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Discussion with Nonprofit Organizations and Recommendation to Direct the Preparation of a Needs Statement to Confirm the Ongoing Needs for the Fiscal Year 2023-24 Community Development Block Grant Action Plan; and to Designate the President of the Social Service Human Relations Board and/or another Board Member to Review the Statement and Represent the Board at the January 3, 2023 City Council Needs Public Hearing.
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To: Honorable President Sarah Lewis and Members of the Social Service Human Relations Board
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
In 2020, the City of Alameda (City) prepared its Five-Year Consolidated Plan (Consolidated Plan), which identified the following priorities:
* Preserving and increasing affordable housing and supportive services;
* Reducing housing discrimination;
* Preventing and addressing homelessness; and
* Addressing non-housing community development needs such as neighborhood improvements, public services, accessibility improvements and economic development.
The Consolidated Plan Priorities & Goals are attached as Exhibit 1. Each year, the City holds a public comment period on housing and community development needs to support the City's effort to identify the community's social service needs and to direct the preparation of the needs statement for the upcoming fiscal year (FY). The Needs Statement will be presented to City Council for approval at the public hearing, which is tentatively scheduled for January 3, 2023. The approved Needs Statement will be included in the upcoming Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) FY 2023-24 Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA)/ Request for Proposals (RFP). The Action Plan FY 2023-24 Schedule is attached as Exhibit 2.
BACKGROUND
As part of the annual CDBG process, the City holds a public comment period on housing and community development needs, concluding with a public hearing at a City Council meeting. The purpose of this staff report is to:
1. Provide an overview of the CDBG process,
2. ...
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