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2018 Eugene- Springfield Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report 6 <br /> <br /> <br />Community Development <br />Springfield and Eugene made significant progress toward their Community Development Strategies using <br />CDBG funds. Accomplishments for human services, economic development, and improvements to low‐ <br />income areas are described below. <br /> <br />Support a Human Services Delivery System to Address the Needs of <br />Homeless Persons and Special Needs Populations <br />Both Eugene and Springfield continued investments in human service operations. In addition, Eugene <br />continued preparatory work on four human service capital facilities projects. <br /> <br />Human Service Operations <br />Eugene Human Services ‐ Eugene provided $350,000 in CDBG funds, in collaboration with the Lane County <br />Human Services Commission which supported 24,995 low‐ and very low‐income persons with critical social <br />services. A significant proportion of persons served by these agencies are homeless or at‐risk of <br />homelessness. Funded agencies include: Food for Lane County, The Relief Nursery, Catholic Community <br />Services, St. Vincent de Paul, and Womenspace. <br /> <br />Springfield Human Services ‐ Springfield provided $72,935 in CDBG funds to the Lane County Human Services <br />Commission which supported 10,611 low‐ and very low‐income persons with critical social services in <br />Springfield. Funded agencies include: Food for Lane County, The Relief Nursery, Catholic Community Services <br />Service Center, and Womenspace. <br /> <br />Human Services Capital Facilities <br />In FY 2016, Eugene released a Request for Proposals that led to four new capital facility projects, which were <br />approved for funding by the CDBG Advisory Committee and City Council. These facilities serve over 11,000 <br />low‐ and moderate‐income people and people experiencing homelessness each year. <br /> <br />Looking Glass, McKay Lodge – provides male, juvenile ex‐offenders while providing housing, meals, and access <br />to an array of human services, health care, and education. <br /> <br />Head Start, Whiteaker School Community Center – serves low‐ and extremely low‐income children and their <br />families. <br /> <br />ShelterCare, Homeless Medical Recuperation program – provides emergency housing, meals, and wrap <br />around services to people being discharged from hospitals who would otherwise be homeless. <br /> <br />Catholic Community Services, Eugene Community Service Center – is the largest distributor of food boxes <br />among 150 Food for Lane County partners. Emergency housing vouchers, rapid‐rehousing, and other self‐ <br />sufficiency programs are among the additional services provided to community members in need. <br /> <br />Three environmental reviews were completed on the four projects. Further investigative work was <br />performed, partnership opportunities were explored and finalized, and more detailed work progressed on <br />project specifications. Additional funds were allocated through the HUD 2018 Action Plan for three of the <br />four projects. At the end of FY 2018, three of the four projects executed grant agreements and projects were <br />in the final stages of preparing bid documents. Construction will begin in FY 2019. (Eugene) <br />October 10, 2018, Joint City-County Work Session – Item 1