 002 Neighborhood Connection $25,000 $25,000 020 STAR $355,640 $195,000 I 030 Wabasha Development Initiative $546,443 $270,000 I 036 SACDC Housing/Commercial Rehab $50,000 $50,000 011 Mounds Park Child Care Subsidy $50,000 $50,000 023 Youth in Action $672,946 $100,000 004 Mt. Airy Boys and Girls Club $148,300 $75,000 015 Community Clinic- Infant Mortality $165,247 $105,000 001 Developing Roots $362,830 $130,000 009 Youth Express $20,000 • $20,000, 034 Comm'ty Stabilization Project $100,000 $80,000 026 Sibley Manor ' $123,000 $60,000 024 Payne Phaien Family Literacy $140,020 $70,000 � 016 School Readiness-Multi Cultural $33,750 $34,000 � TOTAL $4,224,373 $2,348,000 � Projects Not Recommended for Funding Funds Requested 003 Dayton's Bluff kiousing Resources Netwrk $71,000 005 North End/South Como Block Nurse $38,350 006 Family Stabilization Project $149,625 013 St. Paul Access for New Americans. II Bilingual Program $200,000 017 Focusing In $35,000 018 Famities in Crisis-Service Network $66,067 019 Hi Risk Birth Identification $117,490 II 021 YWCA Transitional Housing $45,000 022 City Art $57,350 025 PAT Among Hmong $90,000 028 Eastside Southeast Asian Access Project $53,415 � - 029 My Turn $100,000 033 Preventive&Restorative Dental Care $20,000 035 Historic Gateways/Comm'ty Land Trust $200,000 037 Home Improvement Program/CACHIE $121,450 038 Roosevelt Homes Resident Unity $95,298 TOTAL $1,460,045 I _ I � ��i�� INTRODUCTION Saint Paul's Community Resources Program is the sum of twenty projects, programs and activities designed and implemented by neighborhood based or anizations and agencies. Each is focused on those Saint Paul neighborhoods harde t hit by poverty, economic dislocation, and physical deterioration. Each, however, h also tapped the greatest strength of Saint Paul neighborhoods -- their people. Toge her, the projects include efforts by people of all ages and cultural traditions to streng hen their support systems, address the needs of their neighbors, and celebrate a rene ed hope in the power of community in their lives. The most difficult aspect of developing the program was the realiza 'on that there are not enough resources to support all the good ideas that people brou�ht to the table. The City intends to demonstrate, through the success of programs such these, the need for continued and increase.d State support of the Community Resources�Program. ELIGIBLE NEIGHBORHOODS The following census tracts meet the eligibility criteria established f r all CRP activities: 313, 314, 315, 325, 326, 327, 328, 329, 330, 331, 336, 338, 339, 340, 3 3, 359, 360, and 361. Data indicating their eligibility are attached. Also attached is a ma indicating each of the tracts as well as those areas within a legislatively permitted one alf mile perimeter around the eligible tracts. AVAILABLE RESOURCES It is anticipated that Saint Paul's allocation of Community Resource Program funds will be $2.3 million, divided evenly between the two years of the bienniu . In addition, the City anticipates $200,000 in interest income, some of which is unexp nded interest on the 1989 allocation. It is recommended that the interest income be allo ated in the following manner. $100,000 Evaluation of all CRP funded activities to be co ducted quarterly 50,000 Project management services to supplement PE staff 50,000 Program activities outlined below RECOMMENDED ACTIVITIES The City of Saint Paul proposes that the following activities be fund d at the levels indicated. Recommended funding totals $2.35 million, to be divided evenly between the two years. Second year funding for each activity is tentatively reco ended at this time. Second year funding will be confirmed by the City Council in 992 and will be contingent upon demonstrated progress toward established goals. 1 � ��d�� 1. Saint Paul Access for New Americans - Saturday Program ( g Number 012) Funding Requested: $220,000 ' Funding Recommended: $170,000 State objectives: Enh n f mil ili in 1 in h in by providing a variety of classes and recrea 'onal activities which affirm minority cultures while reducing i ter-generational conflict through families le�rning and pl ying together. Pr vidin rt ni i f r r ' n s m lf- su�porting by offering career developm nt skills training to about 500 New Americans. Incr asin ommuni saf an r i im by offering classes on such safety issues are crime p evention, neighborhood safety and �re prevention Description: The objective of the Saturday Program is to improve access or New Americans to existing community and educational services through the con entration of resources at Como Park High School on Saturday mornings. Unique features of tlus "one stop shopping" community education program inclu e: 1) collaboration of over 20 agencies, 2) free day care through the Head Start program, 3) free bus transportation from eleven sites, 4) basic literacy, cultural a axeness and youth recreation, and 5) a New American advisory board. Among the new initiatives for the program is an effort to encourage the participation of al newcomers to the United States, not just those coming from Southeast Asia. Planning Commission Comment: The Commission recommends eliminating support for the Ci Coordinator position from the CRP budget. 2. Model Cities Therapeutic Care (Log Number 014) Funding Requested: $192,170 Funding Recommended: $162,000 State objectives: Enhance family stabilitX including scho 1 readiness by providing high risk children and familie with comprehensive social support serviaes that will assist th m towards greater stability. It is the objective that each ch' d will be prepared for mainstreaming into a traditional ed cational setting. 2 ��r�� Descri�tion: The Model Cities Therapeutic Care Program is a multi-discip inary program targeted at meeting the needs of infants, toddlers and presch olers who have been prenatally and passively exposed to illicit drugs. Center based and family centered, the purpose of the intervention program is to improve the qu lity of life and development of drug-e�cposed young children, aid in their mai treaming to traditional services and to assist parental and non-parental ca egivers in providing appropriate care to assist in the child's normal growth and de elopment. CRP funds were awarded to this program in 1989 and were used f r planning and program development during the time that a facility was und r eonstruction. The first children were admitted into the program in October 199 . Planning Commission Comment: ' CRP support for administrative expenses should be reduced t no more than $8,100 per year. - 3. Khmer Youth Project (Log Number 008) Funding Requested: $52,570 Funding Recommended: $52,000 State objectives: Enhance family stability by working inte ively with troubled Khmer youth and their families to resolv personal and family problems and thus increase the st bility of the family unit and the likelihood of educational su cess. Increase communitv safetX by addressing 'he needs of disturbed young people who have truan problems or have been involved in other delinquent, acting out behavior. Descri,�tion: CRP funds are requested to support two half time Cambodia Human Service Counselors who will work in Monroe, Webster and Homecrof Schools and Sibley Manor with disadvantaged Cambodian youth and their familie . The project will target low income families suffering multifarious and serious djustment difficulties resulting in such problems as family conflict, truan , mental health problems, delinquency, and educational under achievement. 3 I ��1�� 4. West Side Family Violence Project (Log Number 032) � Funding Requested: $114,470 Funding Recommended: $1O1,000 State objective: Enhance family stabili by ending viole ce within individual families. Increase communi , safetv by reducing t e incidence of violence in the home and the likelihood hat violence is leamed as an acceptable outlet for frustr tion. Descri�tion: The Saint Paul Intervention Project will provide legal advoca to West Side Hispanic women. A particular focus of the program will be t reach Hispanic women who are being abused, but because of the isolation cr ated by the inability to speak English, a lack of understanding about legal rights a d protections, or undocumented immigration status, feel they have no altemati es. The bilingual legal advocate would serve as a link between the victim and t e various components of the legal and human service system. Pl�nning Commission Comment: CRP support for outreach, advertising and public service ann uncements should be reduced by $10,�0. 5. Casa de Esperanza Community Outreach Education Progra (Log Number 031) Funding Requesred: $106,784 Funding Recommended: $ 97,000 State objective: Increase community safetX by addressing 'olence in homes where children are at increased risk -- be ause of their exposure to abuse -- of becoming adjudic ted as delinquent or otherwise becoming involved in violen behavior. Enhance famil tabili incl din h ol Ir a in by encouraging the creation of home enviro ents where a11 the members are safe and free to concentrat on work or school or other opportunities for social adjustm nt. 4 C�,CG�/�� , Description• The purpose of the program is to educate, work within and e power the West Side Hispanic community in creating an environment that wil not tolerate abuse against women and violence within the family. Women in cri is will be identified through neighborhood based organizations such as La Clinic and Neighborhood House. Through the organization of"cultural circles" women will have access to culturally relevant material as well as mutual support. The o ganizer will serve as a resource in community schools and a Men's Group will be rganized with a focus on developing male leadership in the community to tak on responsibility for the prevention of family violence. Planning Commission Comment: Administrative costs should be eliminated from the CRP bud et. Printing costs should be reduced by$2800. ; 6. Hmong Youth Pride Project (Log Number 007) Funding Requested: $280,D00 Funding Recommended: $180,000 State objective: Enh n famil t ili incl din school readiness by specifically addressing the needs of Hm g youth in the context of their families and involving si nificant parent- focused activities. Increasing community safety by addressi g the issues of Hmong youth for whom issues of delinq ency are an increasingly troubling issue. Public hous ng residents rate crime -- particularly as related to youth nd gangs -- as their greatest concem. This project hopes to revent a rising incidence of this activity. Descri,ption: Staff from the Hmong American Partnership and the Wilder oundation will form a Youth Team to coordinate activities from skills developing and educational enhancement to community events to intensive casework and counseling for Hmong youth and their families. The majority of the activitie will take place at Washington Junior High and Como Senior High School as w 11 as at McDonough, Mt. Airy and Roosevelt Homes. 5 C�� 7. West 7th Living at Home/Block Nurse Program (Log Numb�r 027) Funding Requested: $85,203 Funding Recommended: $72,000 �tate objective: B ildin th a aci f n i h rho 'b d r aniz i n to create cohesiveness and stabilitv. The project builds and sustains relationships among neighbors d between neighbors and the various community b ed organizations designed to serve them. To the extent t at those relationships allow people to remain in eir homes the neighborhood is a stronger and richer pl ce. Descri�tion: The program is a community-based, coordinated and compre ensive effort to keep older adults independent in their homes for as long as ossible by offering a variety of supportive services. The program, which received 989 CRP funds, serves both frail elderly with more intensive case manageme needs and those who are more independent with home visits, informal assess ents and referrals to community resources. A caregiver support group as well as g�oup opportunities for participants round out the program. 8. Frogtown Family Resource Center (Log Number O10) Funding Requested: $380,000 Funding Recommended: $250,000 State objectives: Enhancin stabili includin chool ead ness. The focus of the program is on preschool children an their families and efforts to strengthen the context within w�ich children are prepared for school. Descri�tion: The Frogtown Family Resource Center is a program of outre�ch and service to pregnant women and parents of children, birth through five y ars. In collaboration with other community agencies, the center provi es home visits, parent education classes, parent support groups, a drop in ce er for parents and children, pre-natal support services, family literacy classes, ES classes, early childhood classes and coordination and referral to other co unity services. 6 � � � �� "� 9. Neighborhood Connection (Log Number 002) Funding Requested: $25,000 Funding Recommended: $25,000 State obiectives: Enh n in famil ili in 1 in r in The program will provide case management, p enting support groups and tutoring and educational enha cement for at-risk children and their families. In in mm ni s f n r 'n rim . The community service/restitution component of the program has already proven to be an effective commu 'ty response to the vandalism and rock throwing in the neigh orhood. Description: The program will incorporate needed youth activities for high isk 6-14 year old neighborhood residents with family intervention and referral s rvices for the children and their parents living in dysfunctional family syste . Activities will include educational, recreational and cultural experiences for �ildren wl�ose families often cannot afford to provide such opportunities. program also provides community service opportunities -- particularly for ch ldren involved in vandalism within the neighborhood. 10. Services to Assisted Residents (STAR) (Log Number 020) , Funding Requested: $355,640 Funding Recommended: $195,000 State objectives: Enhancin f� amily stabilitv through intensi e case management for residents with physical o behavioral problems. Particular attention will be pa'd to those residents with chemical dependency or mental illne s. Pr vidin ortunities for r sid nt m self su�porting: Chart/WEDCO will train re idents in job seeking skills and work to eliminate obst cles to employment. Westminster's Apprenticeship Program 11 provide on-the- job training for marginally skilled residen s. Other residents will be refened to employment readiness programs which prepare unskilled persons for employmen . � 7 �� In in mm ni f r du 'n 'm . Resident leadership in stronger crime prevention effo s, better relationships with surrounding neighborhoo s and collaboration with the Police Department 11 enhance community safety. Description: Serving 12001ow income assisted housing residents, the program provides both group training aimed at building self reliance and effective neigh orhood involvement on the part of the residents. It also provides, throu social workers assigned to the various housing sites, individual counseling to th se residents in crisis or transition. P�anning Commission Comment: CRP support for administrative expenses should be reduced to n' more than 10 percent of the CRP budget. _ - � _ . . . de1� -t.� e la � ��7js� 11. Wabasha Development Initiative (Log Number 030) Funding Requested: $546,443 Funding Recommended: $270,000 State objectives: Incr in famil stabili in 1 din ch 1 r in The Family Self Sufficiency component of the i tiative has a goal of assisting forty families each year to identi and implement a plan of self sufficiency. T'he child care se 'ces are intended to provide substantial enhancemen of preschool education. Providing op�ortunities for residents to becc}me self- su�porting, The availability of second shift �nd weekend child care is expected to remove a significa�t barrier to employment for working parents. ' I Description: A comprehensive approach to increasing family stability in a We t Side target area. Component activities include child care and related progr ms, family case management and referral, parenting classes, immunization and ell child exam clinics, home ownership and tenant training, neighborhood beau 'fication and a home ownership marketing program. The program is linked wit a physical redevelopment program previously funded under URAP. 8 �! i i �� i 12. SACDC Housing/Commercial Rehabilitation (Log Number O�i6) Funding Requested: $50,000 I� Funding Recommended: $S0,000 I State objectives: L.Qw income housing. The enabling legisl tion allowed cities to use up to 20 percent of the community resource money for low income housing needs in targeted nei hborhoods. The program is focused on providing affordab e ownership housing. B il in h aci f n i h rh r 'z i create cohesiveness and stabilitv_. The gr t will provide for staff support of a community based devel pment corporation and will enable the Selby Avenue CDC to strengthen its service to the neighborhood. I Description: I The grant would fund a staff person who would be responsible for administering a residential rehab program to take advantage of vacant homes i�ientified under the Houses to Homes program. Pl nnin mmi i m I a g Co ss on Com ent: � CRP funds may not be used as a match for any other public fu�iding. 13. Dayton's Bluff/Mounds Park Child Care Subsidy (Log Numbe 011) Funding Requested: $S0,000 I Funding Recommended: $50,000 I �tate objectives: Enh ncin f mil stabili in 1 in h 1 r a ine s. The extended kindergarten program augments nd enriches kindergarten learning. I Providin o ortunities for residents to om s lf- su�portin� The availability of affordable xtended day child care enables parents to work or attend sch ol. Descri�tion: The program's objective is to provide a sliding scale subsidy to p to �ifteen children from eligible families to participate in before and after school Discovery Club programs. The funds would also support the pa ticipation of up to five unsupervised children in the program on a drop-in asis. The 9 I I� I �-qi°7�� program's staff have identified an increasing number of child en who are going home to unsupervised and potentially dangerous settings. Th y propose to follow up with families of such children to arrange their enrollment n the program. 14. Youth in Action (Log Number 023) Funding Requested: $672,946 Funding Recommended: $100,000 State objectives: Enhancin fg amily stabili . The program will engage young people in constructive activities which wi 1 strengthen self esteem and leadership skills. In i mm ' f 'm . The program provides supervised recreational activities that involve youth in their planning. These ta e place at times when youth are most often gathering in t e community without supervision. Description: A collaboration of West Side youth serving organizations pro ose to continue to provide a range of programs from recreational act'vities to job training and readiness to chore services to a teen council. Th teen council, Teens Networking Together, particularly, has broken ew ground in developing youth leadership in resolving critical community issues. Planning Commission Comment: 1'he Planning Commission recommends that CRP funding be �evoted exclusively to the TNT and Chore Service components of the program. C� Council Comment: If funding for the TNT and Chore Service components of the rogram are maintained at $100,000 through other fundraising then one ad�itional component such as counseling or recreation can be added to the program. 15. Mt. Airy Boys and Girls Club (Log Number 004) Funding Requested: $148,300 Funding Recommended: $ 75,000 State objectives: In sin communi saf n r du in im . One of the goals of the project is to decrease youth i volvement in deviant and dangerous activities. A profe$sional evaluation 10 i ' �9�-�� of Boys and Girls Club programming in public housing developments showed that the presence lof a club results in an overall reduction ialcohol and other rug use, drug trafficking and juvenile crime. Description: Funds would support the implementation of a Boys and Girl Club at Mt. Airy Homes for youth ages 6-18 based on a program model �sed successfully at Boys and Girls Clubs around the country and n the West Side, East Side and in the Summit University neighborhood f Saint Paul. Programs will be designed in collaboration with neighborho residents and will include activities such as arts and crafts, community service projects, a mentoring program, sports and games, tutoring, ltural education, leadership development and field trips. The club will operate out of a no longer programmed City recreation center facili . 16. Community Clinic Infant Mortality Reduction Initiative (Lo Number O15) Funding Requested: $165,247 � Funding Recommended: $105,000 'I State objectives: Enhancin fg amily stabilit�including school readiness. The program aims to improve parenting skills for high risk parents and promote healthy birth outcomes. Healthy infants are less likely to have difficulty learning. Descri t� ion: The funds would support programs at each of seven community clinics, individually designed to reduce the incidence of infant mortality in their communities. The programs range from parenting classes to perinatal home visitation to incentive based programs to encourage pregnant mothers to stop smoking. 17. Developing Roots in the Community (Log Number 001) Funding Requested: $362,820 Funding Recommended.• $130,000 State objgctives: Enhancin fg amily stabili includin�school readiness by addressing the issues which lead to residential transiency. Children who can remain in one school are more likely to be successful students. 11 C�y��°�� Descri�tion: The project seeks to identify and propose remedies for the conditions that cause excessive residential transiency in the near East Side community. Through intensive case management with a limited number of families as well as participation in policy development sunounding issues related to safe and affordable housing, the project hopes to reduce the negative impacts on children associated with repeated moves. 18. Youth Express (Log Number 009) Funding Requested: $20,000 Funding Recommended: $20,000 State o 'ectives: Increasing community safety and reducin.g crime by providing programs for young people after school, on weekends and during the summer. The activities often involve opportunities for positive interaction between youth, adults and senior citizens in the neighborhood. Description: Through four program components -- employment, informal education, community service and recreation -- in which programs are designed and implemented by young people between the ages of 10 and 18, the project seeks to develop skills in those participating to ease the transition from adolescence to adulthood. 19. Community Stabilization Project (Log l�iumber 034) Funding Requested: $100,000 Funding Recommended: $ 80,000 State objectives: Low income housin�. The program is directly involved in improving the quality of affordable housing. Increasing community safety and reducing crime. By improving substandard housing, including property management, the program seeks to reduce the opportunity for properties to become havens for dealing and other criminal activities. By increasing tenant stability and investment in the neighborhood, a stronger community is created to combat crime. 12 G�1! _�� Descri,�tion: Through utilization of the Tenant Remedies Act and efforts to establish non-profit ownership of RTC foreclosed properties in the Thomas Dale and Summit University neighborhoods, the Community Stabilization Project seeks new and innovative ways to address the problem of substandard housing. The process heavily emphasizes the involvement and leadership of low income tenants and has succeeded in organizing populations not often represented in traditional community organizations. C� Council Comment: City Council requests that the Community Stabilization Project meet with City staff and members of the 3 PR Task Force to clarify their goals and communication techniques prior to the signing of the contract between the City of Saint Paul and the Community Stabilization Project. 20. Sibley Manor Family and Community Enhancement Program (Log Number 026) Funding Requested: $123,000 Funding Recommended: $ 60,000 State objectives: Building the capacity of a neighborhood based or�anization to create cohesiveness and stabilitX. The purpose of the program is to empower residents of a low income housing development to identify their issues and make decisions about how best to resolve them. Increasing community safety and reducing crime. The program includes a strong crime prevention component and block organizing. Description: The project is designed to offer residents of a low income housing community access to the basic support and assistance they need while they , develop the knowledge and skills necessary to become self sufficient. There is a considerable emphasis on the importance of building a sense of community among residents who come from a wide variety of ethnic and cultural traditions. 21. Payne Phalen Family Literacy Program (Log Number 024) Funding Requested: $140,020 Funding Recommended: $ 70,000 13 �� y�_�� 7 State objectives: Enhancing family stabili and school readiness. The program provides the needed survival skills for parents of young children to allow them to stay involved in their children's education. Speci�cally, the center provides adult literacy, parent education and early childhood education for limited English speaking adults and their children. Descri�tion: A program for low-income limited English-speaking parents and their young children which will integrate a program of adult literacy, parent education, parent-child interaction and early childhood education. By providing child care and transportation the program will be particularly accessible to young Southeast Asian mothers who are particularly isolated and unlikely to be able to take advantage of traditional literacy programs. 22. Dayton's Bluff School Readiness - Multi-cultural Outreach (Log Number 016) Funding Requested: $33,750 Funding Recommended: $34,000 State objectives: Enhancin fg amilv stabilitv includin� school readiness. The program provides parenting and early childhood education in a community which is under considerable social and economic stress. Description: Funds would support the hiring of a person of color to both do outreach into a growing minority community in Dayton's Bluff to encourage participation in the Early Childhood Family Education program and to provide a role model for children and adult participants in the "Focus on Fours" school readiness program. CITIZEN PARTICIPATION PROCESS The process of developing Saint Paul's Community Resources Program included target area residents in the following ways: Applications/Project Development Program guidelines were widely distributed, encouraging applications from a wide variety of sources. The guidelines and selection criteria specifically encouraged the involvement of target area residents and neighborhood based organizations in the development of the applications. 14 �.� �i-�-�� Application Review and Selectian The Planning Comnussion was designated as the legislatively mandated advisory committee responsible for assisting the City Council in developing and implementing the community resources program. Commission members are city residents appointed by the Mayor and confirmed by the City Council and charged with providing advice to the Mayor and Council on issues related to the development and implementation of City plans. In the course of its review of the 38 applications received, the Resource Allocation Committee of the Planning Commission received an evaluation of each program from a panel of human service professionals, rankings and comments from an advisory committee drawn from social services agencies, business and funding organizations, and evaluations and rankings from each of the city's district councils. The committee also interviewed each of the applicants. CRP ADVISORY COMMITTEE As indicated above, the Saint Paul Planning Commission was designated as the advisory committee for the purpose of providing advice to the City Council on the development and implementation of the Community Resources Program. Members of the Commission are listed below. While each is appointed by the Mayor to serve the City as a whole, those who live in the target area are indicated, for the purpose of this application, by an asterisk (*). James Brown (*) David McDonnell James Christenson Earl Miller, Sr. (*) James Curran Gladys Morton Anne Flaxman Geisser Karl Neid Linda Hirte (*) Gary Park (*) Frank Horak Fred Perez (*) Kevin Kajer Sou Thao Edward Johnson (*) Imogene Treichel (*) Eileen LundJohnson Robert Van Hoef Joyce Maddox Mark Vaught (*) . Barbara Wencl 15 ��/a� �� The following information -- required by the Department of Trade and Economic Development -- will be added to the report at the conclusion of the City Council process PUBLIC HEARING The City Council's Human Services, Regulated Industries, and Rules and Policy Committee held a public hearing on the Planning Commission's recommendations as to the allocation of Community Resources Program funds on Wednesday, December 11 at 9:00 a.m. in the City Council Chambers. Notice of the hearing was sent to all included in the City's Early Notification System and was included in the Saint Paul Pioneer Press and the major community newspapers in the target area. Copies of those notices are attached. PROGRAM APPROVAL The Community Resources Program for the City of Saint Paul was approved by the City Council on (date) and signed by the Mayor on (date). The City Council resolution and minutes from the Council meeting are attached. 16 �-�� Community Resources Prngram Census 1Yact Eligibility Requirements To be included in the Community Resources Program target neighborhood, a census tract must meet two of the following three criteria: 1) TTnemployment. The tract must have had an unemployment rate that was twice the unemployment rate for the Minneapolis-Saint Paul SMSA as determined by the 1980 federal census. The SMSA unemployment rate in 1980 was 4%. To be eligible, therefore, a census tract must have had an unemployment rate in excess of 8 percent. 2) Median household income. T'he tract must have had a median household income no more than one half the median household income for the Minneapolis-Saint Paul SMSA as determined by the 1980 federal census. The SMSA's 1980 median household income was $20,699. To be eligible, therefore, the median household income of a census tract must have been below $10,350. 3) H�using conditions. The tract must have been characterized by residential dwelling units in need of substantial rehabilitation. An area qualified if either. a) 25 percent or more of the residential dwelling units are in substan�ard condition as determined by the City; OR b) 70 percent or more of the residential dwelling units were built before 1940 as determined by the 1980 federal census. �9,_�� . Saint Paul Community Resources Program Census Tract Eligibility 1980 1980 Housing Conditions . Census Unemployment Median Percent Percent Built Tract Rate HH Income Substandard Before 1940 � Eligibility Standard >8% <$10,350 >25% >70% , o 313 1;0./o . :;.,::: �` $13,073 44%. .. : !77?/0......... .. ..:.:: _ _ _ _ . __ _ __ _. _ _ __ __,........................._ __ _...... __.._..... __ _......._....._...._. 314 �!.2�Ia ...:;;;:<:':>:`: : :: $13�422 29°/a «: ,.77%:....; . .,..:..::: _ _ ..._ .. .. _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _..........................._ __ .................__... 315 1;2°/a '<:;::.: : $11,613 :36%..;;; ;81% ? ::: 325 );0%. :.: <;$14,159 479/a . ;: 85% ! 326 9�1a. ... : _ ;$12,686 45%. . .:; ... .;81% ::;;... 327 �;�9�a ....... . ...... .. $11,483 2�% ..,..: 739�0 ..:: :< _ _ _ _.._ __ __ . ._ _ . _ _ _. 328 3% $7�994:. ;.........48%... .; . :. >8��/a:....:.. ..... __ _ _. _.__ _. _ __ .,. _._.................. .._...._........_.. .. ..: ; ;..o::>:::::>::>::::::>::::::>::::>:>::::>::>:: 4 % % 329 27:1a;:.;>;>;:.;;:.;>;:;;;:.;:.:<,.;:<.:$:5�,..08:<:;`«":<:: ::<::>::<;; 5 0 _.... _ _ _ _ _................._............ _...........:.......... :::::: 1 11 2' `: ; % 330 >89!a:>:;:<:::<:>:>:>;::>::::>::::::>:::::... $ 3 0 69!a>i::::>::><:::»::>::::::;::< 69 _............................ � __ ............ ____ . . __ _ ___ _....................__...._ ,......:... . ........................ , o,;:»>:>:::»::::>;:>:::»::: o :::::»::>::::>::::>::>::>::>::>:;:<:> 331 9?la ;;:<::>::>;;::'::: $11,956 4.0/a ....:: 7$Co ...::>::>:::;::>;;..;.»: _ ............................ ... __. .:............... .. __. : __._ _ 336 1<0°(q...:.:::::::';'',.;;:``�...$:5;55.1.:::.....:::...:.,:::: 15�10 2% _ _ __ _ __ _....... _ > 9/c`>:>::::>::»>:<:::::::>::::::::::::<::: 15 295 51:�10<:::>:<>:::::>::;;:>:::::> 66% 338 9.:::.:.:.:::::::::::.:::::::: $ � _ . .::.::::.:: : _ ..._ _ .. _ __ .__ ;::.:. 339 ��%. .....:>:::::::>;:::::;<:'::>:::: $18,712 38% ` 879/0 . .>:. .... ::::: _ _ __. _ __.....__ __ _ ... _ _............................. ......._,..___.........____ ... ....................... .__ ......_._............. 340 :$�Ic. ..:;:::;:::`, :' $8�367 ..;::.. . :32%.:...:. . : :<8.O�fa.:..;.: .... ;$15�636 319ro ....; . ;789!0 , 353 94ra..:...... ......... _ _ : _ __.. _ __ ....... . 359 6% $8;278 ;. ;29% ;: 62% ::.:.::.:.:..;.:; _ _ , __ .. _. _ _.: 360 �<0°To......:��:<::'>::<::;::>:. $)0.�265.....:;:.,....... 24% 68% 361 ):3ala $9,564... 6% 28% - Meets eligibility criteria � ,. �1 ��,N N � 0 O � p CO � � � � � � _ M � M� ,�:.� p V M�1N I��w � M O Y OF�1 M l'/ tlOfS�4r M � � M �y �� OM�Mti3• � M � r �� O O N O O O �o.,:�:.� . c0 M C� ; � � '�,,� M .e,.,�.. 0 ss o,, yp � J�� M 3ntl3 3 vx� �� Mr � `/ ♦/ � ' � N } 3 � u O �''� �'�, 3 _ p � �.�d. ,.•` _ � `C • } M � d o � U Q � . �o,u�,oa. j�o4 M � � r 6 `�+ � „ � W O � . 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O a�� Vo,..., � - �.=y, �� CITY OF SAINT PAUL GiTl O' v �` � OFFICE OF THE MAYOR 4 Y + 1=I�II� O • � �as• 347 CITY HALL JAMEB BCAEIBEL SAINT PAUL, MINNE80TA 55102 MAYOR (612) 298-4323 November 26, 1991 President William Wilson and Members of the Saint Paul City Council 716 City Hall Saint Paul, Minnesota 55102 Dear President Wilson and Members of the City Council: I am pleased to transmit to you the Community Resources Program for 1991-93 as proposed by the Saint Paul Planning Commission. As you recall, the Community Resources Program is a $2.3 million State financed initiative to provide support for human service programs in a legislatively defined target area. The goals of the program are to: * Increase community safety and reduce crime, * Enhance family stability, including school readiness, * Provide opportunities for residents to become self supporting, and * Build the capacity of neighborhood based organizations to create cohesiveness and stability in their communities. The Community Resources Program legislation mandated that city councils establish -- or designate an already established -- advisory council to assist them in developing and implementing their program. The Planning Commission has fulfilled that role for Saint Paul. In developing the attached program, the Commission solicited proposals from a wide variety of neighborhood based organizations and agencies. Thirty eight applications requesting a total of $5.7 million were received. There were dozens of good ideas -- but not nearly enough money to ,• support them all. The Commission arranged for the proposals to be reviewed by a panel of human service, business and foundation professionals. They asked for district council feedback on how various proposals related to neighborhood plans and priorities. They interviewed each of the 38 applicants. In the proposal they have forwarded to us, they recommend supporting 22 different initiatives. Few agencies would receive as much funding as they requested, but each would receive enough to make a significant contribution to their community. As indicated in the program guidelines, the Commission is recommending two year funding for each program -- to be divided equally between the two years. Second year funding, however, will need to be confirmed by the Commission and City Council in 1992 and will be contingent upon (a) receiving the funds from the State and (b) each applicanYs satisfactory progress toward agreed upon objectives. �B 5 ��y��7 President William Wilson and Members of the Ciry Council November 26, 1991 Page two The strength of the proposed program before us is testimony to the many fine organizations and agencies which serve our city. They represent people of all ages and cultural traditions. I am grateful to each of them for the work they do -- day in and day out -- to strengthen the community bonds which knit us together and to ensure that the needs of all are met. I am pleased to transmit these recommendations to the City Council and urge their adoption. Sinc ely, �� ' James Scheibel Mayor Enclosures �, . ��a� �� city of saint paul planning commission resolution file number 91-86 � �te �n�iomhcr _��lAS�l,l WHEREAS, the State of Minnesota established the Community Resources Program to promote the provision of human services in target areas within the cities of Saint Paul, Minneapolis and Duluth for the purposes of (1) increasing community safety and reducing crime, (2) enhancing family stability including school readiness, (3) providing opportunities for residents to become self supporting, and (4) building the capacity of neighborhood based organizations to create cohesiveness and stability in their communities. WHEREAS, in 1991, the Legislature appropriated $6.23 million to the Community Resources Program for the 1991-93 biennium, $2.3 million of which is to be slated for target areas in Saint Paul; and WHEREAS, it is estimated that $200,000 in interest payments will be available to the Community Resources Program, creating a total fund of $2.5 million; and WHEREAS, Saint Paul census tracts 313, 314, 315, 325, 326, 327, 328, 329, 330, 331, 336, 338, 339, 340, 353, 359, 360, and 361 as well as a one-half mile area surrounding them were determined, based on legislatively prescribed eligibility criteria, to be the target area for the purposes of the Community Resources Program; and � WHEREAS, the Planning Commission recommended and the City Council adopted on August 15, 1991 guidelines for the Community Resources Program; and WHEREAS, Minnesota law requires that the city council of a participating city establish an advisory council to assist the city in developing and implementing a community resource program. The advisory committee may include, but is not limited to: city council members, county commissioners, school board members, community service representatives, business community representatives, and resident representatives of targeted neighborhoods. The city may designate an existing entity as the advisory committee if the entity meets the membership requirements outlined; and moved by Treichel seconded by Perez • in favor 1__6___ against � i , �y�� WHEREAS, the City Council adopted guidel.ines specify that the Planning Commission will serve as Saint Paul's advisory council; and WHEREAS, 38 applications requesting a total of $5,684,418 were received and reviewed by the Planning Commission; and WHEREAS, the Resource Allocation Committee of the Planning Commission met with each applicant and reviewed and rated the thirty eight �proposals according to the selection criteria, recommendations made by a Human Service Advisory Group, and evaluations made by the district planning councils; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Planning Commission recommends the attached 1991-1993 Community Resources Program to the Mayor and City Council for adoption. t ; ��ql a�O��/ . COMMU1vITY RESOURCES PRU�GRAM 1991-1993 , � City of Saint Paul James Scheibel, Mayor Recommended by the Saint Paul Planning Commission November 22, 1991 , � . e � t . �� COMMUNITY RESOURCES PROGRaM Summary of Funding Recommendation Funds Recommended � Requested Ailocation 012 Saturda Pr ram a220,000 $170,000 014 Model Cities Thera utic Care $192,170 $162,0�00 008 Khmer Youth Project $52,570 $52,000 032 West Side Famil Violence $114�470 $101�000 031 Casa de Espet'ar�za $106,784 $97,000 007 Hmon Youth Pride Pro'ect �280,000 �180,000 027 West 7th Livin at Home 585,203 $72,008 010 Fro town Famil Resource Center $380,000 �250,000 002 Nei hborhood Connection $25,000 �25�OD0 02Q STAR �355,640 a195,000 030 Wabasha Develo ent Initiative $546�443 $270,000 036 SACDC Housin Rehab $50,000 �50�800 011 Mounds Park Child Care Subsid �50,000 �50,OD0 023 Youth in Action $672,946 �100�000 004 Mt. Ai Bo s and Giris Club $148,300 �75,000 015 Communi Clinic- Infant Mortali �165,247 , $105.000 001 Developin Roots $362,830 $130�000 009 Youth Ex ress • $20,000 520,000 034 Comm' Stabilization Pro'ect a100.000 $80,000 026 Sible Manor $123,000 a60�000 024 Pa ne Phalen Famil Litera �14p,020 �70�000 016 School Rea�ness-Multi Cuitural $33�750 �34,000 TOTAL $4,224,373 �2�348,OG0 � Pro' cts Not Recommended for Funding � Funds ' Re uested 003 Da on's Bluff Housin Resources Netwrk $71,000 � � 005 North End/South Como Block Nurse $38,350 • 006 Famil Stabilization Pro'ect $149�625 013 St. Paul Access for New Americans: Bilin ual Pro ram $200,000 017 Focusing ln $35,000 018 Families in Crisis-Senrice Network $66,067 019 Hi Risk Birth Identification $117,490 021 YWCA Transitional Housing $45,000 022 Ci Art �57�350 � 025 PAT Amon Hmon $90�000 028 Eastslde Southeast Asian Access Project $53,415 � , 029 M Turn • $100�000 033 Preventive&Restorative Dentai Care $20,000 035 Historic Gateways/Comm' Land Trust ' $200,000 037 Home Im ovement Pro �am/CACHIE $121,450 038 Roosevelt Homes Restdent UN �95,298 . ' ' TOTAL $1,460,045 r . . �,��,_�� INTRODUCTION "' Saint Paul's Community Resources Program is the sum of twenty two projects, programs and activities designed and implemented by neighborhood based organizations and agencies. Each is focused on those Saint Paul neighborhoods hardest hit by poverty, economic dislocation, and physical deterioration. Each, however, has also tapped the greatest strength of Saint Paul neighborhoods -- their people. Together, the projects include efforts by people of all ages and cultural traditions to strengthen their support systems, address the needs of their neighbors, and celebrate a renewed hope in the power of community in their lives. The most difficult aspect of developing the program was the realization that there are not enough resources to support all the good ideas that people brought to the table. The City intends to demonstrate, through the success of programs such as these, the need for continued and increased State support of the Community Resources Program. ELIGIBLE NEIGHBORHOODS The following census tracts meet the eligibility criteria established for all CRP activities: 313, 314, 315, 325, 326, 327, 328, 329, 330, 331, 336, 338, 339, 340, 353, 359, 360, and 361. Data indicating their eligibility are attached. Also attached is a map indicating each of the tracts as well as those areas within a legislatively permitted one half mile perimeter around the eligible tracts. - AVAILABLE RESOURCES It is anticipated that Saint Paul's allocation of Community Resources Program funds will be $2.3 million, divided evenly between the two years of the biennium. In addition, the City anticipates $200,000 in interest income, some of which is unexpended interest on the 1989 allocation. It is recommended that the interest income be allocated in the following manner. $100,000 Evaluation of all CRP funded activities to be conducted quarterly 50,000 Project management services to supplement PED staff 50,000 Program activities outlined below RECOMMENDED ACTIVITIES The City of Saint Paul proposes that the following activities be funded at the levels indicated. Recommended funding totals $2.35 million, to be divided evenly between the two years. Second year funding for each activity is tentatively recommended at this time. Second year funding will be conf rmed by the City Council in 1992 and will be contingent upon demonstrated progress toward established goals. 1 � 1. Saint Paul Access for New Americans - Saturday Program (Log Number 012) . Funding Requested: $220,000 Funding Recommended: $170,000 State objectives: Enhance family stability including school readiness by providing a variety of classes and recreational activities which affirm minority cultures while reducing inter-generational _ conflict through families learning and playing together. Providing o�portunities for residents to become self- su�orting by offering career development skills training to about 540 New Americans. Increasing community safety and reducin crime by offering classes on such safety issues are crime prevention, neighborhood safety and fire prevention. Description: The objective of the Saturday Program is to improve access for New Americans to existing community and educational services through the concentration of resources at Como Park High School on Saturday mornings. Unique features of this "one stop shopping" community education program include: 1) collaboration of over 20 agencies, 2) free day care through the Head Start program, 3) free bus transportation from eleven sites, 4) basic literacy, cultural awareness and youth recreation, and 5) a New American advisory board. Among the new initiatives for the program is an effort to encourage the participation of all newcomers to the United States, not just those coming from Southeast Asia. Planning Commission Comment: The Commission recommends eliminating support for the City Coordinator position from the CRP budget. 2. Model Cities Therapeutic Care (Log Number 014) Funding Requested: $192,170 Funding Recommended: $162,000 _ State objectives: Enhance family stabilitX including school readiness by providing high risk children and families with comprehensive social support services that will assist them towards greater stability. It is the objective that each child will be prepared for mainstreaming into a traditional educational setting. 2 • ��`�� Descri�tion: , The Model Cities Therapeutic Care Program is a multi-disciplinary program V targeted at meeting the needs of infants, toddlers and preschoolers who have been prenatally and passively exposed to illicit drugs. Center based and family centered, the purpose of the intervention program is to improve the quality of life and � development of drug-exposed young children, aid in their mainstreaming to traditional services and to assist parental and non-parental caregivers in providing appropriate care to assist in the child's normal growth and development. CRP funds were awarded to this program in 1989 and were used for planning and program development during the time that a facility was under construction. The first children were admitted into the program in October 1991. Planning Commission Comment: CRP support for administrative expenses should be re.duced to no more than $8,100 per year. 3. Khmer Youth Project (Log Number 008) Funding Requested: $52,570 � Funding Recommended: $52,000 � State ob�ectives: Enhance family stabilitX by working intensively with troubled Khmer youth and their families to resolve personal and family problems and thus increase the stability of the family unit and the likelihood of educational success. Increase communi, safetX by addressing the needs of disturbed young people who have truancy problems or have been involved in other delinquent, acting out behavior. Description: CRP funds are requested to support two half time Cambodian Human Service Counselors who will work in Monroe, Webster and Homecroft Schools and Sibley Manor with disadvantaged Cambodian youth and their families. The project will target low income families suffering multifarious and serious adjustment difficulties resulting in such problems as family conflict, truancy, mental health problems, delinquency, and educational under achievement. 3 � , 4. West Side Family Violence Project (Log Number 032) � Funding Requested: $114,470 Funding Recommended: $101,000 State objective: Enhance family stability by ending violence within individual families. Increase community safetv by reducing the incidence of violence in the home and the likelihood that violence is learned as an acceptable outlet for frustration. Description: The Saint Paul Intervention Project will provide legal advocacy to West Side Hispanic women. A particular focus of the program will be to reach Hispanic women who are being abused, but because of the isolation created by the inability to speak English, a lack of understanding about legal rights and protections, or undocumented immigration status, feel they have no alternatives. The bilingual legal advocate would serve as a link between the victim and the various components of the legal and human service system. Planning Commission Comment: CRP support for outreach, advertising and public service announcements should be reduced by $10,000. . 5. Casa de Esperanza Community Outreach Education Program (Log Number 031) Funding Requested: $106,784 Funding Recommended: $ 97,000 �. State objective: Increase community safetv by addressing violence in homes where children are at increased risk -- because of their exposure to abuse -- of becoming adjudicated as delinquent or otherwise becoming involved in violent behavior. Enhance family stabilitv including school readiness by encouraging the_creation of home environments where all the members are safe and free to concentrate on work or school or other opportunities for social adjustment. 4 . . �,�--��-a�� Description: � The purpose of the program is to educate, work within and empower the West �� Side Hispanic community in creating an environment that will not tolerate abuse against women and violence within the family. Women in crisis will be identified through neighborhood based organizations such as La Clinica and Neighborhood " House. Through the organization of "cultural circles" women will have access to culturally relevant material as well as mutual support. The organizer will serve as a resource in community schools and a Men's Group will be organized with a focus on developing male leadership in the community to take on responsibility for the prevention of family violence. Planning Commission Comment: Administrative costs should be eliminated from the CRP budget. Printing costs should be reduced by $2800. 6. Hmong Youth Pride Project (Log Number 007) Funding Requested: $280,000 Funding Recommended: $180,000 State objective: Enhance familv stability including school readiness by specifically addressing the needs of Hmong youth in the context of their families and involving significant parent- focused activities. Increasin� communit sY afety by addressing the issues of Hmong youth for whom issues of delinquency are an increasingly troubling issue. Public housing residents rate crime -- particularly as related to youth and gangs -- as their greatest concern. This project hopes to prevent a rising � incidence of this activity. Descri tion: Staff from the Hmong American Partnership and the Wilder Foundation will form a Youth Team to coordinate activities from skills developing and educational enhancement to community events to intensive casework and counseling for � Hmong youth and their families. The majority of the activities will take place at Washington Junior High and Como Senior Hig� School as well as at McDonough, Mt. Airy and Roosevelt Homes. 5 7. West 7th Living at Home/Block Nurse Program (Log Number 027) � Funding Requested: $85,203 Funding Recommended: $72,000 State objective: Buildin tg he capacitv of a neighborhood based organization to create cohesiveness and stabilitv. The project builds and sustains relationships among neighbors and between neighbors and the various community based organizations designed to serve them. To the extent that those relationships allow people to remain in their homes the neighborhood is a stronger and richer place. Description• The program is a community-based, coordinated and comprehensive effort to keep older adults independent in their homes for as long as possible by offering a variety of supportive services. The program, which received 1989 CRP funds, serves both frail elderly with more intensive case management needs and those who are more independent with home visits, informal assessments and referrals to community resources. A caregiver support group as well as group opportunities for participants round out the program. 8. Frogtown Family Resource Center (Log Number O10) Funding Requested: $380,000 Funding Recommended: $250,000 State objectives: Enhancin stability includin�, school readiness. The focus of - the program is on preschool children and their families and efforts to strengthen the context within which children are prepared for school. Description: The Frogtown Family Resource Center is a program of outreach and service to pregnant women and parents of children, birth through five years. In collaboration with other community agencies, the center provides home visits, parent education classes, parent support groups, a drop in center for parents and children, pre-natal support services, family literacy classes, ESL classes, early childhood classes and coordination and referral to other community services. 6 . � �,�`` �f�`°c�°2�� 9. Neighborhood Connection (Log Number 002) � � Funding Requested: $25,000 Funding Recommended: $25,000 State objectives: Enhancin f�� amily stability including school readiness. The program will provide case management, parenting support groups and tutoring and educational enhancement for at-risk children and their families. Increasing community safety and reducin crime. The community service/restitution component of the program has already proven to be an effective community response to the � vandalism and rock throwing in the neighborhood. Description: . The program will incorporate needed youth activities for high risk 6-14 year old neighborhood residents with family intervention and referral services for the children and their parents living in dysfunctional family systems. Activities will include educational, recreational and cultural experiences for children whose families often cannot afford to provide such opportunities. The program also - provides community service opportunities -- particularly for children involved in vandalism within the neighborhood. 10. Services to Assisted Residents (STAR) (Log Number 020) Funding Requested: $355,640 Funding Recommended: $195,000 ; - State objectives: Enhancin fg amily st� through intensive case - - management for residents with physical or behavioral problems. Particular attention will be paid to those residents with chemical dependency or mental illness. Providing o�portunities for residents to become self su�portin� Chart/WEDCO will train residents in job seeking skills and work to eliminate obstacles to employment. , Westminster's Apprenticeship Program will provide on-the- job training for marginally skilled residents. Other residents . ' will be referred to employment readiriess programs which - prepare unskilled persons for employment. 7 Increasin� community safety and reducin�crime. Resident . leadership in stronger crime prevention efforts, better "� ' relationships with surrounding neighborhoods and collaboration with the Police Department will enhance � community safety. Description: Serving 1200 low income assisted housing residents, the program provides both group training aimed at building self reliance and effective neighborhood involvement on the part of the residents. It also provides, through social workers assigned to the various housing sites, individual counseling to those residents in crisis or transition. Planning Commission Comment: CRP support for administrative expenses should be reduced to no more than 10 percent of the CRP budget. Support for the staff serving the public housing sites sho�ld be eliminated from the CRP portion of the budget. 11. Wabasha Development Initiative (Log Number 030) Funding Requested: $546,443 Funding Recommended: $270,000 State objectives: Increasing family stabilitv including school readiness. 'The Family Self Sufficiency component of the initiative has a goal . of assisting forty families each year to identify and implement a plan of self sufficiency. The child care services are intended to provide substantial enhancement of preschool education. Providing o�ortunities for residents to become self- su�portin$. The availability of second shift and weekend child care is expected to remove a significant barrier to employment for working parents. Description: A comprehensive approach to increasing family stability in a West Side target area. Component activities include child care and related programs, family case management and refenal, parenting classes, immunization and well child exam clinics, home ownership and tenant training, neighborhood beautification and a home ownership marketing program. The program is linked with a physical redevelopment program previously funded under URAP. _ 8 ' ��1 v2�-�✓ 12. SACDC Housing/Commercial Rehabilitation (Log Number 036) � Funding Requested: $S0,000 Funding Recommended: $50,000 � State objectives: Low income housin�. The enabling legislation allowed cities to use up to 20 percent of the community resource money for low income housing needs in targeted neighborhoods. The program is focused on providing affordable ownership housing. Buildin tg he capacit�of nei�hborhood based organizations to create cohesiveness and stabilit� The grant will provide for staff support of a community based development corporation and will enable the Selby Avenue CDC to strengthen its service to the neighborhood. Description: The grant would fund a staff person who would be responsible for administering a residential rehab program to take advantage of vacant homes identified under the Houses to Homes program. - Planning Commission Comment: CRP funds may not be used as a match for any other public funding. 13. Dayton's Bluff/Mounds Park Child Care Subsidy (Log Number O11) Funding Requested: $50,000 - Funding Recommended: $50,000 `- State objectives: Enhancin fg amil,y stability including school readiness. The extended kindergarten program augments and enriches kindergarten learning. Providing,o�portunities for residents to become self- � su��ortine. The availability of affordable extended day child care enables parents to work or attend school. Description: The program's objective is to provide a sliding scale subsidy to up to �fteen children from eligible families to participate in before and after school Discovery Club programs. The funds would also support the participation of up to five unsupervised children in the program on a drop-in basis. The 9 program's staff have identified an increasing number of children who are going . home to unsupervised and potentially dangerous settings. They propose to follow -�' up with families of such children to arrange their enrollment in the program. 14. Youth in Action (Log Number 023) Funding Requested: $672,946 � Funding Recommended: $100,000 State objectives: Enhancin f�, amily stahilitv. The program will engage young people in constructive activities which will strengthen self esteem and leadership skills. Increasing community safetX and reducin crime. The program provides supervised recreational activities that . involve youth in their planning. These take place at times � . when youth are most often gathering in the community without supervision. Description: A collaboration of West Side youth serving organizations propose to continue to provide a range of programs from recreational activities to job traini�g and readiness to chore services to a teen council. The teen council, Teens Networking Together, particularly, has broken new ground in developing youth leadership in resolving critical community issues. Planning Commission Comment: The Planning Commission recommends that CRP funding be devoted exclusively to the TNT and Chore Service components of the program. 1 S. M�Airy Boys and Girls Club (Log Number 004) � Funding Requested: $148,300 Funding Recommended: $ 75,000 State ob�ctives: Increasing communi , safe ,ty and reducing crime. One of the goals of the project is to decrease youth involvement in deviant and dangerous activities. A professional evaluation of Boys and Girls Club"programming in public housing developments showed that the presence of a club results in ` . an overall reduction in alcohol and other drug use, drug trafficking and juvenile crime. 10 ��a�� Description: � Funds would support the implementation of a Boys and Girls Club at Mt. �� Airy Homes for youth ages 6-18 based on a program model used successfully at Boys and Girls Clubs around the country and on the West Side, East Side and in the Summit University neighborhood of Saint Paul. Programs will be designed in collaboration with neighborhood residents and will include activities such as arts and crafts, community service projects, a mentoring program, sports and games, tutoring, cultural education, leadership development and field trips. The club will operate out of a no longer programmed City recreation center facility. 16. Community Clinic Infant Mortality Reduction Initiative (Log Number 015) Funding Requested: $165,247 Funding Recommended: $105,000 State objectives: Enhancing family stabilitv includin�school readiness. The program aims to improve parenting skills for high risk parents and promote healthy birth outcomes. Healthy infants are less likely to have difficulty learning. Description: The funds would support programs at each of seven community clinics, individually designed to reduce the incidence of infant mortality in their communities. The programs range from parenting classes to perinatal , home visitation to incentive based programs to encourage pregnant mothers to stop smoking. 17. Developing Roots in the Community (Log Number 001) � Funding Requested: $362,820 Funding Recommended: $130,000 State objectives: Enhancin f� amilv stabilitv including school readiness by addressing the issues which lead to residential transiency. Children who can remain in one school are more likely to be' -- successful students. Description: . The project seeks to identify and propose remedies for the conditions that cause excessive residential transiency in the near East Side community. Through intensive case management with a limited number of families as well as participation in policy development surrounding issues related to safe and affordable housing, the project hopes to reduce the negative impacts on children associated with repeated moves. 11 18. Youth Express (Log Number 009) � Funding Requested: $20,000 - Funding Recornmended: $20,000 State objectives: Increasing community safet�and reducin crime by providing programs for young people after school, on weekends and during the summer. The activities often involve opportunities for positive interaction between youth, adults and senior citizens in the neighborhood. Descri t� ion: Through four program components -- employment, informal education, community service and recreation -- in which programs are designed and implemented by young people between the ages of 10 and 18, the project seeks to develop skills in those participating to ease the transition from adolescence to adulthood. 19. Community Stabilization Project (Log Number 034) Funding Requested: $100,000 � Funding Recommended: $ 80,000 State objectives: Low income housing. The program is directly involved in � improving the quality of affordable housing. Increasing community safetv and reducing crime. By . improving substandard housing, including property management, the progra� seeks to reduce the opportunity for properties to become havens for dealing and other criminal activities. By increasing tenant stability and investment in the neighborhood, a stronger community is created to combat crime. Descri tA ion: Through utilization of the Tenant Remedies Act and efforts to establish non-profit ownership of RTC foreclosed properties in the Thomas Dale and Summit University neighborhoods, the Community Stabilization Project seeks new and innovative ways to address the problem of substandard housing. The process heavily emphasizes the involvement and leadership of low income tenants and has succeeded in organizing populations not often represented in traditional community organizations. 12 . ��-��_�� 20. Sibley Manor Family and Community Enhancement Program (Log Number 026)- � Funding Requested: $123,000 Funding Recommended: $ 60,000 State objectives: Buildin t� he capacity of a neighborhood based organization to create cohesiveness and stabilitv. The purpose of the program is to empower residents of a low income housing development to identify their issues and make decisions about how best to resolve them. Increasing,, community safe�y and reducin c� rime• 'I'he program includes a strong crime prevention component and block organizing. Description: The project is designed to offer residents of a low income housing community access to the basic support and assistance they need while they develop the knowledge and skills necessary to become self sufficient. There is a considerable emphasis on the importance of building a sense of community among residents who come from a wide variety of ethnic and � cultural traditions. 21. Payne Phalen Family Literacy Program (Log Number 024) � Funding Requested: $140,020 Funding Recommended: $ 70,000 State objectives: Enhancin f� amily stabilitv and school readiness. The - program provides the needed survival skills for parents of young children to allow them to stay involved in their children's education. Specifically, the center provides adult � literacy, parent education and early childhood education for limited English speaking adults and their children. Description: . A program for low-income limited English-speaking parents and their - young children which will integrate a program of adult literacy, parent " education, parent-child interaction and early childhood education. By . providing child care and transportation the program will be particularly . accessible to young Southeast Asian mothers who are particularly isolated and unlikely to be able io take advantage of traditional literacy programs. 13 22. Dayton's Bluff School Readiness - Multi-cultural Outreach (Log Number 016) . Funding Requested: $33,750 Funding Recommended: $34,000 State ob�ectives: Enhancin family stabilitv includin� school readiness. 'I'he program provides parenting and early childhood education in a community which is under considerable social and economic stress. Description: �` Funds would support the hiring of a person of color to both do outreach into a growing minority community in Dayton's Bluff to encourage participation in the Early Childhood Family Education program and to provide a role model for children and adult participants in the "Focus on Fours" school readiness program. CITIZEN PARTICIPATION PROCESS The process of developing Saint Paul's Community Resources Program included target area residents in the following ways: Applications/Project Development Program guidelines were widely distributed, encouraging applications from a wide variety of sources. The guidelines and selection criteria specifically encouraged the involvement of target area residents and neighborhood based organizations in the development of the applications. Application Review and Selection The Planning Commission was designated as the legislatively mandated advisory committee responsible for assisting the City Council in developing and implementing the community resources program. Commission members are city residents appointed by the Mayor and con�rmed by the City Council and charged with providing advice to the Mayor and Council on issues related to the • development and implementation of City plans. In the course of its review of the 38 applications received, the Resource Allocation Committee of the Planning Commission received an evaluation of each program from a panel of human service professionals, rankings and comments from an advisory committee drawn from social services agencies, business and funding organizations, and evaluations and rankings from each of the city's district councils. The committee also interviewed each of the applicants. 14 ��/��7 CRP ADVISORY COMMITTEE -, As indicated above, the Saint Paul Planning Commission was designated as the advisory committee for the purpose of providing advice to the City Council on the development � and implementation of the Community Resources Program. Members of the Commission are listed below. While each is appointed by the Mayor to serve the City as a whole, those who live in the target area are indicated, for the purpose of this application, by an asterisk (*). James Brown (*) David McDonnell James Christenson Earl Miller, Sr. (*) James Curran Gladys Morton Anne Flaxman Geisser Karl Neid Linda Hirte (*) Gary Park (*) Frank Horak Fred Perez (*) Kevin Kajer Sou Thao Edward Johnson (*) Imogene Treichel (*) Eileen LundJohnson Robert Van Hoef Joyce Maddox Mark Vaught (*) Barbara Wencl Q+ 15 � The following information -- required by the Department of Trade and Economic Development -- will be added to tlae report at the conclusion of the City Council process. PUBLIC HEARING The City Council's Human Services, Regulated Industries, and Rules and Policy Committee held a public hearing on the Planning Commission's recommendations as to the allocation of Community Resources Program funds on Wednesday, December 11 at 9:00 a.m. in,the City Council Chambers. Notice of the hearing was sent to all included in the City's Early Notification System and was included in the Saint Paul Pioneer Press and the major community newspapers in the target area. Copies of those notices are attached. PROGRAM APPROVAL The Community Resources Program for the City of Saint Paul was approved by the City Council on (date) and signed by the Mayor on (date). The City.Council resolution and minutes from the Council meeting are attached. : � 16 ��i_aa�� l Community Resources Program � Census Tract Eligibility Requirements 'To be included in the Community Resources Program target neighborhood, a census tract must meet two of the following three criteria: 1) Unemployment. The tract must have had an unemployment rate that was twice the unemployment rate for the Minneapolis-Saint Paul SMSA as determined by the 1980 federal census. The SMSA unemployment rate in 1980 was 4%. To be eligible, therefore, a census tract must have had an unemployment rate in excess of 8 percent. 2) Median household income. The tract must have had a median household income no�more than one half the median household income for the Minneapolis-Saint Paul SMSA as determined by the 1980 federal census. The SMSA's 1980 median household income was $20,699. To be eligible, therefore, the median household income of a census tract must have been below $10,350. 3) Housing conditions. The tract must have been characterized by residential dwelling units in need of substantial rehabilitation. An area qualified if either: a) 25 percent or more of the residential dwelling units are in � substandard condition as determined by the City; OR b) 70 percent or more of the residential dwelling units were built before 1940 as determined by tlie 1980 federal census. . 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' , � - /��-�� • � � (. �V�'estmznster . __ Building Pannerships fora Caring Community , _ December 12,, 1991 , WFSTMINSTER CORPORATION � _ BOARD OF DIREC'PORS , Joseph Errigo* � Edward Driscoll* MS. Paula Maccabee St. Paul City Council William Cosgriff* C1tI7 Hdll Patrick Conway St. Paul, MN 55101 " Russeil Ewald - . ' . Connie Levi* . Re�. Auscin Ward Dear Paula: Albert Colianni* � T_ am writing to �equ�st y ouur assistanc� ::�i*:: JackHodnet� ' - the final recommendation to the City Council Diana Markforc regarding the STAR/CRP proj ect. Mary Leintz - Anne He�aaTd As you know, Westminster and the Saint Paul � -- Fr�nk Snowden Public Housing Agency have ` worked together to Marvin Trammel eriSLlY'@ th@" SL1CC@SS Of STAR. " We 3r@� V@Y'y - )oseph�ne tt�ed=raylor _ Pleased that the city has recognized our . success, and that the continuation of funding _ � *EXe�uct�e Commuc�e has - been recommended,� although at reduced � w�uvs,rER MaxAGE�rrr- levels, by. the City Planning Commission. .- coxroxnTtoN However, the.! - Planning Commission also - - � recommended that services to PHA sites not be � 4 � JoSePt,Errigo included in the CRP portion of the 1991-1993_ John Horner STAR b11CiC�@t. _ ; - Susan Sands r , We are very concerned about the residents who WESTMINSTER RESIDENT WOtlld be left without services f with ' this- SERVICESCORPORATION rgStY'1CtlOI1 _. OA the use of funds. Many residents of public housing and the Westminster �°SePh ET"g° - owned sites are very fragile and have made x��t,��a M�ca=ihv ` substantial progress as a result' of the STAR _ Barbara Kilbourne pY'OCJY'BIR. It would be tragic if funding cuts �� and res�rictions �on �i�e use �f funds were Lo - � eliminate these much needed services for low- � � income housing residents. '� � � ,. . �� STAR has provided an opportunity `for a ,unique - _ - collaboration between Westminster and the Saint Paul P.ublic Housing-Agency. That effort has been widely recognized ^ as an innovative and cost-effective way of linking affordable housing with human_._ services and resident � empowerment. Full funding of our proposal - without restrictions on the use of funds would _ assure the continuation of this partnership and the delivery of high quality services at all housing sites. - , � 328 West Kellogg Boulevard • St. Paul, Minnesota_55102 • (612) 291-1750 • Fax (612) 291-1003 -" - ,. AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITYIAFFIRMATIVE ACTION ORGANIZATION _ . Ms. Paula Maccabee December 12, 1991 _ - ' Page Two - . I would deeply appreciate your help in removing the specific language which leaves PHA sites out of the STAR program in the coming biennium. In addition, I respectfully request - that the Council consider funding the STAR program at the amount requested in our original proposal to assure that residents at._- all � sites have access�� to necessary support services. Thank you for your consideration. _ ��- S3riG23"8�Y: �� - - ose A.L. Errigo, Jr. _ � . Presi ent : _: , � ,' ' ,. _ w � � c �, � � � 4� z � t p � � h`. 1 �O (� � Z `� N � R7 O �q 3 N a 2o H t7 a1 � 7 H H � O V �' � A � A Q � a H H C7 W . �i a I � : � � ro a� � � � �� r-1 M