| | | | | | | | Agenda Item - 6.a.
City of Garden Grove
INTER-DEPARTMENT MEMORANDUM
| To: | Scott C. Stiles
| From: | John Montanchez
| | Dept.: | City Manager
| Dept.: | Community Services
| | Subject: | Adoption of a Resolution authorizing an application be submitted for the County of Orange Families and Community Together (FaCT) Grant. (Amount: $437,500 per year) (Action Item) | Date: | 8/13/2019 |
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| | | | | | | | OBJECTIVE
To request that City Council authorize staff to submit a grant application to the County of Orange Social Services Agency Families and Communities Together (FaCT) Program for grant funds to assist in funding services at Magnolia Park Family Resource Center. |
| | | | | | | | BACKGROUND
Since 1999, the City has been the lead agency for the Garden Grove Community Collaborative, which provides the community with family preservation services at the Magnolia Park Family Resource Center. The majority of the funding for the Center comes through a grant from the County of Orange, Families and Communities Together (FaCT) Program. The original grant received in 1999 was extended in 2003, then in 2005, then in 2010, and once again in 2014 as part of a competitive grant process. County funded services provided by the Family Resource Center include counseling, case management, information and referral, family support services, parent education, domestic violence prevention and treatment services, and childcare services. |
| | | | | | | | DISCUSSION
In July 2019, the County of Orange Social Services Agency released a request for proposals for the FaCT family resource center services, and staff is seeking authorization to submit the application.
The City will serve as the lead fiscal agency for this grant proposal. Other family services will be provided through the Garden Grove Community Collaborative that involves partner agencies from the community. The funded partners include Interval House for the domestic violence prevention and treatment services; Human Options for differential response services, family stabilization services, and counseling services; and Team of Advocates for Special Kids (TASK) for parent workshops and IEP clinics and services.
The grant funding covers a three-year period from July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2023. The grant funding available for each one-year period is $437,500, for a total amount of $1,312,500 for the three-year period, with the option to extend two (2) additional one-year periods, without a competitive bid process, at the sole discretion of the County. |
| | | | | | | | FINANCIAL IMPACT
As lead agency, the City will be overseeing the program and fiscal operations of $437,500 annually of services through management of the Garden Grove Community Collaborative. As part of the grant application, the City’s General Fund will match an annual amount of $115,300 in salaries for the operation of the Magnolia Park Family Resource Center. |
| | | | | | | | RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that the City Council:
- Adopt the attached Resolution authorizing the submission of an application for grant funds from the Orange County Social Services Agency Families and Communities Together; and
- Authorize annual grant funding match in the amount of $115,300 from the General Fund.
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| ATTACHMENTS: | | Description | Upload Date | Type | File Name | | CC Resolution | 8/8/2019 | Resolution | 8-13-19_CC_FaCT_Grant.pdf |
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