ADMINISTRATOR FOR CDBG PUBLIC SERVICE GRANT CITY OF TORRINGTON

 DMINISTRATOR FOR CDBG PUBLIC SERVICE GRANT CITY OF TORRINGTON

CDA-011-031720

 

APPLICATION DUE BY APRIL 17, 2020, 2:00 P.M.

 

In anticipation of receiving funding in the amount of $170,000 from the CT Department of Housing (DOH) for the Small Cities Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) for Public Service (2020), the City of Torrington is issuing this Request For Proposal to secure a qualified agency to provide program administration services. The Small Cities Funding will support the state’s seven Coordinated Access Networks (CAN). The CAN is a collaborative system of service providers that ensures a standardized assessment and referral process to access community resources within a geographic region for people experiencing a housing crisis or homelessness. CDBG programs are federally funded through resources passed through the Department of Housing from the U.S. Dept. of Housing & Urban Development (HUD). As the principal state agency for the allocation and administration of Small Cities in CT, DOH has established that a priority use for Small Cities funding is to supplement the department’s existing efforts to end homelessness in CT.

 

Small Cities Funding:

 

The City of Torrington will serve as a fiduciary for the funds and is currently accepting proposals from program administrators to engage, contract and monitor the performance of subcontractors who will provide shelter diversion and/or short-term crisis housing services to the Northwest CAN service region.

 

The Northwest CAN service region includes: Barkhamsted, Bethlehem, Burlington, Canaan, Cheshire, Colebrook, Cornwall, Goshen, Hartland, Harwinton, Kent, Litchfield, Middlebury, Morris, Naugatuck, New Hartford, Norfolk, North Canaan, Plymouth, Prospect, Salisbury, Sharon, Southbury, Thomaston, Torrington, Warren, Washington, Waterbury, Watertown, Winchester/Winsted, Wolcott, Woodbury.

 

Organizations eligible to apply for this funding must be located within this designated jurisdiction and have demonstrated capacity to provide homeless diversion service oversight and short-term crisis housing oversight including staff training and program implementation.    

If awarded, the City of Torrington will administer the Small Cities funding selected under this RFP.

 

Total Funding Proposed for project:   $170,000

 

Purpose and Goal of the Project:

The purpose of this project is to add diversion specialist and a supervisor to ensure that the infrastructure of the Northwest CAN has sufficient capacity to provide effective shelter diversion. Furthermore, this project also provides for short-term crisis housing support services. This program will be aligned with goals to prevent homelessness for individuals, youth and families identified in the 2015 – 2019 Consolidated plan for Housing and Community Development DOH (http://www.ct.gov/doh/lib/doh/published_conplan_15-19.pdf). The Consolidated plan for 2020 is not yet available.