Tacoma City Councilmembers are scheduled to review recommendations today that would direct federal funding for organizations that provide community development and emergency services in Tacoma.
According to information prepared by the City’s Human Services Commission (HSC), and shared with City Council’s public safety and human services committee earlier this month, one recommendation calls for $397,202 in federal funds to be shared by 17 local human service agencies in the form of Community Development Block Grants (CDBG). Another recommendations calls for $120,484 in federal funds to be shared by 10 local agencies in the form of Emergency Shelter Grants (ESG).
The commission reviewed 32 applications from programs requesting more than $1 million, and recommended funding for the top 20 scoring programs.
After today’s study session, City Council is expected to vote on the recommendations at an upcoming council meeting.
Recommended allocations for CDBG funding include:
Korean Women’s Association — “We are Family Home” / $15,000
Episcopal Services for Youth — “Jump Start Shelter and Transitional Housing” / $18,000
Friends of Rose House — Clubhouse Vocational Rehabilitation Program / $21,000
YWCA of Pierce County — Women’s Support Shelter / $42,500
Intercommunity Mercy Housing — “Service Enriched Housing” / $17,024
Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital — “Children’s Advocacy Center” / $17,500
Tacoma Rescue Mission — “New Life Squares Emergency Services” / $40,000
Washington Women’s Employment and Education — “Housing Bridge to Self-Sufficiency” / $43,945
Catholic Community Services — “Phoenix Housing Network” / $35,662
Helping Hand House — “Emergency Housing Program” / $10,000
Pierce County AIDS Foundation — “Housing Options Program” / $10,000
Shared Housing Services — “Shared Housing (Tacoma)” / $19,950
Boys & Girls Club of South Puget Sound — “Clubs to Careers” / $18,000
Indochinese & Cultural Service Center — “Strengthening Southeast Asian Families” / $20,396
New Phoebe House Association — “Emergency Shelter & Transitional Housing” / $10,000
TACID — “Housing & Employment Link Program” / $10,000
Washington Women’s Employment and Education — “REACH Plus” / $18,225
Lutheran Community Services NW — “Domestic Violence Family Services” / $10,000
Pierce County Juvenile Court Diversion — “Community Service By Youth” / $10,000
YWCA of Pierce County — Legal Services / $10,000
Recommended allocations for ESG funding include:
Episcopal Services for Youth — “Jump Start Shelter and Transitional Housing” / $7,000
Korean Women’s Association — “We Are Family Home” / $10,000
YWCA of Pierce County — “Women’s Support Shelter” / $25,000
Tacoma Rescue Mission — “New Life Square Emergency Services” / $10,000
Helping Hand House — “Emergency Housing Program” / $12,000
New Phoebe House Association — “Emergency Shelter & Transitional Housing” / $10,000
Catholic Community Services — “Phoenix Housing Network” / $22,000
Metropolitan Development Council — “The Sobering Center of Tacoma” / $13,640
South Sound Outreach Services — “SAFE Program” / $5,422
Martin Luther King Housing Development Association — “Men’s & Women’s Overnight Shelter” / $5,422
