AGENDA ITEM NO. 10.4

CITY OF ELK GROVE CITY COUNCIL STAFF REPORT

AGENDA TITLE: Adopt a resolution authorizing the City

Manager to negotiate and enter into a contract with Sacramento Self-Help Housing for the ownership and management of a transitional housing project

MEETING DATE: February 8, 2012 PREPARED BY: Sarah Bontrager, Housing Program Manager DEPARTMENT HEAD: Taro Echiburú, Planning Director RECOMMENDED ACTION: Staff recommends that the City Council adopt a resolution authorizing the City Manager to negotiate and enter into a contract with Sacramento Self-Help Housing for the ownership and management of a transitional housing project. BACKGROUND INFORMATION: The City received about $455,000 in 2011-12 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funding via the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). In October 2011, the City Council approved a budget of approximately $240,000 in Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funding for the acquisition and rehabilitation of a single-family or half-plex home to be used to provide transitional housing for Elk Grove’s homeless residents. Key Features In developing the project, City staff solicited feedback from the Homeless Solutions Committee, an informal committee of nonprofit and local faith-based organizations with an interest in homelessness issues. The

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Elk Grove City Council February 8, 2012 Page 2 of 6 Committee identified key features of the house and policies for its residents, including the following:

• The house will have at least four bedrooms and two bathrooms; be in close proximity to transit, the Food Bank, and services; and have sufficient room for a pet enclosure in the rear yard.

• Residents will be very low-income Elk Grove homeless households. Priority will be given to those persons who have the greatest potential for transition to permanent housing.

• Sobriety is required on entry, with limited exceptions as required by

fair housing law.

• The initial stay will be 90 days, with the possibility of three 30-day extensions at the discretion of the nonprofit organization.

• Residents will meet regularly with a case worker, who will prepare an

individual case management plan. Failure to make progress toward meeting goals will be grounds for eviction.

Request for Proposals In November 2011, the City released a Request for Proposals (RFP) to solicit a nonprofit service provider to administer the transitional housing project. The RFP noted that the City would fund the acquisition and rehabilitation of the house, but that the nonprofit would be responsible for securing funding for the transitional housing operations. Limitations of the CDBG program prevent the City from funding the operations and furnishings of the transitional house using the $240,000 budget. The City sent the RFP directly to a few homeless service providers, and also enlisted the help of Sacramento Steps Forward, the County’s successor homeless agency, to send the RFP to their extensive list of homeless organizations. The RFP was available from November 30, 2011 until January 10, 2012.

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Elk Grove City Council February 8, 2012 Page 3 of 6 ANALYSIS: The City received only one response to the RFP, from Sacramento Self-Help Housing (SSHH). There were likely a few reasons for the low response:

• Funding for operations in future years is uncertain and subject to the nonprofit’s ability to conduct successful fundraising and grant writing efforts.

• Many nonprofits are reluctant to take on new programs in the current economy, especially with the County homeless budget for existing programs in flux.

• The project is small compared to the size of projects operated by

some of the larger nonprofits, like Volunteers of America or Salvation Army.

• Many regional nonprofits do not have relationships with the local

Food Bank, churches, etc. Staff expects these organizations will play a major role in supporting the project.

Proposal Highlights The main portion of the SSHH proposal is included as Attachment 2; back-up documents, such as tax filings, are available upon request. Highlights of the SSHH proposal include the following:

• Experience. Since 1993, SSHH has operated similar projects in Sacramento and the County. Their typical project provides housing for six individuals—five clients and one house leader. The houses they operate serve a variety of individuals, from persons needing permanent supportive housing to the temporarily homeless. SSHH has successfully operated the Cathedral House, a project very similar to Elk Grove’s, since 2005.

• Staffing. The proposed staff for the transitional house includes a housing / property manager, a house leader coordinator, a caseworker, a housing counselor, and a house leader. The caseworker and housing counselor have been working in Elk Grove

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for several years and currently provide service from the Food Bank facility.

• Approach. SSHH’s approach to managing the house and working

with clients includes the following:

o A house leader who lives on-site full-time to ensure that the house is maintained in excellent condition and that all clients are observing house rules.

o Developing and maintaining a good relationship with neighbors.

o An emphasis on assisting those homeless clients who can reasonably be expected to transition to permanent housing with the assistance of SSHH staff.

o Close coordination with the Elk Grove Food Bank’s Support Works and other social service programs.

o Case management that includes benefits counseling (to secure

Social Security, disability, welfare, etc.) and alcohol / drug counseling.

o Development of an individualized case management plan for

each client, with which the client must comply in order to remain living in the house.

o Transportation assistance in the form of bus passes for clients.

• Budget. SSHH proposed a budget of $1,830 per month ($21,960

annually) to operate the house. The budget includes staffing for property and case management, insurance and utilities, bus passes for residents, and household supplies. The budget is consistent with staff’s expectation for this type of facility.

• Financial capacity. SSHH has a history of successfully securing funding for its projects and programs. They currently receive more than $540,000 annually from HUD, in addition to more than $200,000 in various contracts and $64,000 from private donations or special

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events. Since 2003, SSHH has received CDBG funding from Elk Grove for housing counseling, so they are familiar with the federal requirements.

Ownership Although the RFP contemplated the nonprofit purchasing the home and owning it during rehabilitation, SSHH requested that the City purchase the home initially and own it during rehabilitation, because they do not have extensive experience with construction activities. After the completion of the rehabilitation, the home would be legally transferred to SSHH with a deed restriction to ensure the property is used for the intended purpose. Staff is amenable to this ownership structure, particularly because it will likely expedite the process of purchasing and rehabbing a home. SSHH will work closely with the City to select a home and draw up work specifications to ensure that the location and features of the home meet their needs. Funding The City has a budget of $240,000 for the acquisition and rehabilitation of the selected house. Staff anticipates that this budget will fully cover the costs of acquiring and rehabbing the property, as well as any costs associated with transferring the unit to SSHH. Impact Community Church, one of the members of the Homeless Solutions Committee, has committed to fund the first year of operations for the house. To the extent that additional funding is needed, People Assisting the Homeless (PATH) has also committed up to $7,000 for the first year of operations. Staff anticipates that SSHH will continue to work with local organizations in future years, along with applying for CDBG and Community Service Grant funding, although there is no guarantee of funding. Award As a part of reviewing the proposal, staff contacted HUD to ensure that awarding the contract to the only respondent would be acceptable. HUD agreed that the City had met the federal procurement requirements, which included encouraging free and open competition, and indicated that they would support the City awarding the contract to SSHH.

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Elk Grove City Council February 8, 2012 Page 6 of 6 The need for transitional housing remains high in Elk Grove. In recognition of SSHH’s qualifications and in the interest of completing the project in a timely manner, staff recommends that the Council move forward with designating SSHH as the transitional housing project administrator. ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS: No environmental analysis is necessary at this time as this action is the award of a contract and it is not associated with any specific location at this time. Once a location is identified, the project will be reviewed in compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). FISCAL IMPACT: The City allocated $239,605.21 in CDBG funding to this project on October 26, 2011, and that allocation is expected to fully cover the acquisition, rehabilitation, and transfer of the selected property. The project operating costs are anticipated to be funded by private sources, including donations from faith-based and nonprofit organizations. Therefore, at this time, the project will require no funding from the General Fund. Administrative costs are also covered by the grant funding. ATTACHMENTS:

1. Resolution 2. Sacramento Self-Help Housing Proposal

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ATTACHMENT 1

A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ELK GROVE AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND ENTER INTO A

CONTRACT WITH SACRAMENTO SELF-HELP HOUSING FOR THE OWNERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT OF A TRANSITIONAL HOUSING PROJECT

WHEREAS, on October 26, 2011, the City Council approved the allocation of $239,605.21 in Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program funding for the acquisition and rehabilitation of a house to be used for the purpose of providing transitional housing to homeless persons; and WHEREAS, the City released a formal Request for Proposals to solicit a transitional housing project administrator, which was circulated both directly by the City and by Sacramento Steps Forward, the County’s homeless coordination agency; and WHEREAS, upon closing the Request for Proposals period after more than 30 days, the City had received one proposal from Sacramento Self-Help Housing; and

WHEREAS, the City evaluated the proposal from Sacramento Self-Help Housing and found it met the City’s minimum requirements and included terms and costs determined to be reasonable.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Elk Grove hereby authorizes the City Manager to negotiate and enter into a contract with Sacramento Self-Help Housing for the ownership and management of a transitional housing project, with the maximum value of the contract not-to-exceed the amount of CDBG funding allocated to the project.

PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Elk Grove this 8th day of February 2012. JAMES COOPER, MAYOR of the

CITY OF ELK GROVE ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM: JASON LINDGREN, CITY CLERK JONATHAN HOBBS,

INTERIM CITY ATTORNEY

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Sarah Bontrager January 6, 2012

City of Elk Grove

8401 Laguna palms Way

Elk Grove, CA 95758

Sacramento Self-Help Housing proposes to operate a transitional housing program in Elk Grove

for residents of the City of Elk Grove. The program will be housed in a residence located in Elk

Grove that will be purchased for that purpose by the City of Elk Grove. The potential clients will

be pre-screened for the purpose of selecting individuals that are homeless and have the

potential for maintaining permanent housing with some preparatory assistance in reaching this

goal by our case workers, staff and other related agencies. The clients will be referred to us by

the Elk Grove Food Bank, PATH, our Elk Grove Housing Counselor and other Elk Grove entities.

The proposed program will house five clients at a time for approximately ninety days with a

possibility of an extension when appropriate. This program is designed similar to the one we

have successfully operated for the last seven years in Sacramento under the auspices of the

Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament Chapter of St Vincent de Paul.

The support team would include a number of different staff. As we operate approximately

seventeen similar houses we have a number of specialized positions. There would be an on-site

live-in House Leader to help provide security and oversee the house. As we will want to be

good neighbors this will be one of the primary tasks of the House Leader. The House Leader will

also see that the clients perform chores to help maintain the house and to foster idea of shared

responsibility. Food will be provided for the clients. The House Leader will see that there is

adequate and healthy food available for the clients. With the assistance and oversight of the

House Leader the clients will prepare their own meals. Our property manager will be

performing periodic inspections to see that the house is kept up to the highest standards of

safety. Other members of the team would be the case worker, who would assist the client in

designing a case plan as well as helping them follow up with their goals and monitor their

progress, the House Leader Coordinator, the case work supervisor and project manager.

The city and SSHH will select the house, then the city will own the house during the renovation

process and transfer title to Sacramento Self Help Housing, Inc. through a non-profit 501 © 3

set up by SSHH just for this purpose. SSHH will operate the house with funds contributed by

community groups including churches, the PATH and other civic organizations.

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The lead organization would be Sacramento Self-Help Housing. Our Executive Director, John

Foley, would be overseeing and auditing the project. Ken Bennett would be the Project

Manager and primary case worker with Freda Walker, our Elk Grove Housing Counselor

assisting. Out property manager is Michelle Ward and our House Leader Coordinator is

Margaret-Mary Miller. It is too early to yet name an on-site House Leader.

The contact information for our Executive Director is: John Foley at jfoley@sacselfhelp.org or

916-341-0593, ext. 11. The contact information for the Project Manager is

kbennett@sacselfhelp.org or 916-821-9428. The information for our Housing Counselor for Elk

Grove is Freda Walker at fwalker@sacselfhelp.org or 916- 341-0593, ext. 23

We, at Sacramento Self-Help Housing, have been involved in helping the homeless and very

low-income families and individuals of Elk Grove find appropriate and affordable housing since

2005. We have long seen the need for a transitional housing program in Elk Grove and

proposed this new project several months ago to the Food Bank, PATH and the City. We see it

as a natural outgrowth of our current program of Housing Counseling and assistance that we

have been providing the residents of Elk Grove for these last few years. As we have been

already operating such a house in Sacramento for some time it was only natural that we would

make the connection with Elk Grove. We even did a study of our clients in Elk Grove to test the

need for Elk Grove residents to have such a program and found that it was substantial. We are

prepared, ready and eager to take on such a project. It is a perfect fit for our agency objectives,

history, and capabilities.

John Foley, Executive Director

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Table of Contents

1.Introductory Letter page 1-2

2.Table of Contents page 3

3. Qualifications and Experience page 4-6

4. Work Plan page 7-8

5. Budget and Financing Plan page 9-10

6. Conflict of Interest Statement page 11

7. Supportive Information

a. Articles of Incorporation page 12-17

b. IRS 500© (3) Designation Letter page 18-19

c. Copy of Agency’s Mission Statement page 20

d. Current list of Board of Directors page 21

e. Organization Chart page 22

f. Certified Organizational Audit/Financial Statement

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Audited financial statements

Profit and Loss statement for FY 2010

g. Current fiscal budget including funding sources

h. Resumes

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3. Qualifications and Experience

a. Organizational Narrative.

Our organization has many years of experience in operating these types of projects. When

Sacramento Self-Help Housing began we were an outgrowth of Loaves & Fishes. Our founder

and current Executive Director, John Foley in his efforts to house very low income individuals

developed a unique system that we called “Friendship Housing”. It was a type of housing that

honored the dignity and respected the individual. It helped them become self-sufficient.

Instead of a shelter or institution, we rented single family homes. Six individuals are allowed to

share a home without a permit or license. Therefore we rented out shared and private rooms

at very low cost to five individuals and one room was saved for a House Leader to live there for

free in exchange for managing the household, to make sure that chores were done, the house

kept up and to facilitate our good neighbor policy. From this basic concept we expanded,

transformed and adapted this idea to serve other projects.

There are a number of projects based on this model that we have successfully operated and

been able to finance effectively over the last several years. The one that most resembles the

Elk Grove Transitional is the Cathedral St. Vincent de Paul Shelter and Transitional House in

Sacramento. This is financed by St. Vincent de Paul. We also operate the Friendship Housing

program for chronic homeless individuals. We have four houses in this program which are

financed by HUD. The newer program modeled after Friendship Housing is the Friendship

Housing Expansion Program where we have eight additional houses financed by HUD. Another

program using the same housing model is the Effort Housing Program. We partner with the

Effort to operate two houses for their clients. This project has been ongoing for five years. All

of these above mentioned programs are successfully in operation and financially solvent. Our

partners in these programs have always maintained adequate financial support even during

these recent years of government cut backs and reduced financial resources. They understand

and value the services we provide. Sacramento Self-Help Housing has been stable and growing

ever since we first opened our doors in 1990.

b. Qualifications. (SSHH team in general)

We have been operating some of these similar programs since 1993. Michelle Ward, our

housing manager, Margaret-Mary Miller, our House Leader Coordinator, and Ken Bennett, one

of our caseworkers have been working as a team under the direction of our Executive Director,

John Foley for over three years together. Freda Walker, our housing counselor, has been doing

housing counseling in Elk Grove for two years. Before that Ken had been our back up housing

counselor for Elk Grove since 2005. We have successfully operated the Cathedral transitional

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program since 2005, where we have had a tremendous success in helping our clients secure

permanent housing.

c. Experience ( recent, relevant projects—include 3)

Three of our on-going projects that have helped us in gaining the experience needed to operate

the Elk Grove transitional are the Cathedral Project, the Effort Housing, and our permanent

supportive housing which is funded by HUD. The Cathedral project is the model for our

proposal for the Elk Grove transitional. The experience we have gained from operating that

program will be crucial in making the Elk Grove Transitional successful. The Cathedral program

was our inspiration for suggesting and promoting the idea of having a similar program in Elk

Grove. It is also a partnership program. As we wish to partner with the citizens and city of Elk

Grove, the Cathedral Project has as its partner the St. Vincent de Paul Chapter of the Cathedral

of the Blessed Sacrament.

In the Effort Housing Program we are partnered with The Effort and Sutter Hospital. The

hospital refers clients who are frequent users of the emergency room and are probably using it

as a shelter. The Effort provides the case management and we provide transitional shelter until

the Effort can obtain permanent housing for the clients. This has been a very successful

program we have been working with since 2007.

Another relevant project that we partner with the County of Sacramento and HUD are our two

permanent supportive housing projects. This is the basic model we use for all of the many

houses we operate. We have been operating these houses successfully since 2006. We started

with four and have since added eight more. We typically lease a house with four or five

bedrooms, we install one of our trained House Leaders, and then we interview homeless

individuals to see that they meet the HUD criteria for the program. We provide ongoing case

management, housing counseling for those that are ready to move-on to more independent

living, and we provide a House Leader to oversee the house. Normally there will be five clients

in each house.

d. Team member experience ( Ken Bennett, Freda Walker, Michelle Ward, Margaret-Mary

Miller, John Foley)

Ken Bennett had been working for SSHH since January of 2006. He has overseen the Cathedral

Program since 2007. He has worked as a housing counselor for SSHH since he first began

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working here including for several years in Elk Grove. In 2007 he became the principal case

worker for the first four of our permanent supportive housing programs. Before coming to

SSHH he worked at the WIND homeless teen center for about seven years as the Education

Director. He has an M.A from San Jose State and did his undergraduate work at Pepperdine

University. Freda Walker, one of our senior housing counselors has been our primary housing

counselor for Elk Grove for over two years. She also does housing counseling for the residents

of Rancho Cordova and the Winter Overflow Shelter. Freda has been a nurse and has a degree

in Sociology from Sacramento State University. Michelle Ward has been our property manager

since 2009. She had been working in property management before working with us since 1995.

Margaret-Mary Miller has been the House Leader Coordinator for SSHH since 2007. Before this

she worked at Loaves & Fishes and helped found Sister Nora’s, a shelter for women with severe

mental health problems. John Foley, our Executive Director founded Sacramento Self Help

Housing. This was an outgrowth of the housing counseling program at Loaves & Fishes which

he established before founding SSHH. From a startup agency with only two employees we now

successfully run several programs housing approximately one hundred individuals at any one

time. Seventy-two of those housed are funded by HUD grants. We as well provide housing

counseling for the cities of Elk Grove, Citrus Heights and Rancho Cordova funded by CDBG

grants. We also provide housing counseling for homeless families and individuals who are

currently in the Winter Overflow Shelter. We work with two different Veteran programs in

assisting veterans find housing in Sacramento as well. In the future we hope to continue to

partner with other organizations and entities to help provide supportive and transitional

housing as well as housing counseling. We believe we are the experts in Sacramento County for

housing counseling and for this kind of shared housing.

e. References

Amber Salazar with the Effort: 3900 47th St. Sacramento, CA 95824, 916-313-8485

Suzanne Hammer of Sacramento County (Friendship Housing and Friendship Housing

Expansion): 916-874-4325

Susannah Huerta, President of St. Vincent de Paul Cathedral Chapter: huertas@saccounty.ne

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4. Work Plan

a. The purpose of the transitional house will be to house homeless individuals that we identify

as having the potential to obtain and maintain permanent housing with a limited amount of

assistance. Our method will be to identify homeless individuals whose barriers to permanent

housing are barriers than can reasonably be overcome with our assistance and the assistance of

other agencies that we refer the clients to. This is a self-help plan. These clients are clients that

will be identified as having barriers to permanent housing but barriers that once overcome they

will be able to be basically self-sufficient. Assistance by our staff will be provided to help with

their housing search. We will refer the clients to other agencies and other services for

employment and benefit counseling. The Elk Grove Supportive Services Program operated by

the Elk Grove Food Bank will be the primary agency we will work closely with to help provide

employment preparedness and employment search services. These services will be provided

for free to our shared clients. We also have a benefit counselor and an Alcohol and Drug

counselor on staff that can also provide assistance when deemed necessary. For medical and

psychological assistance we will be referring the clients to other agencies as needed. The Elk

Grove Food Bank has also offered to help supply food and clothing for the cleints.

b. We expect most of our clients will be referred to us by the Social Worker at the Elk Grove

Food Bank, Renee West, members of PATH, local participating churches and our Elk Grove

Housing Counselor, Freda Walker. We have already done a survey of potential transitional

clients in Elk Grove and in our preliminary findings we found 24 single adults, 13 males and 11

females who could probably benefit from such a program in the last few months.

Our case manager will concentrate on assisting the clients overcome the barriers they are

experiencing in finding housing. The case manager will first do one of our standard intakes we

use at all of our houses. Then we will do a “housing barriers assessment” which is a more

thorough needs assessment. Using this tool in discussion with the client we will jointly create a

case plan with the goal being permanent housing.

Part of the case plan will be to assess the possible government benefits that the client is eligible

for. We may refer the client to our in-house benefits counselor or to another agency with the

appropriate expertise. We will assist the client in following through with the necessary steps

whether gathering medical records or making appointments for medical care or psychological

evaluation and counseling.

We will coordinate closely with the Elk Grove Food Bank’s Supportive Services Program. Any

client that can benefit from their services will be required to participate unless there is some

overwhelming reason why they should not. In the Supportive Services Program they will

receive work readiness and job preparedness training as well as life skills coaching. PATH, in

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some cases, will provide individual mentors when appropriate. We will work closely with PATH ,

Supportive Services and their staff as well as the Elk Grove Food Bank’s case worker to monitor

the client’s progress and changing needs as the client progresses. We will also provide bus

passes to assist the clients for their transportation needs to job interviews, training, etc.

From the beginning of our relationship with the client we will make housing goals and adopt

them as circumstances change. One of our Housing Counselors will work with them using our

data base and the knowledge of the various housing counselors on our staff to find appropriate

housing and assist them in transitioning to permanent housing.

SSHH has two HUD grants that have been renewed over several years so we are familiar with

HUD requirements and have always scored highly in their annual assessments. We will also

work closely with Sarah Bontragger of the City of Elk Grove to make sure we are in compliance

with any special HUD obligations associated with this project. We have a proven history of

working with The City of Elk Grove on the CDBG grants for several years as well as our long term

partnership with HUD in Sacramento.

In all of our various housing projects, many similar to the one proposed here, we have worked

diligently and have been successful in being a good neighbor. Our House Leaders are charged

with seeing that the neighbors are pleased with our presence. We keep up the yard and

exterior of our houses, often upgrading the neighborhood as opposed to distracting from it.

We discourage any loitering in front of the house. Any complaints or grievances that the

neighbors may have are addressed and dealt with quickly. However the complaints have been

very rare. Any client that causes a disturbance and embarrasses our house or agency is dealt

with swiftly and repeat offender will be dismissed from the program.

c. Our approach is result oriented. Our object is to secure permanent housing for our clients.

We do not expect to solve all of their problems in three months. We are focused on

overcoming the barriers to housing whatever they may be and solving those specific issues. We

also understand that every individual is different and requires individual attention with a case

plan that is constructed solely for them. We are a self-help program. Our aim is to assist the

client in helping themselves become self-sufficient. By having such a small program it allows

more flexibility and less regimentation therefore allowing the client more freedom in working

through their own barriers to housing. We see each client as an individual with individual

needs. We do not try and fit them into any one mold but honor and recognize their diversity.

d. SSHH will work closely with Elk Grove staff to locate the appropriate house and will approve

of the property. SSHH will participate in design and remodel decisions and will approve the

plan. SSHH will take ownership of the property from the City once the house has been brought

up to the agreed upon standards and has been inspected.

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Sacramento Self Help Housing, Inc.

Elk Grove Transitional House Monthly Operating Budget

Insurance $ 120.00

Utilities $ 180.00

Food & Household Exp. $ 350.00

House Leader Expense $ 80.00

Staff Expense $ 800.00

Supplies and Repairs $ 120.00

Staff Mileage $ 50.00

Client Transportation $ 100.00

Telephone Expense $ 30.00

Monthly Total $1,830.00

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Ken,

It is my understanding that the Impact Community Church has made a verbal commitment to

finance the operations of the house the first year. Pastor Barry Smith gave me this news about 3

weeks ago. In addition, PATH has committed up to $7,000 to help finance the operation of the

home, if needed.

Frank

On Dec 27, 2011, at 1:40 PM, Ken Bennett wrote:

In the City of Elk Grove RFP for the transitional house they are requesting, if possible, letters of financial commitment. IF PATH or any churches or other Elk Grove entities have made commitments or are willing to make commitments for financial support for the transitional program or perhaps aid-in-kind donations, such as the Food Bank,it would be a great benefit to have a copy of such a letter to include in the grant proposal. It need not be a commitment directly to Sacramento Self-Help Housing but just to the Elk Grove Transitional program itself. That way there would be no conflict in case the grant was awarded to some other organization. The deadline for the grant proposal is January 10, 2012. Feel free to call or e-mail me if you have any questions. I will be out of town on vacation until January 3, 2012. Thanks, kb

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6. Conflict of Interest Statement

We are not aware of any activities or relationships which might create a conflict of interest for

Sacramento Self Help Housing or for the City of Elk Grove.

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