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SR-7-B (6) r . , . l~ .e. 1-13 4 Information C/ED:CNS:JR:sh:trans May 25, 1989 l,AAV 3 0 lQPQ Santa Monica, California TO: Mayor and City Council FROM: City Staff SUBJECT: Transmittal of Comments During 1989-90 community Development Plan Community Review Feriod INTRODUCTION This report transmits a summary of all written comments and agency meetings held during the Community Review Period (May I - May 14, 1989) for the proposed Community Development Plan for the two year period of 1989-1990 and 1990-91. In addition, attached to this report are copies of all written comments received by the Department of Community and Economic Development to date. SUMMARY OF COMMENTS ADEPT: city staff met with the agency's Executive Director to explain the proposed recommendation to defund this program due to the agencyls inability to meet the Contingency Requirements set forth in the FY8B-89 Operating Agreement and the agency's inability to effectively serve the disabled community over the past several years through employment placement and related services. - 1 - , . . Computer Access Center: The agency submitted a letter to city staff and sent an e-mail message via PEN to City Council members. Agency staff expressed concern over the lack of new services for disabled persons and the lack of funding for new programs overall given this and competitive cycle. funding year1s open Additionally, the agency requested information on how the proposed $35,000 set aside for disabled persons would be \ utilized. City staff explained that this set-aside will be used for future planning for disabled employment services and that Computer Access will be invited to participate in this planning effort. In addition to these broader issues, the agency expressed concerns over being categorized as primarily a youth serving agency. Two-thirds of their client population are youth and one-third are adul t. city staff has recommended that Computer Access not be considered for funding until Year 2 pending recommendations from the City Manager's committee for Youth. To be equitable to those youth programs which did not apply for funding it is important to follow the Council-established criteria and defer funding until 1990-91. L.A. project with Industry (LAPWI): The agency submitted a letter to Mayor Zane providing additional information about the agency's desire to provide employment services for the disabled in Santa Monica. While the proposed program met the Council-established selection criteria and falls under a targeted priority, it is City staff's - 2 - ...-....... ~~- i . . recommendation that a more thorough needs assessment of disabled services be conducted to determine the specific employment needs of disabled persons in Santa Monica. LAPWI I S proposed program design is very similar to the previously funded employment program that has not been successful in recent years. It is felt that more information is required about the specific employment needs of the disabled community so as not to duplicate an ineffective program design. LAFWI will be invited to participate in the needs assessment and future planning for services to the Santa Monica disabled community. LIEU-CAP: Agency staff and board representatives requested a meeting with City staff to discuss the proposed recommendation to decrease City funding to the Santa Monica program. At that meeting and in a follow-up meeting with LIEU-CAP I s bookkeeper, . City staff explained, in detail, the budget, organizational and programmatic basis from which City staff I s recommendation was made. After careful analysis City staff found: (I) a need for a minimum of 20% non-City cash match for program; (2) a decreased number of days per week which Senior Socialization program operates due to loss of program location; and (3) an inability to meet contingency Requirements set forth in the FYS8-89 Operating Agreement. Westside Food Bank (WFB): WFB submitted a letter to City staff and requested a meeting to discuss the proposed recommendation not to fund a program enhancement of $8,468. Agency staff reiterated the need to expand the Executive Director's position - 3 - . . to a full time position in order for her to pursue more extensive devel~pment and community relation activities. The proposed program met the council-established selection criteria, however, it did not meet a targeted priority. Due to the limited availability of funds, this enhancement was not recommended for funding. venice Family Clinic (VFC): VFC submitted a letter to city council and staff further describing their need for increased funding in order to remain commensurate with the proportion of Santa Monica clients served. The proposed program met all Council-established selection criteria and is exemplary in its ability to meet critical health care needs for low-income persons. However, is not a targeted priority and, given the limited availability of funds, it was not recommended for funding. COMMISSION COMMENTS COMMISSION ON OLDER AMERICANS: The commission supports all city staff recommendations for funding with fallowing two exceptions: senior Health and Peer Counseling Center (SHPCC): The commission fel t that the $5,000 one time request for a Black Community Outreach worker should be funded because minority access and participation in programs is a Council established selection criteria. - 4 - . . City staff encourages and supports this outreach activity, however, because it does not meet a targeted priority it is not recommended for funding. Westside Center for Independent Living (WCIL): The Commission recommends decreased funding due to WClL's initial proposal that reflected a decreased level of service to Santa Monica residents. city staff has clarified this issue with the agency and WClL has assured that it will continue a level of service to Santa Monica persons at or above the current level. This stipulation has been included in the proposed Program Requirement for WCIL. prepared by: JUlie Rusk, Human Services Coordinator Department of Community and Economic Development - 5 - , LJ... · &'TIT~~ .' I,' ~. , LUi 4.""f7r=L~i 1)!:.iUJr=CT WITal 1~[)U~Tl?~ May 12, 1989 Dennis Zane Mayor SANTA MONICA CITY HALL 1685 Main Street Santa Monica, CA 90401-3295 Dear Mr. Zane: The Los Angeles ProJect Wlth Industry has recently submitted a proposal to the Clty of Sa~ta Monica to prov1de direct placement serVlces to lts reSldents w1th d1saD111tles. Sl~ce thlS lS our flrst applicatlon to your Clty. we would 11ke to take thlS opportunlty to lntroduce ourselves. LAPWI is an lndustry lnit1ated, prlvate non-proflt corporatlon dedlcated to the placement of qualifled persons wlth dlsabll1ties in prlvate lndustry. lncoT?orated ln 1985, the project has grow~ from a staff of two to a staff of ten. Currently our service area lncludes; Long Beach, Mld-Clties, Van ~uys. ~~lttier/Narwalk, Upland/San Bernardino, Carson/Torrance/Lomlta and the South Bay. ~e have been successful in these communities and strongly deslre the opportunlty to serve clients in your jurisdiction. We have a hlstory of work1ng wlth the Office of the Disabled ln Santa Monica and are convlnced that our industry contacts wll1 enable us to create career Crpc~~~~~~~e~ ~~~ =~velcp a st=ong link bet~e=~ the public ~~d ?~i~a~e Rectors. We have taken the 11berty of enclosing information regarding LAPWI and welcome the opportunity to meet w1th you. My office will call to schedule an appointment and we will be attendlng the meeting on May 30, 1989. Thank you. Regards. --- , A11~~/ ~ ;Jr;; .)1 M8.nii / ~ President, ~hief CC: Julie Rusk 300 North Sepulveda Boulevard, SUite 1760, EI Segundo, Ca!lfornla 90245 (213) 322~9025 . (213873-1614 · (818) 997-7657 . (TOD & VOice) An Industry Inlllated Program 01 tne Electronic Industries Foundation Fco)MF 0 A Private Non ProId Corporabon j/ -."i./' ~? L"... ," :J BOARD OF DIRECTORS Philp K. 8aly, Ph 0 Sandra E B.lrnea, t.4.A.. 0 T R Will Carey. M A "'aureen de KoII 08.. l Dutton Donna H Quaon MA M S Rober! A. Fjnksl HaJ GhcJ<snan Stephen 0 Young Ph 0 ADVISORY BOARD Rw::I< Bag18Y Rober! Barboza. M S llwin BlumonlhaJ Ph 0 JacttJelyn P Brand Nan J BTlQh\man Ph 0 Rotnn Burkhoiz M A CCC Terence R Cannll"lg5, Ed 0 R J Cooper SaJhe Oash,ell M A CCC-Sp Karen Duncanwood Judrtlo M Grayson, Ph 0 Terry Gree" Carol HoesI)', M S , R P T Larry l81asl John Jacoba Margare1 H Jon..., t.4 0 June Kalles. MSW KiC Kehr Gary KIdney Ku\o. Kilgour Sh.ren Kokaska Rev Korrna.1'l ~ne leavln MMy MoJo Ph D Lau'a F Ueyers, Ph 0 AI..-orey Parker Jero."" Permlrom Pe'IY ~osenberg, Ph 0 Tobey Sllow Ma'-Iyn Tennant Ed D Raiph l TennalYl Ru'h z.,,,... Ph 0 , 0 T R . MAY .1989 --- \..C C Fe::::; r-; cr==: ~ NT ~ ~ May 12, 1 989 Julie RU$k,Human Seruices Coordmator Community and Neighbor Ser uices Diuision Department of Community and Economic Deuelopment 1685 Main Street - Room 206 Santa Monic8J cn 90401 Dear Julie: As a fOllow-up to our conuersationJ I wanted to put my thoughts in writing to gilJe you a record of our response. The Computer Rcce~s Center is disappointed that we were not recommended for funding in thp staff's 1989-90 Community Deuelopment Plan. llIe respect the constraints of the Selection Criteria under which staff is UJorking, and the limits of the eNisting budget. llle do not sepm to fit neatly into any of the CounCil'S targeted priority areas eHcept Youth Seruices. We apprec.iate your acknomledgement of our serLlice~ to young people mith disabilities, but need to persist in saying that one-third of our present ~eruice~ are to adult5, and that our seruices to them continue to increase. We are presently talking with Senior Health and Peer Counseling about linking !HUh their senior computer project. I would like to submit the following observations. One of the goals of the Community OelJelopment Plan for the neHt two years is "10 remoue any remaining obstacles to seruice for those significant segments of the community that are traditionally undersemed -- including low-mcome and minority re5idents and persons with disabilities. II Howeuer, there were no nem agencies funded for seming people with disabilitie5. Rnd from mformation on Attachment II, total funding for the DisabledJ not countmg Set-A5ide Funds, is .0198% of the recommended funding - not in proportion to the goal or the need. COMPUTER ACCESS CENTER 2425 16th STREET, ROOM 23, SANTA MONICA, CA 90405 (213) 450-8827 . . Perhaps City Council need-s. to broaden their targeted priority ar~a beyond "Employment Semices for Penons with Disabilities" to ollom "other mnouatiLJe nem programsnothat meet emerging or unmet critical needs" to enter into the City'~ Community Deuelopment Plan. Without addre'Ssing communication, learning, and phy.\ical and technological barriers faring people with disabilities, employment is an elu'Siue dream. Mirro computer technology is a lJersatile and powerful tool that can now be used for the integration of people with disabilities into the world of work~ eduration and play. Howeller. there is a serious institutional lag in term'S of the ability of school systems and eHlsting 'Social seruice agencies to deliuer on these new possibilities. The Computer Access Center is dedicated to helping to fill that lIoid. $35.000 haue been ~et aside for the "Disabled" for assessments, other planning actillities. education, andi or direct semices. We hope that thl'S money mill not be used to study and assess, but rather to fund critical unmet needs with direct s:eruices. The Computer Recess Center requests that we be considered for possible funding through the'Se ~et-Rside momes. While the amount of funding may not be mhat we haue requested, a grant from our city mould giue us added credibility In the eyes of priuate funders and foundations lllhith prouide the majority of our budget. Thank you, Julie, and we will continue to be in touch. Sincerely, h /' 111 i /II oPf llut1 Xf/>>~~ Mary Ann Glirksman Ilirector of Deuelopment :\1 \1 t\~ lOR' (01 $ IL 'I- Jm ce::' ~llholl \Ir Rlrh.ml L \lbn~hi \Ie 1).1\ Id I: ~Irne\ 'I- 'len-dlth BoL\ILl limIt \ Ilr K \It... Llml~ BOlI.lnn \Ii 8. \I~ Juhn P (mil R! \ -\IJIl HI ud \It I!.. \lr-.. tr .Ink Ihllllt'1lI11-.. Ie \i- llorcJlh\ -\ JJ lInl1 'Ir ~ \Ir- Petn' lh\.In \Ir \1111011 II ~ .Ieh-LlIll \Ir- 0l!:.1 F .Irh'II'1l1 'Ir ('{'()fRl' h'mnWl1 \Ir &. \11' \\ Ilh.ml B ~ntt'(ht' \Ir I!.. \lr-.. HJmld (,ould \Ir (.reg Helm \Ir Peter D ]acolNlfi \Ir &. \in. Rohert 0 Lool..er \Ir l\ \11' \\.lllJam ~ \IJrtm )r \1- [(loin I'ale\ ,I-.., \If LJrC\ PO'lJtr \Ir ~ \Ir, (,errult! Ruhlll \Ir ~ \le' ROllJlt! ~11lt:lf \Ii &. \1 r, l hadl' ~ \l1l1[h 'h lmdJ) ~p!IWl 'II, $[glll1a ru~nlr ~purglll 'te flull.-rt rt'~dlt 'Ii, \IJC)one Thom~ 'Ir I)Jllld) 1 rJ\ .Inti ( IlIOll I edt r .11 ~J\ I Il~, & LO.lI1 -\"O( 'Ie ,\ \1 r-. \ lC:or I Jcu~hll . . WESTSIDE FOOD BANK MAY 0 9 1989 PO. Box 1565. Santa MOnIca, CA 90406 · 213/451-4688 213/458-2720 May 9, 1989 Ms. Julie Rusk Human Services Coord~nator City of Santa Monica Dept. of Comrn. and Economic Development 1685 Main Street Santa Monica, Ca. 90401-3295 Dear Ms. Rusk: In response to the funding recommendations made by the staff of the Co~~un~ty Development Department, I would like to avail myself of this rev~ew period to request that you reconsider the level of fund~ng for Wests ide Food Bank (herewith referred to as WSFB) in FY 1989-90. Let me say at the outset that Westside Food Bank is extremely grateful to the C~ty of Santa Monica for its consistent financial support and technical assistance. Wests~de Food Bank would have been unable to expand its prov~sion of food to hungry people in the Santa Monica area without the City's willingness to fund salar~es and operational expenses. The recommendation was for funding at FY 88-89 level with a 4% increase, namely $82,002. WSFB is request~ng an enhancement increase of $8,468 to increase the development and community efforts by increaslng the Executive Direc~or's position from three quarter time to full time, and granting a small salary increase for the Warehouse Manager. I hope to be able to show you how our services do fall under the category of targeted funding priorit~es, and how dramatically our service to the residents of the City of Santa Monica have increased during the past five years. In FY 1985-86 Wests ide Food Bank provided 504,000 pounds of food to 9 Santa Monica BOARD OF DIRECTORS G Barry J Glaser, President- ROSie Slrickland, Vice President. DaVId She mart, VJce President. Gary 5 Bachrach, Treasurer- Judllhfranklin. FlnancIaJ Secrerl1r"jO DaVId M Cieslak. Secretary. Jovce 5 Abbott - Rev Robert Caslile. Frank DomenIck, Jr . DorolhV A Dunn. William B tntzsclle - Russell lane . SanlO LanzarQ[ta . Sara Martlnson . Barbara Platt. BernIce SlIemart . B1aire Simpson -Joanne Slnalko . Charles f Smlll1. Marlan WlIlleliead Marea Kellv, Executil'e Director . . Community Review Pg. 2 agenc~es. 148[000 pounds of that food was free USDA food. In FY 1988-89[ Westside Food Bank will provide in excess of 758[000 pounds of food to 21 agencies serv~ng Santa Monica residents. Fourteen of these agencies do not receive any free USDA food which means that WSFB purchases all the food which it supplies to them. WSFB w~ll supply the equivalent of $212,240 of food to Santa Monica residents in FY 1989-90. The attached chart list the agencies served by WSFB, the percentage of client~ s~rved who are Santa Monica res~dents, and the services prov~ded by those agenc~es which fall under the targeted categories of Youth Services, Housing Support Serv~ces, Money Management Services and Prevention of Homelessness. WSFB works in collaboration w~th all 21 agenc~es, supply~ng them with much-needed food at no cost and thereby allowing the agenc~es more time and money to spend on counselling and advocacy for the~r clients. WSFB regards its role in supply~ng free food to Santa Monica agencies as the cornerstone in a collaborative effort to reduce homelessness, and provide an array of support services such as housing support and money management. WSFB's increase in quality and quantity of service has been achieved with the collaboration of a small staff, an active Board of Directors, and 94 volunteers so far this fiscal year. In order to ma~nta~n and increase the level of service in the comrnun~ty[ outreach and development are a vital part of the overall plan. The enhancement of staff salaries and the expansion of the Executive Director's position are an integral part of well-planned development of the program. WSFB is very appreciative of the City of Santa Monica's foresight in realizing the importance of fund~ng salar~es and operational costs. No amount of food-buying money will be beneficlal to WSFB if fundlng is denied for development, . . Community Review Pg. 3 outreach and the day-to-day operation of the program. WSFB respectfully requests that you reconsider our enhancement request of $8,468 in recognition of our 75% increase in agencies served and our 50% increase in food prov~ded in the past five years. Our funding from the City of Santa Mon~ca has been increased by 4% during that period. We are fully aware that funding is lim~ted, and we do not want to take away from any other qualified agency but we hope that you will re-evaluate our services as falling under the targeted funding pr~orities. In closing may I say how much everyone involved in Wests~de Food Bank appreciates the funding and the support of the City of Santa Monica. We make our request for recons~derat~on of our request for program enhancement funds in the sp~rit of openness and cooperat~on wh~ch we have always experienced ~n our deal~ngs with the City of Santa Monica. I look forward to a meeting with you and members of your department on Thursday, May 11th at 11:30 a.m.. Please call me ~f you have any questions before then. Many thanks for your cooperation. Yours sincerely, ~~~~ Marea Kelly Executive Director . AGENCY Clare Teen Ctr. Clare Teen Rec. Daybreak Daybreak Shltr. Delancy St. M~ddle House opec Regis St. Anne's St. Joseph's Salvation Army S.M. LEUCAP Sojourn Sova Stepping Stone Step up on 2nd Turning Pt. Venice Bible Venice Christ~an Fa~th Sunl~ght TARGETED PRIORITIES Y.S./ P.H/ H.S.S. Y.S./ P.H/ H.S.S. P.R P.R./ H.S.S. P.H./ H.S.S. Y.S./ P.H./ H.S.S. P.R./ H.S.S. Y.S./ P.S./ H.S.S. P.H. P.H./ M.M.S./ H.S.S. P.H. P.H./ H.S.S. Y.S.S.! P.R./ H.S.S. P.H. Y.S./ P.H./ H.S.S. P.R./ H.S.S. P.H./ H.S.S. P.H./ H.S.S. P.H. P.H./ H.S.S. Y.S./ H.S.S. Y.S. - Youth Services H.S.S. - Hous~ng Support Services M.M.S. - Money Management Services P.H. - Prevention of Homelessness . % OF SERVICE TO S. M. RESIDENTS 20 20 100 100 100 45 100 15 100 25 100 100 100 50 100 100 100 25 20 100 100 A,r. ,,' -:; ~~; 66~:' A:'" ... aallfCl or ChrKlon- ~ .~"".:L COif''' ~ ::;0-..........,...)' Act ......$. 5P"I(T",c..ma... Lrpl'Jtt..~- :;cl'n.....u... Ty Ac'.....'5t l,jI;~\"\- Di!I~'s ~I k.O .F~......~- I\')!!, I oF-o e-uOr G.rl..~rl($ ...c_.:. - v cha." . 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CoI"'1 8oI'd oJ EaIJlLz,a 0"'" Supe~1oOf DtVll' D.Jna Su~1'VISO'" :Ed.....o.II'd 0 [Delma" ~ ~"ofo'n f1a;nn Wycr TOft! BraC'~y CoIolI'tCII'rNi'" I'lIctwi.c-A....r:)...,p Coun(:ll""In M,a",,1'I BtiluCl!' CouftCl'WQrI"Qn Ru.... c:,.a"a"'let ~~::~;':!.~~V$ COoIncI~ z.y Yillros!IvSly 0....,_ ~ern sp,~ ElI:ec..ll "'" D-~'o' Manc::., Johnso-- .;>.09.21.... C.,~ :. ..JEo+'r... c.".e"1aa Ph iJ ()r>..,. CC..........l DrK!()t . . May 9. 1989 Mayor Denn1s Zane City Hall 1685 Main Street Santa Mon1ca. CA 90401-3295 / '\.~ L -1'''"--.- ---..... Dear ~or Zane:J We're yriting to ask for your help request for funding enhancement to Vr~~{-'- ~.C!. \'II1V(1 l~ .r 1_ "'"-_ I - LLl Ll"\,~ in br1nging our urgent the City Counc1l. Venice Family Clinic requested an enhancement of $19.653 to support our increasing level of service to Santa Monica residents. Staff is not recommending enhanced fund1ng for our program; they stated that. though the Clinic "is very strong 1n its abi11ty to meet crit1cal community health needs" it can not be recommended for funding "because it is not a targeted funding prior1ty." There 1S no better illustrat10n of need for a service than the demand for and usage of it. Health care for the poor 1S a critical need nationally. 37 million people have no health insurance; Medicare and Med1-Cal benefits are being reduced; the cost of pr~vate care continues to rise at double the rate of ~nf1at~on; and the numbers of the underemployed. the unemployed and the home- less are T1sing. The need is equally crit1cal 1n Santa Mon~ca. Ven~ce Fam11y Clinic has been prov1d1ng med1cal care to an ~ncreas1ng nu~ber of needy City residents every year. In the last f~ve years the nu~ber of patients V1s1ts by Santa Monica residents has gone from 1.715 1n 1984 to 4.385 in 1988. From 1986. the start of our last t~o-year City grant. to 1988 our services to Santa Monica resi- dents increased 251, -- yet our new recommended C1ty fund1ng level re~a~ns the same. except for a 4% cost-of-1iv1ng increase. In addit10n to the large numbers we're no~ serving. we've been forced to turn away 5.000 others for lack of space -- but when our bui1d1ng expansion is completed early in 1990. ~e'll be able to meet the need. We need additional funds from the City to provide these services. For our patients -- 90% of whom fall below the poverty I1ne and have no insurance of any kind -- health care is a top priority. And though the C1ty has not made it a priority, it has set two other priorities that the Clinic meets -- youth and homeless services. 39% of our patients are children and adolescents. and 26% are homeless! In fact. the Clinic meets everyone of the C1ty'S grantee se1ect1on criter1a, and we're attaching a copy of the program summary and budget narrative from our application describing more fully how we meet the criteria and why we need the enhancement. Our last grant was $53,213--- or 4% of our total operating budget. If we get the enhancement we asked for, the new grant of $75.000 would still be only 4% of an operating budget that has grown in order to serve more people -- and 17% of the people we serve are from Santa Mon1ca. I'll call you next week. Thanks for your support. s~:___ Fern Seizer Executive Director A lax e)..empl, non P~of;t, pUbl,c beneflI orgonlzotJon prOViding free health core for low rncome fam,l'es . FORM 5 Agency Venlce Famlly CllnlC Program. Health Care SerVlces PROGRAM SUMMARY Current Year 1988-89* proposed Year 1989-90 (7/1/88 - 12/31/88 only) ~ of SM # of SM # of SM # of SM jof SH f of SM Persons Ethnic Low/No Persons Ethnic LoW/No perved Minority Income Served Minority Income Persons Persons Persons Persons # 1,179 # 696 It 1,179 # I, 600 tt 900 #: 1, 600 Program Summary Health care for the poor J.S a crltlcal need natlonally. 37 IDll11an people have no health lnsurance; Medlcare and Med1cald beneflts are belng reduced; the cost of prlvate care contlnues to rlse at double the rate of lnflatlon; and the numbers of the underemployed, the unenployed and the homeless are r1S1ng. The need 15 equally critlcal In Santa Monlca. Ven lce Fanlly Cllnlc has been prov1dlng medical care to an 1ncrea51ng number 0 needy City resldents every year. The number of Clln1c encounters wlth San ta Monlca resldents has gone from 1,715 1n 1984 to 2,708 In 1985 to 3,522 1 1986 to 3,746 In 1987 and to 4,385 ln 1988' We wlll 5Uffir,arlZe our program brlefly 1n response to the C1tyts Selectlon Cr1terla. 1) We provide effective ,and responsive services to cllents most 1n neec. Our broad range of health serV1ces lnclude general ped1atrlc. adult and faDlly ~ed1c1ne, weekly cl~n1cs for women. senlors, optometry. dlabetes and hyperte~slon; spec1alty cllnlcs In acupuncture, cardlology, der~atology, endocrlnology, ear/nose/throat, gynecology, neurology, ophthal mology, ortho~edlcs and phys1cal therapy; soclal work serv~ces ~n conJunc- tlon W1t~ the dellvery of rnedlcal care; and both In-Clinlc seSSlons and health outreach team V1SltS at communlty sltes for homeless persons. Our cllents are 1ndeed those ~vst lO need; we serve every onc of the Clty'S tar ge~ groups. 92% of our patlents have -lncones below the pcverty level, and 91% are un~nsured. 2) We are exceedlng our program goals for the curre~t year. 3) Our serV1ces are accesslble. The Cllnlc lS located 1n a Health Manpower Shortage Area of cr1tlcal need, HI the Oakwood sectlon of Ven1ce and two blocks from Santa Mon1ca. It 1S open 6 days and 4 nlghts a week, access1ble to the dlsabled, and our cllnlcal staff lS b1llngual and bl-cul- tural. 4) 75% of our patlents are mlnorlty. 100% no- and low-lncorne, and 3% have d~sablllt1es. 5) We do not dupllcate services avallable 1n the com- munlty (e.g. substance abuse); rather, we are the faml1y doctor for people wlth no other access to health care. We coordlnate and collaborate wlth more than 60 other agenc~es. 6) We have several procedures for cont1nually evaluatIng our program effectlveness and proposing improvements; the Board of Dlrectors has adopted a Strateglc Plan against wh1ch results are measure 7) Santa Monlca provides only 4% of our operat~ng budget, though Clty reS1- dents account for 17% of our pat1ents, we are requestLng an enhancement of our grant. 8) The Cllnlc enJoys a hlgh level of COmIDUnlty support. :rfpfrm5 -15- . FORM 8 Agency Venice Fam~ly Cl~n~c program Health Care SerV1ces BUDGET NARRATIVE The C1in1c's budget has grown stead~ly along w~th the ~ncrease 1n our pa- tIents, though we have managed to keep'the ~ncrease in costs at a lower rate than the Increase 1n patient VIS~tS. Patient visits have lncreased 25% SInce we got our CIty grant two years ago. We will hlghllght those sources of revenue for the ClLUlC wh~ch have change considerably. Flrst IS the Robert Wood Johnson Foundat~on's Health Care for the Homeless grant, whlch ended ~n December '88 after fqur years. Durlng the t~e of that grant, the McK1nney Homeless Ass~stance Act was passed, and for the past 1~ years 1t has provided the supplemental fundlng to the RWJ grant for our growing health care for the homeless program. Now that the RWl grant has ended, and funding levels for the McKinney Act are not yet set -- and very polit1cal and subject to change, we are concerned about a shortfall that we will have to meet with increased prIvate fund- ra1sing. The other major change has been the addIt10n of IRCA/SLIAG Act fundIng for services to amnesty-el1g1ble persons; these federal funds w1l1 re~burse the Cl~n1c for services to ELAs (e11g1ble legal allens), but not for the great majOrIty of our patIents, Includlng those not amnesty-ellglb e, for whom we get no federal support. Further compllcat~g our budget for thIS comlng year 1S the constructIon of our new bu~ldlng and the effort we must put ~nto raislng the remalnlng funds, from our lndlv~dual and foundatlon supporters, to pay for lt~ these cap1tal campa1gn efforts are expected to cut 1nto operatIng support for the ,mmedlate future. We are applY1ng to the Clty for both a cost-of-l~v1ng 1ncrease and for en- hanced fundlng for several reasons The cost-of-llvlng Increase 1S neces- sary because, by UCLA personnel pollcles wh1ch we follow, these lncreases are mandatory and the Cl~n~c must glve them annually to all career employ- ees. We are seeking enhanced funding in order to prov1de more serVlce to more people. We also feel that the level of serVlce to Santa Monica res~- dents has gro~TI far more rap~dly than the C1tyts level of support. The Cl1nic's Clty grant 1n 1987 was 4% of our total operat~ng budget, yet Sant MaU1Cd pat1ents ~ere 17% of our total patlent populat1an. The 1988 4% 1ncrease kept up w1th inflation but dldn't provlde any fundlng for the in creased nucbers of Santa Monica patIent VIsltS we had. Both our pat1ent viSlts and budget have grown conslderably, and we SImply need more money to provlde more serV1ces. From 1986 to 1988 we had a 25% lncrease ln VISlts by Santa Monlca res1dents, from 3,522 to 4,385. w1th no grant fun- ding for the Increase. At the same tlme, health care costs have been rlslng rap~dly and our serVlces have grown 1n scope and quallty of care. We are request1ng a program enhancement of $19.653 and a cost of living increase of $2,129. This would brlng our grant for 1989-90 to $75,000 whlch agaln lS only 4% of our operat1ng budget' Th1S addltlonal fund1ng w111 result 1n more serVlces for Santa Monica res idents and leverage addlt10nal fundlng. Health services are becomlng increasingly necessary, and they got only the smallest slice of this year s Santa Monlca Clty Community Servlces budget. 3.9%. Yet programs for the target populations we serve most heavlly -- youth, fam1lles and homeless rece1ved 48% of the fund1ng. We are suggest1ng that health programs for that same target populatlon be more fully funded In recognitlon of thelr vltal importance to the people we serve and want to serve next year. --- ------- -25- ~ . . ('T~V (}r' r::,,'I V,T/, "0\'TC^ C;'LT!:r0\;~ :\l(~ LfTl~"'A~!O"~ S;"~.v1.:C""S !~t1"~1.-1): _ .;\R!"t~~~~TA1.. ,,-q '.0 J .\'~r. ~:DY 12, :98') 'T'C Julle ~ ck, 11,..:rra11 Ser'!.l..:..C'es Coo'c1..-r;ttor ~~ 'l~1 CO'l~'lT11.ty Gr.:1-nts ~~E!.st{ 1?orce, CO""'UT'~c""lO"'" on 0' lor l\'T'e""-~";1~S SL''3Jr:c,-: Resro,...H:;C ~('1 'PrOP0SL . 1"f",,^'Io-Ye~r Cor't'-~Lt"1::..ty "Jeve'opTTlent T"),,!,..~ ""~J.r': YO" ror V~".. T)....,,~:'t tr3nSIJ115 . on o:!:" the l'ro~o'.ed 1)11n to ...-.ur '~o..-~.)l<. [orr--". h~ h:lVP t::llJoved .../()rk'L~...~ '....,:It:''' ' l.p~reCl~te your c.,o~~~,lt~0!'1. ~nc.. aval1d~ll~r:y .."" a":~-,,--.....t- Ct.l' 'l""o'!..ln.: ty Deve 1 Plle-I't- JU ~nd you~ st~:[ dUJ \ ,,' . ~{e .'l"'-e :!.'1 <,r-l"ce""pT't w~th J1l0st of st;1f:-'g r"-Lu'llm(''''c.1~'Ofl<; ;]nd wlwl"c we do ftdVe ~I..}.""'e iJ-._~ :lJ".~~L-.:t:S ot' cL":::~""'cer~-..., ,,:12-c..::~ l [~ u""}!y L ~.~, t~-"'~L~ o;....I:'e. ~., rl"~f~cur"l-t e~~oug~ tc l-,ot.e t~L. '';e co ~~el s:l"on~ly enoug~, aJOUr our pyo')C'l" . rtl. "'<:.ey]?ec 1::J:f0YTTJatlot'- 2.I'2 R.~fl r~r--'l (~eYVlc': crtd tIle 0ne.-S.tO~1 Hous:'...t'~ l\~~lstd!~ce IJrO,:-....L.....ifT' I C011~...~. e r-:". "e~VOC.l:L ror the!'!. '.llt:11 !:~.: C:l.ty COt'''lCl1- ;':'l~! 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(..olIL~rnl'd about 1 L,lblllty 11l~HrdIlce anti ..,ug7,E'':.t.., th..lt thiS u,',u", be addle'-,~cd e,lI ~v Hl the el1~I'HS""1 "~So The twn ('xc eptlOIl:O t'<1a t the Tdbk Force wou 1 d I'lilke to c, taf f reCC"'U'lt'l1dLl t lons [>.:!rtd'n to t11e re<1u~sl f!'Ol~ SUI'or He..llth dJld Peer COl'lt~elllli (';UPCC) Lor .' one-tule gr,lnc of f').f)[)O fl)r J\ldCk Older /Jutc Q.,rr..>1c11 L~l rILL' cOJ't'.lL'!ed level 01 fun,~ 'V)g for \,I.~,>t<;:!...'e Cnrl';"~'11ty f'Jr lncoJpcnCc'lt 1.1V1'1g. The City has LOP<i25~ently un:ec ltS <',';'1(""<3 to serve more et!'l1.lc l~.lJ\('r="::.es. S;lPCC has t.Lr2-V. '.-IJt't (~x~e':"~L.nt rc~,t1'~s> [0 co t'lJ~>. ~1 )i,01\" ""oLlt~ e"ldD'.. t~le:ln to ~d~l"1tlfv, ecl'.JL-iJtc ,-i!HI :)rov1.t'e ~erVlt.(:S ~o a ~.!..vJn2.r-'1 Lnt.. ~'11 lh~ -.,~ O.!.. pL.>O~1,.. ('If COI!\'L '11 ':'PL~ Yi.-1'r .......~lli-, l./f'lpld tl1~lI ("'""-"'""'It c '.' ~l.. td .re t~I.' cr.../..........s t:'" ...%_, Gn-gQ~.' 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Over the 'lears, tl1(~ CO"""l..ss:.on n.,,, deve:!.opCt! ;l close "';:.'l.'[.!..ulL~lnp Wl.th, '1ath CQldU'''lerc; ,~~,l "rovldel, ,d- ~",rv':"t,.s t"rouc',:l :.ts pLb':.c ItL,lrin,ss Dud till: c........"...J.t::ona.!. prcbr.l~'~' .11:1t It ?rc"''...'''':S or ('o-:-,pO'1 ,...,~s "n ::11 otl--ter Cl..'=y-fU'1(t, ,I cc,n", ]1'_tv ,lg02TIc.:..es or Clty c.C':",.Jrt'llC1'ts o:.:nJ a ;l~rl"o'l~oUS ~I'J s3tlsly.:..ng ,r'c:_n~ Y'e:~t':'oT1S~r'\~p '~T!.!:~l tl~~ !)CPdrt..., -~t <,t C...yr"-"I11:t"~~tv ~r"'L,~ 1 LI"I~I .Im~c D~vel~'T)rllent i~~~s ,:,valved. '""le CU'T~~S">lO'l t~<c., ......re.tt. rrJae "1 l..t~ TallO -., t.he CU"''''LU'llty f:r;"1~t; 'loceSb. ce. Katle Berserc;on B~l !dra Frdnk!ln-~oran C.V.A. ConlID;<slO'"1e...... C_ty l.Lmager ~dyor ~ ,',' '_tty COUh 11 :-I,.:n-b...rs r '1 \ -' ,..- ./ ../ ~-\ ~ISE Senior Sen.-ICes BO....RD OF DIRECTORS J1J...esJa.e'1.r Gll' -\. -\. ELLSWORTH ~uth'Tla-k r ..!.tlr1C C('Irp F'n-[ VI ~e rre'jl~....r L\"}';K'-l GLEI\!':EY -\rEX If__t-I'\Olog-_. ire s!!" (l'l";j \/1...... f,.-t'5i~:T- Jl:DfTH I-I-\"E LE[\1ERT WATT Ind~5~f1~5 loc "~o:::rf'.,::rn J ERR Y 1 JE\J5E" The R"\."';Q C('Jrf"./..,rTt-mn Trec.s~~er D....RIO (} '~U"lOG" :3an"3 Mwm:a ::ta:-,k i'l')l'l"'1.f'J".:1t.e P.:1~~ P,-....;;-.1:nr C-\ROLY'J SUTCHEB C'''I;:' Le.:a-.:!e. -'-HOM-\5 H C-\.RROLL Bav"d~ Olsfn..r LCorf'-.'Jn"nn TOf'[ J CH'-':SKI Ese M"c"dl "llhe'e & Knupr MORTO'\.' R CO(11( M~~Trp., R (\~~,~ & -\'t~tll..l"t-('.. ROBERT \1 GA.BRI~L Bnc GJ.l--rd en h5-Url.......~ THE.'.. 0 Gl-\.ZER Ct,.....ru'"\ P"l'--I"tl.... I~n=:-.+IT-ew C~vp JO H ",,!: E H... 'lSER, R" \. ~ 5cml1r -\Ctl" L...r -\.BfW HEllW....RTH J .......It.XJP,1a ::t"cu"I''''~::- in.. LEn,"'m L-\5Ei.L". lFe '::.....q \1l)"'11i': 1 ~~. horn~: Me.il::ll Cerm:~" !EA"ETTE I"HRTi'l rnc"," \i;.::{terJ...-~..,.,~ D-\.!':IEL .. E'LQT\'IK M:> L 'CL-=\ G~"I".I"JC po;.,..;+'1 ~"TI( -\.L-\" i' 5CHREIB\I';'l rT'o-~~r.lTe;.i G..L...k \~ mJ-g~'nt=-U E~jn-! SERf'" no,,!': -\ ~fi'ELDS \X.'....TT hL,rr'e- Ie, t\RCCE L T) :;0-': \X.'es[t-=n C2.rL[dl ~b""'ill!f'mt'rir DIYeL~?T E~n~!ol"i HELE!':-\ KeLT f:xl':4W_ e DI"'~::~')'" MAW-\. () "'RECH"'E:DERRA &..I-;Idl''''~ CO'TLm;".c~ C":.ll'r R.AY WA.TT (fL)rtnnl" ~; e=s.{sIJ~ ITld-f'~ndeTlt SeT\ 'c't:" [0 [he Ei.:ieri\, I 1320 ThIrd Srreer Promenade San[a ManKa, CahfaITlla 90401 (2m 394-9871 . . 1/ 73 May 26, 1989 Ms. Julle Rusk Department of Communlty & Economlc Development .1685 Ma~n Street Santa MODlca, CA 90401 Dear Julle: Flrst let me take the opportuDlty to thank you and the staff of the Department of Cornrnunlty and Econom~c Development for all your support throughout the years. We are ~n recelpt of your letter lncludlng the staff recommendatlons for funds for next FY 89-90. We would llke to address two lssues of great concern to us and to our constltuency. The flrst lssue ~s the transportat~on serv~ces, WISE has been offerlng to sen~ors and d~sabled persons. WISE has experlenced an enourmous lncrease on the demand for trlps as demonstrated by the chart below: -I t Number of TrlDS Mode Number of Trlps ~ I i Jan. through Mar. Jan. through Mar. . , 1 j ~ j 1988 1989 j I , ! - - ! 4954 (1651/mo) r Van 7388 (2462/mo) 2996 (998/mo) Tax~ 3323 (1107/mo) i 7950 (2649/rno) I Total 10,711 (3569/mo) I ! 1 Th~s ~s an ~ncrease of 2761 tr~ps per quarter or more than 900 more tr~ps per month. The number of certlfled cllents has lncreased from 658 on June 13, 1988 to 1480 on Apr~l 13, 1989. We contlnue to rece~ve about 20 appllcat~ons per week. Note that 59% (877) of our cllents are categor~zed as fra~l; needlng aSSls:ance. (contlDued) -' . . Ms. Jul1e Rusk May 26, 1989 Page Two. The telephone work ~nvolved ~n tak~ng tr~p orders and talk1ng to cl~ents have more than doubled and we f~nd that lf we are to preserve the qual~ty of our serVlces we need to add one more staff person to man the ph0nes. We w~ll be asklng C~ty Caunell next Tuesday to conslder ~ncreas~ng our Transportatlon grant by $18,000 wh~ch wlll afford us to add one pOSltlon to our eX1stlng staff. At a later date we would l~ke to request your asslstance 1n evaluat10g the whoJe program and perhaps sett~ng 1~rn1ts ~n the number of people we serve and the prior1tles of the tr1ps. The second lssue lS the Money Management Servlces, a new serv~ce, co-sponsored by WISE, Senlor Health and Peer Counsellng Center and Jewlsh Farnlly Serv~ces. Our proposal asked for $89,262 to ln~t~ate th~s new program. Your recommendatlon ~s for fund~ng at a level of $47,171. We proposed to narrow the serv~ces to lnclude only the Senlor Advocates Program 1n an expanded mode and the Women Flnanc~al Educatlon Program as a beglnn~ng of a core of Money Management serv~ces and evaluat~ng the add~t~on of other components at a later date. We would also request of the Clty Councll to fund us for the ent~re program cost for the f~rst year and at a ratLo of 75%/25% for ~he second year. It lS our experler.ce that to succeed a new serVlce needs some stab~llty 10 the flrst two or three years. We don't know know yet the extent of the need or our capab~llty to support 50% of the program ~n the second year. (cont~nued) . . Ms. Jul~e Rusk May 26, 1989 Page Three. Thank you for the opportun~ty to present our concerns. S~ncerely, ti-v~ /.--- - / /~ _ / . 0'_ I~ / (~./ /;--"..~ C--""-- , / ; { Marla O. Arechaederra Executlve Dlrcctor MOA:ch cc: Mayor Dennls Zane Counc]lme~ber Judy Abdo ~ Davld F~nkel Ken Genser BlIl Jennlngs Chrlstlne Reed Herb Katz " " " . . 1 pj /' ./ SANTA MONICA Rent Control Board CommissIoners , ._'>-~:'- .~~ "':;;'&j,,;~.~"':;S;,~~}wtt@r" .; - .. ~B ~ 1685 MaIO Street Santa Mom ca, CA 90405-3295 (213) 458-8751 ..-~.oj.~.~~...r;:j~~:~~~~~~~~.. ';;.t:.i~~-~';-~'~~~_.:. WAYNE BAUER JULIE LOPEZ DAD SUSAN PACKER DAVIS EILEEN LIPSON DOLORES PRESS May 30, 1989 Honorable Councilmembers City of Santa Mon1ca 1685 Main Street Santa Monica, Cal1fornia 90401 Dear Councilmembers: The Rent Control Board Commissioners support the full time funding request of the Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles's (LAFLA) Santa Monica Housing Law Unit. Each month the Rent Control Board offices receive thousands of tenant inquiries about evictions, overcharges, and general landlord-tenant relations. We refer these inquiries to all ava11able legal services programs, and heartily support all of them. Although the Rent Control Law provides substantial rights to Santa Monica tenants, these rights are meaningful only when they are enforced. The just cause eviction protections of the Rent Control Law offer protection only when tenants threatened with illegal evictions are well informed, are willing to stand up for their rights, and have access to the courts. We consistently receive positive reports of the counseling and representation provided to tenants by LAFLA's attorneys. If LAFLA's program is expanded to a full time one[ it could fill more of this City's eX1sting unmet need for housing advocates. We need dedicated attorneys preserving existing tenancies and protecting available housing to assure that our community maintains its economic and ethnic diversity. While you undoubtedly have many qualified applicants for funding through the Community Development Block Grant Program, we urge you to make LAFLA's full-time funding a priority. Very truly yours[ ~ ~ p(~~ ~~!SI'V\ Susan Packer Davis Chairperson Santa Monica Rent Control Board cc: John Jalili Barbara Stinchfield Katharine Krause Michael Tarbet . . 7/B SANTA MONICA _. . - ~. - - -'. ~.- . -' ~_~~~~1..~-~"':-.~~~_~~~~f..iJ.",-,~~," .'. ~.' .'.. ,.---~,..,,~':~..... - -I~'~~:J--'~~)'''' h" J~I ~'-:.~:!-o;::.l';::i'?' 3&" ~ w.: ~ ~- - .t.t:1e- .l:~-~;>'- - . - Rent Control Board CommIssioners 1685 Main Street Santa Momca, CA 90405-3295 (213) 458-8751 WAYNE BAUER JULIE LOPEZ DAD SUSAN PACKER DAVIS EILEEN LIPSON DOLORES PRESS May 30, 1989 Honorable Councilmembers City of Santa Monica 1685 Main Street Santa Monica, California 90401 Dear Councilmembers: The Rent Control Board Commissioners support the full time funding request of the Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles's (LAFLA) Santa Monica Housing Law Unit. Each month the Rent Control Board offices receive thousands of tenant inquiries about ev~ct1ons[ overcharges, and general landlord-tenant relations. We refer these inquiries to all available legal services programs, and heartily support all of them. Although the Rent Control Law provides substantial rights to Santa Monica tenants, these rights are meaningful only when they are enforced. The just cause eviction protections of the Rent Control Law offer protection only when tenants threatened with illegal evictions are well informed. are willing to stand up for their rights, and have access to the courts. We consistently receive pos1tive reports of the counseling and representation provided to tenants by LAFLA's attorneys. If LAFLA's program is expanded to a full time one, it could fill more of this City's existing unmet need for housing advocates. We need dedicated attorneys preserving existing tenancies and protecting available hOUS1ng to assure that our community maintains its economic and ethnic d1versity. While you undoubtedly have many qualified applicants for funding through the Community Development Block Grant Program, we urge you to make LAFLA's full-time funding a pr1ority. Very truly yours, ~ ~ p[~~ ~<J/Sf'V\ Susan Packer Davis Chairperson Santa Mon1ca Rent Control Board :c: John Jalili Barbara St1nchfield Katharine Krause M1chael Tarbet --