Agenda - Council - 02/11/1997 - Laserfiche WebLink

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I I I I I I I I Op_~r~ni~. Services $5,000.00 Opportunity Services provides vocational, rehabilitation and employment services to persons with disabilities. The request is for funding for a new facility to meet increased requests for services in Anoka County. Their records indicate that 3 Ramsey residents received direct benefit in 1996. ~ina's Place $30,000.00 Brenda Smith is proposing to establish a residence for single, pregnant women 18 years and under. She is requesting funding to get this project under way. It is a newly proposed facility and therefore there is no track record for number of Ramsey residents receiving benefit. Other options for Council consideration are: Anoka County Housing Rchabilitati0n Program $11,000.00 The purpose of the County Housing Rehabilitation program is to assist low and moderate income homeowners in bringing their homes up to State and local codes for health, safety and weatherization. Funds are used to replace siding, windows, roofs, heating systems, hot water heaters, plumbing, electrical, etc. There are currently 2 homes in the Ramsey area on the waiting list. Recipients are selected on a fu:st come, first served basis by area. Ramsey is in what is referred to as Area 2 which includes the communities of Andover, East Bethel, Ham Lake, Lino Lakes and Spring Lake Park. There are 4 applicants ahead of the two Ramsey residents on the list. Unless CDBG funds are allocated specifically to a Ramsey resident, neither of the 2 Ramsey applicants will receive assistance in 1997 or possibly 1998 either. The minimum cost per project is $15,000; unallocated funds from 1995 were directed to the Housing Rehab Program for specific use on a Ramsey residence. An additional allocation of $11,000.00 will assure the rehabilitation of a Ramsey home in 1997. Child Care Resource & Referral (CCR&R) $3,800.00+ Welfare reform will be bringing a significant number of children into the child care system. Affordable and available child care facilities will be critical to the success of the welfare reform.. There is a wide array of opportunities to funnel CDBG funds through CCR&R to assist the community with child care needs so that families can maintain or become self- sufficient. The needs include additional funding for CCR&R's referral service which is in jeopardy of cutbacks ($5,000 - $10,000); additional computer for referral services - $3,800; equipment grants for child care programs - $5,000 ~ $50,000; training and professional development of providers - $5,000 - $50,000; facility improvement grant or loan programs - $50,000 - $100,000; development of a "family room" at the Anoka County Human Services Center/Workforce Center; child care subsidies for families enrolled in English as a Second Language (ESL) or Adult Basic Ed (ABE) - $5,000 - $20,000; child care subsidies for families needing mental health services - $5,000 - $20,000; child care subsidies for working families - unlimited. City of Ramsey ADA Retrofits $13,520.00 There are an estimated 19 locations in the City where sidewalks meeting curbs are not in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act.