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C. 80

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	John Kopchik, Director, Conservation & Development Department
Date:	September 20, 2016

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

FY 2015/16 Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 09/20/2016

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Candace Andersen, District II Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor

ABSENT:

Mary N. Piepho, District III Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV Supervisor

Contact:

Kara Douglas, (925) 674-7880

I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: September 20, 2016
David Twa,

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

APPROVE and AUTHORIZE submission of the County's FY 2015/16 Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER) to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for the following federal programs: Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), HOME Investment Partnerships Act (HOME), Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG), Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA), and Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP).

FISCAL IMPACT:

No General Fund impact (100% federal funds). The funds are provided to Contra Costa County from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

CFDA Nos.: CDBG - 14.218; HOME - 14.239; ESG - 14.231; HOPWA - 14.241; NSP - 14.218

BACKGROUND:

Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER): The Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended, requires all CDBG and HOME entitlement jurisdictions to prepare and submit a CAPER (Attachment A) to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) by September 30 of each year. The CAPER provides the County and interested stakeholders with an opportunity to evaluate the progress in carrying out priorities and objectives contained in the County's five-year Consolidated Plan and annual Action Plan.

HUD uses the CAPER to evaluate whether: (1) the County has carried out projects/programs as described in its Consolidated Plan and annual Action Plan; (2) the CDBG, HOME, ESG, NSP, and HOPWA assisted activities are eligible and meet a national objective, and if expenditures meet certain statutory requirements; and (3) the County has demonstrated a continuing capacity to carry out its HUD funded programs. The basic elements of the CAPER are the following: summary of resources and expenditures, programmatic accomplishments, status of actions taken during the year to implement objectives contained in the Consolidated Plan, and evaluation of progress made during the year in addressing identified priority needs and objectives.

Highlights of the CAPER include the following:

The County received $5.56 million in FY 2015/16 CDBG, HOME, HOPWA and ESG funds for use in accomplishing housing and non-housing community development objectives.
The County expended $7.4 million on approved projects and programs (expenditures were for projects funded in previous and current years).
The County continued to meet HUD's requirements related to spending CDBG and HOME funds in a timely manner.
For each dollar of County federal funds spent for projects that were completed during the year, $8.91 was leveraged from other federal, State, local, and private resources.
Over 24,000 lower income persons/families were served through public service programs.
33 lower income people were placed in jobs through Economic Development programs.
155 businesses were assisted through Economic Development programs.
5 Infrastructure/Public Facilities projects were completed.
104 rental housing units for families were constructed or rehabilitated, of which 37 of the units are for low income households.
8 owner-occupied homes were rehabilitated.
10 homeowners received minor home improvement grants.
7 homes where people with asthma reside were assisted with household assessment and remediation.
83 homeowners received foreclosure prevention counseling.
387 low income renters received financial assistance to prevent them from becoming homeless or to quickly regain housing following an episode of being homeless.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

Not approving the CAPER would mean the County would not be able to submit it to HUD on time and therefore jeopardize future funding.

CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:

Many of the project/programs funded with CDBG, HOME, ESG, HOPWA, and NSP funds support one or more of the five community outcomes established in the Children's Report Card.