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Funding recommendations for the Fiscal Year 2024 Human Services Social Action Grant Program.
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Recommended Action:
Recommended Action
Approval of funding recommendations by the Social Action Funding Advisory Board (SAFAB) for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 Social Action Grant Funding Agreements with up to nineteen community agencies, and delegation of authority to the County Administrator to sign all associated agreements and documentation.
• Pinellas County Human Services administered a competitive, online grant application process for the FY24 Social Action Grant.
• The grant solicitation opened on May 15, 2023, and sixty-two applications were received totaling $5,884,602.81.
• On July 26, 2023, following review and ranking of the applications, the newly established SAFAB voted to recommend awards to seventeen projects under the original funding amount and an additional two projects if Decision Package funding is approved. Awards range from $17,500.00 to $150,000.00.
• An amount not to exceed $1,551,000.00 in funding is allocated in the Human Services FY24 anticipated budget; this is the same amount as FY23. Due to demonstrated community need and continued high interest in Social Action Funding, an additional 10% in the amount of $155,100.00 is in the Decision Package for FY24.
• This obligates the County prior to adoption of the FY24 Budget, should funding in whole or in part (including the decision package of $155,100.00) not be approved as part of the FY24 Budget, these agreements would need to be revisited.
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Strategic Plan:
Ensure Public Health, Safety, and Welfare
2.1 Provide planning, coordination, prevention, and protective services to ensure a safe and secure community
2.2 Be a facilitator, convener, and purchaser of services for those in need
2.4 Support programs that seek to prevent and remedy the causes of homelessness and move individuals and families from homelessness to permanent housing
Summary:
Summary
Nineteen (19) community agencies are recommended by the SAFAB for Social Action Grant Funding with programming in the priority areas of food/nutritional services; homeless prevention and supportive services; healthcare and human services for disadvantaged residents; and supportive services for an aging population. A breakdown of the recommended awards is attached. The grant awards will be for a one-year (1) project period.
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Background Information:
Social Action Grants are available to qualified non-profit social service organizations desiring to provide services to homeless and low-income residents of Pinellas County to address their health, economic and social well-being. Pinellas County Human Services administered a competitive, online application process for Social Action Funding through Neighborly Software. The grant solicitation was posted on May 15, 2023, and a standard application form was used to promote effective review and scoring.
The SAFAB was established in 2023 to serve in an advisory capacity to the Board of County Commissioners and one of its primary duties is to review applications and recommend projects to be funded by social action funds. The SAFAB consists of members from the Juvenile Welfare Board, the State Attorney, the Public Defender, Guardian ad Litem, Central Florida Behavioral Health Network, Florida Department of Health-Pinellas County Health Department, Foundation for a Healthy St. Petersburg, Pinellas County School Board, Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office, and City of St. Petersburg. Pinellas County Human Services is working with the agencies to collect performance outcomes and reporting guidelines.
Fiscal Impact:
Funding in an amount not to exceed $1,551,000.00 has been budgeted in the Human Services Fiscal Year 2024 (FY24) proposed General Fund budget. Additional funding of 10% was requested as part of the Decision Package for FY24, if approved the total funding amount not to exceed will be $1,706,100.
The individual funding amounts are as follows:
Abilities Inc. of Florida/ ServiceSource Inc. $85,000.00
Boley Centers $73,600.00
Community Action Stops Abuse, Inc. (CASA) $100,000.00
Community Health Centers of Pinellas, Inc.
dba Evara Health $150,000.00
Dunedin Cares, Inc. $60,000.00
F.E.A.S.T. Inc. $45,959.64
Florida Dream Center $99,999.00
Healthy Start Coalition of Pinellas, Inc. $95,111.00
Homeless Leadership Alliance of Pinellas, Inc. $143,785.17
Hope Villages of America $74,463.19
Humane Society of Pinellas $65,630.00
Lighthouse of Pinellas $17,500.00
Seniors in Service of Tampa Bay, Inc. $99,952.00
Society of St. Vincent de Paul South Pinellas, Inc.$150,000.00
St. Petersburg Free Clinic $90,000.00
The Shirley Proctor Puller Foundation $50,000.00
WestCare GulfCoast $150,000.00
Local Community Housing Corporation* $106,154.00
Metropolitan Ministries, Inc.* $48,946.00
*pending approval of the additional funding
Staff Member Responsible:
Karen Yatchum, Director, Human Services
Partners:
Abilities Inc of Florida /Service Source Inc
Boley Centers, Inc
Community Health Centers of Pinellas, Inc. dba Evara Health
Community Action Stops Abuse, Inc. (CASA)
Dunedin Cares, Inc.
F.E.A.S.T. Inc.
Florida Dream Center
Healthy Start Coalition of Pinellas, Inc.
Homeless Leadership Alliance of Pinellas, Inc.
Hope Villages of America
Humane Society of Pinellas
Lighthouse of Pinellas
Society of St. Vincent de Paul South Pinellas, Inc.
St. Petersburg Free Clinic
Seniors in Service of Tampa Bay, Inc.
The Shirley Proctor Puller Foundation
WestCare GulfCoast- Florida, Inc
Local Community Housing Corporation*
Metropolitan Ministries, Inc.*
Attachments:
Funding Recommendations