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Community Development Block Grant
Community Development Block Grant funds are granted yearly by the City to non-profit agencies which provide supportive social (public) services and affordable housing to Scottsdale residents with low to moderate incomes. The Community Assistance Office works with the Human Services Commission to allocate funds and with HUD to ensure that all CDBG-funded activities are in compliance with federal regulations. Public services are provided directly to Scottsdale citizens by the agencies as well as in Human Services facilities.
For Fiscal Year 2009/10, the Scottsdale City Council has approved funding the following agencies with CDBG funds.
Public Services
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Arizona
- $10,000. Through the Scottsdale Mentoring program, adult mentors will be provided to 30 children, of low-income families, who can benefit from a caring and supportive relationship.
Central Arizona Shelter Services (CASS) - $5,000. Through it's referral system, CASS Dental Clinic will provide dental treatment to 99 homeless individuals.
Chrysalis Shelter for Victims of Domestic Violence, Inc. - $30,000. Through the Scottsdale Shelter, 122 single women and women with children who are victims of domestic violence will be provided shelter, related supportive counseling, and case management services.
Homeward Bound - $16,300. Provides transitional housing and comprehensive social services to 55 homeless adults and children.
Save the Family Foundation of Arizona (STF) - $18,000. Provides case management and supportive services to 24 homeless adults and children, referred from Scottsdale, when placed in the agency’s Transitional Living Program.
Scottsdale Training & Rehabilitation Services, Inc. (STARS) - $32,500. Through the Community Based Employment Program, job readiness assessment and training, job development and placement, on-the-job training and coaching, and transportation assistance will be provided to 18 adults with severe disabilities.
Tempe Community Action Agency - Senior Nutrition Program - $46,000. Provides congregate meals, nutrition screenings, socialization opportunities, and health and fitness programs to 252 elderly Scottsdale residents at the Granite Reef Senior Center.
UMOM New Day Centers - $5,000. Provides transitional housing, case management, meals, education/employment assistance and medical care to 13 persons.
Public Facility
Central Arizona Shelter Services (CASS) - $5,000. CASS will use funding to provide four large permanent picnic tables for the family shelter's common areas.
Family Promise - $13,000. This funding will support the site renovations at the Homeless Family Day Center. It will provide fencing to protect the play yard for homeless children and security cameras.
Florence Crittenton Services of Arizona - $43,250. This funding will provide facility improvements to the Scottsdale Girls Ranch to increase the level of security for 12 girls and 14 infants by installing security lighting and block fencing around the perimeter of the property. This funding will also provide a storage shed to store daily items.
Housing Rehabilitation
City of Scottsdale - Housing Rehabilitation Program - $400,000. The City of Scottsdale Community Assistance Office administers the Housing Rehab program. This funding will provide assistance to 10 low/moderate income eligible, owner occupied single family homeowners by repairing and/or replacing items to eliminate structural code violations and preventing incipient code violations, upgrading building components to meet property rehabilitation standards, and providing modifications for the disabled and elderly for their homes.
City of Scottsdale - Roof Replacement and Repair Program - $90,000. The City of Scottsdale Community Assistance Office will administer the Roof Replacement and Repair program. The program is designed to repair or replace deteriorated roofs to maintain the safety and habitability of the household. This funding will provide assistance to 8 low/moderate income eligible, owner occupied single family homeowners with roof repairs or replacements.
FSL Home Improvements - Emergency Repair Program - $200,000. The Foundation for Senior Living, through their FSL Home Improvements affiliate, will administer the Emergency Repair program. This program will provide 30 low/moderate income eligible, owner occupied single-family homeowners with emergency type repairs required to maintain the safety and habitability of the household. Referrals and income eligibility are through the City of Scottsdale Community Assistance Office.
Aquisition of Real Property
Community Services of Arizona, Inc. – Acquisition of Real Property - $500,000. This funding will allow Community Services of Arizona the ability to purchase real property located on Belleview Street to assist in the development of the SkyVista project. CSA intends to acquire land and/or existing rental properties and leverage additional resources in the future to create a high quality multi-family rental units that will replace substandard housing.
FY 2009-10 Annual Action Plan (pdf / 433 kb / 24 pp)
Contact the Community Assistance Office for more information at (480) 312-7647.
