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1. Welcome • Funds Available • Low-Income Housing Funds • Homeless Housing Funds • 2009 Application Information

2. 2009 Funds Available • City Low-Income Housing Fund (2060) $55,000 Estimate • Chelan-Douglas Homeless Housing Fund (2163 & 1359) $230,000 Estimate

3. Low-Income Housing 2060 Funds • Must be utilized for eligible housing activities that serve very low-income households with incomes at or below 50% of the area median income Chelan and Douglas County’s 2008 AMI is $57,000. The eligible income level for a family of four would be $28,500

4. Low-Income Housing Fund Eligible Activities • Acquisition, construction, or rehabilitation of affordable very low-income housing; • Building operation & maintenance costs of affordable very low-income housing built w/ housing trust funds, that require a supplement to rent income; • Rental assistance vouchers for affordable housing for very low-income persons, through an existing rental assistance voucher program, consistent with the HUD’s section 8 rental assistance voucher program standards; and • Operating costs for emergency shelters & licensed overnight youth shelters.

5. Low-Income Housing Funds Available City of Wenatchee $55,000 (Estimate) - 2009

6. Chelan-Douglas Homeless Housing 2163 Funds • Must be used to benefit the homeless • Furthering priorities established in the Chelan/Douglas Ten-Year Plan to Reduce Homelessness will receive the highest consideration

7. Homeless Housing Fund Eligible Activities • Rental & furnishing of units for homeless persons; • Developing affordable housing for homeless persons and services for formerly homeless still at risk; • Operating subsidies for transitional or permanent housing for formerly homeless; • Services to prevent homelessness; • Temporary services to assist persons leaving state institutions & other programs; • Homeless outreach services; • Rental vouchers for persons: homeless, below 30%AMI, or immediate risk of becoming homeless; and • Other activities to reduce & prevent homelessness as identified in Chelan-Douglas Plan.

8. Ten-Year Plan Priorities(Groups Identified) • Homeless Families • Homeless Youth • Chronically Homeless Individuals

9. Strategies Identified • Housing (infrastructure and services) • Services • Prevention

10. Homeless Short term Priorities • Ninth Street Mobile Home Park • Homeless Outreach • Assess chronically homeless for mental health & substance abuse • Support homeownership opportunities • Ensure SSI & Medicaid benefits are reinstated at jail release

11. Homeless Long term Priorities • Create 35 “floating” additional units of transitional in place housing • Strategic Plan for Mobile Home Park Closures • Use flexible funds to provide short-term rental assistance • Identify or build a 16-unit permanent supportive housing project • Create a “Drug Court” for parents convicted of drug/alcohol abuse with a jail discharge plan • Increase the number of rental assistance vouchers

12. Homeless Housing Funds Available Chelan and Douglas Counties $230,000 (Estimate) - 2009

13. 2009 Applications Received • Finding Grace – business expenses • Hospitality House – transportation van • Hospitality House – repair & remodel • Women’s Resource Center – homeless services center • YWCA – transitional housing acquisition • Habitat for Humanity – low-income housing construction

14. 1. Finding Grace Finding Grace Transitional Housing& Living Ministry for Women Recovering from Alcohol and Drug Addiction • 7 beds for transitional housing • Funding is for: business plan, accountant, legal expertise, training, State Recovery Certification, “Rainy Day” fund, mortgage, and utilities • Residents are referred by chemical dependency treatment facilities • Request $60,424 of $74,924 • Received $5,000 2008 Homeless Grant – expended $0, due to code compliance issues

15. 2. Haven of Hope Transportation Van • Escalating fuel & mechanical costs have made it necessary to cut back on services, when public transportation is not available H of H provides transportation for medical, legal, educational, employment, spiritual and transitional needs • $20,000 van - $9,890 maintenance • Request $29,890 of $29,890 • Received $37,000 2008 Low-Income Grant – expended $10,333; grant on schedule; will be closed by end of 2009

16. 3. Hospitality House Ministries Repair and Remodel - Haven of Hope and Hospitality House • Haven of Hope – flooring, washer/dryer, security cameras/system, and windows - $28,250 • Hospitality House – kitchen floor, shower stalls, toilets, and flooring - $52,500 • Request $80,750 of $80,750 • Received $108,000 2008 Homeless Grant – expended $99,306; grant ahead of schedule; will be closed by end of 2008

17. 4. Women’s Resource Center of NCW Homeless Service Center • Design & build a center with a Housing Resource Specialist to assist in housing search, stabilization services, crisis management, referrals to other services • Request $60,000 of $120,000 budget • Received $30,000 2007 Homeless Grant – expended $3,602; grant behind schedule • Received $30,000 and $60,000 2008 Homeless Grants – expended $0; grants behind schedule

18. 5. YWCA Wenatchee Valley YWCA Transitional Housing • Acquisition and remodel apartment building for transitional housing with services • 9 units of one and two bedroom • Request $165,000 of $486,400 • Received $40,000 2008 Homeless Grant – expended $1,728; requested reallocation of remaining funds to upgrades in existing bldg

19. 6. *Habitat for Humanity Building Materials for Walker Street Residence • Construct housing for low-income families (Target must be 25% to 50% of the County’s median HH income) • Applicant must be able to contribute up to 500 hours of “sweat equity” • Request $55,000 of $100,000 • Received $100,000 2008 Low-Income Grant – expended $85,696; grant ahead of schedule • Received $50,000 2007 Low-Income Grant; expended all in 2007 on schedule *Received application past deadline, may choose to consider or not.

20. Total Funds Requested $451,064 Funds Available: Low-Income $ 55,000 Homeless $230,000 $285,000 ($166,064) Shortfall