City of Seattle CDBG Program

Presented to the National Community Development Association June 24, 2010

Distribution of CDBG Funds

(millions of $) Admin & Planning; $1,3 Housing; $2,8 Human Services; $5,0 Economic Development; $5,4

Presenters

• • • Judy Summerfield – Manager, Survival Services, Human Services Department Debbie Thiele – Multi-Family Lending Manager, Office of Housing Stephen H. Johnson – Interim Director, Office of Economic Development

Seattle Department of Human Services & Seattle Office of Housing Ending & Preventing Homelessness

2009 Housing Development & Supportive Services Investments

60 50 40 30 Local Housing Development Local Services Funding Other Federal Housing Other Federal Services Funding CDBG Housing CDBG Services Funding

54%

20 10 -

42% 41% 17% Prevention Local Funding Other Federal CDBG Total 56% 34% 55% 29% 15% Intervention Prevention $1,932,545 $1,868,947 $791,218 $4,592,710 39% 6% Permanent Housing Intervention $14,217,397 $7,411,956 $3,705,025 $25,334,378 Permanent Housing $12,358,815 $8,917,938 $1,423,778 $22,700,531 18% Total, In Millions Total $28,508,757 $18,198,841 $5,920,021 $52,627,619

Funding Sources

• Local funding: 2009 sources include City of Seattle General Fund, the Seattle Housing Levy, and a development bonus program.

• Federal funding: Federal sources include Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), Emergency Shelter Grant (ESG), HOME, Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA), McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Funding.

CDBG Homelessness Prevention

Key funding for Seattle Prevention Strategy • • • • • Housing Stability Case Management Connections to benefits and services (PeoplePoint) Rental Assistance Legal Action Center Using HMIS

CDBG Homelessness Intervention

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CDBG meeting immediate needs and moving people to housing

– Shelter and transitional housing outcomes – day centers - connections to services – early venture in rapid re-housing for families

System Change in Prevention

• Historically two programs – emergency rent assistance – eviction prevention • System Needed – duplication between programs – program consistency not easily evaluated – not coordinated

Homelessness Prevention cont.

• • • • • RFP defined one program Combined HPRP, CDBG and local GF Consistent program descriptions and rules across city contractors Well attended meetings/trainings with contractor case managers HMIS to evaluate homelessness prevention

Homelessness Prevention

cont. • Targeting people more likely to become homeless • Improved Access – Expanded reach to young adults and immigrant and refugee communities – 2-1-1 coordinated referrals

Housing Development:

$

Seattle Housing Levy: Voter approved 5 times!

$

Commercial and Residential Bonus Programs

$

HOME

$

Low Income Housing Tax Credits

$

State Housing Trust Fund, King County

$

Average: 24% of Total Development Cost

Housing: Choosing Borrowers

• Policy Documents

King County Combined Funders Notice of Funding Availability for Homeless Housing

• NOFA 2x per year • Timeframes aligned with other capital funders • Combined Homeless Housing NOFA • Service & Operating RFP City of Seattle King County

Housing: The Rubik’s Cube

S o u r c e s a n d U s e s

McKinney, Document Recording Fees, Mental Health Tax, United Way, Seattle O&M, HSD, Section 8, Vets and Human Services Levy, State O&M, Trust Fund, Bonus, Housing Levy, General Fund, Tax Credits, HOPWA, HOME, CDBG!

Housing: Capital Coordination

• • • • • • • • Reserve Levels Acquisition and per-unit Costs Developer Fee Bidding and Contracting Section 3, Relocation, Wages Construction Oversight Draw Reviews Retainage

Neighborhood Business District Program

• • • • • Neighborhood marketing and promotion o Buy Local campaign, events, social media, farmers markets Business attraction and retention o Business mix to serve residential needs Clean and safe initiatives o Graffiti removal, dumpster free alleys, lighting, off-duty cops Physical improvements o Streetscape, façade improvements, art Building a strong business focused organizational capacity to sustain the effort o Business Improvement Area (BIA) formation

Business Services: Financing

• • Micro enterprises Home-based businesses • • • Micro businesses Small businesses Neighborhood-based businesses • • • Small businesses Medium-sized businesses Energy efficiency projects • • Medium-sized businesses Large capital projects •

Higher risk

•

Smaller projects

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Less sophisticated borrowers

•

Lower risk

•

Larger projects

•

More sophisticated borrowers

OED Programs and Partners RVCDF CCD ShoreBank Enterprise Cascadia GSF / NDC NMTC Recovery Zone Bonds • OED deploys a complex array of financing products that serve a broad range of businesses, from micro-enterprises to large capital products

Workforce: Post-Secondary Attainment

1.7% Professional degree $1,522 2.4% 2.8% Master’s degree Bachelor’s degree $978 $1,228 3.7% Associate’s degree $736 5.1% Some college, no degree $645 5.7% High school graduate $591 9.0% -9,00% -4,50% Unemployment Rate in 2008 0,00% Less than High school $0 $426 $500 $1 000 $1 500 $2 000 Median Weekly Earnings in 2008

100% 75%

Tale of Two Pipelines

96% 87% 72% 70% 57% 44% 50% 50% 25% 22% 8% 0% Start of Grade 9 Start of Grade 10 Cleveland HS Start of Grade 11 Bellevue HS Start of Grade 12 On-Time Graduates Going directly to college Entering 2nd year of college

Source: Graduation data from OSPI or Class of 2008; college data from Fouts & Associates for Class of 2004

4 Building Blocks of a Successful Adult Education

We are focusing on stimulating new completion programs for working adults that can be taken to scale

Compressing the classroom time

Improve PSE performance:

What are the elements of success that support persistence and completion of students who have seldom found success in traditional postsecondary programs?

Reducing the complexity of registration, course selection, and class scheduling Building support services into the program Including soft skills instruction, labor market information, and job placement support