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 $6.78 million in FY 2016/17 CDBG, HOME, HOPWA and ESG funds for use in accomplishing housing and non-housing community development objectives.
• The County expended $10.3 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, $9.06 was leveraged from other federal, State, local, and private resources.
• Over 35,000 lower income persons/families were served through public service programs.
• 29 lower income people were placed in jobs through Economic Development programs.
• 188 businesses were assisted through Economic Development programs.
• 8 Infrastructure/Public Facilities projects were completed.
• 21 rental housing units for families were constructed or rehabilitated, of which 17 of the units are for low income households.
• 11 owner-occupied homes were rehabilitated.
• 14 homeowners received minor home improvement grants.
• 91 homeowners received foreclosure prevention counseling.
• 319 low income renters received financial assistance to prevent them from becoming homeless or to quickly regain housing following an episode of being homeless.
Not approving the CAPER would mean the County would not be able to submit it to HUD on time and therefore jeopardize future funding.
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.