City of SeattleCDBG Program

Presented to theNational Community Development Association

June 24, 2010

Distribution of CDBG Funds(millions of $)

Economic De-velopment; $5.4

Human Services; $5.0

Housing; $2.8

Admin & Planning; $1.3

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

Prevention Intervention Permanent Housing Total, In Millions -

10

20

30

40

50

60

17% 15%

18% 41%

29%

34%

42%

56%

55%

54%

6%

39%

Local Housing Development

Local Services Funding

Other Federal Housing

Other Federal Services Funding

CDBG Housing

CDBG Services Funding

Seattle Department of Human Services & Seattle Office of HousingEnding & Preventing Homelessness

2009 Housing Development & Supportive Services Investments

Prevention InterventionPermanent

Housing Total Local Funding $1,932,545 $14,217,397 $12,358,815 $28,508,757 Other Federal $1,868,947 $7,411,956 $8,917,938 $18,198,841 CDBG $791,218 $3,705,025 $1,423,778 $5,920,021

Total $4,592,710 $25,334,378 $22,700,531 $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

• 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

Leverage

Housing: Choosing Borrowers• Policy Documents

• NOFA 2x per year

• Timeframes aligned with other capital funders

• Combined Homeless Housing NOFA

• Service & Operating RFP

King County Combined Funders Notice of Funding Availability for Homeless Housing

King CountyCity of Seattle

Housing: The Rubik’s Cube 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!Sources and Uses

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 retentiono Business mix to serve residential needs

• Clean and safe initiatives o Graffiti removal, dumpster free alleys, lighting, off-duty cops

• Physical improvementso Streetscape, façade improvements, art

• Building a strong business focused organizational capacity to sustain the effort

o Business Improvement Area (BIA) formation

• Higher risk• Smaller projects• Less sophisticated borrowers

• Lower risk• Larger projects• More sophisticated borrowers

• 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

RVCDF CCD

OED Programs and Partners

ShoreBank Enterprise Cascadia

GSF /NDC

NMTC RecoveryZone Bonds

• OED deploys a complex array of financing products that serve a broad range of businesses, from micro-enterprises to large capital products

Business Services: Financing

$0 $200 $400 $600 $800 $1,000 $1,200 $1,400 $1,600

$426

$591

$645

$736

$978

$1,228

$1,522

-9.00% -4.50% 0.00%

9.0%

5.7%

5.1%

3.7%

2.8%

2.4%

1.7%

Less than High school

High school graduate

Some college, no degree

Associate’s degree

Bachelor’s degree

Master’sdegree

Professional degree

Unemployment Rate in 2008 Median Weekly Earnings in 2008

Workforce: Post-Secondary Attainment

8 7 %

7 0 %

5 7 %4 4 %

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8 %

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7 2 %

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5 0 %

7 5 %

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

Tale of Two Pipelines

Compressing the classroom time

Reducing the complexity of registration, course selection, and

class scheduling

Building support services into the program

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?

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

Including soft skills instruction, labor market information, and job

placement support

4 Building Blocks of a Successful Adult Education