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From YouTube: Housing and Community Development – March 21, 2023
Description
Regular meeting of the Asheville City Council's Housing & Community Development Committee.
Access the agenda and other meeting materials at the City of Asheville website: https://www.ashevillenc.gov/government/city-council-committees/housing-and-community-development-committee/
Participate before and during the meeting on our public engagement hub: https://publicinput.com/Q7438
A
We
are
live.
Thank
you.
Good
morning,
everyone
I'm
Sage
Turner,
chair
of
the
Housing
and
Community
Development
Committee
I'd,
like
to
welcome
you
to
this
special
meeting
for
the
Community
Development
block
brand
funding.
Our
applicants
will
be
doing
their
presentations
today.
All
council
members
and
applicants
are
participating.
Virtually
we're
streaming
live
on
our
virtual
engagement,
Hub
and
that's
accessible
through
the
city's
website.
On
the
virtual
engagement
Hub
link,
which
is
on
the
front
page.
We
also
have
an
option
for
the
public
to
listen
live
by
phone.
A
That
number
is
855-925-2801
and
you'll
enter
the
meeting
code
9791
for
everyone
out
there
joining
us
today
welcome
I'm
going
to
go
through
and
introduce
all
the
council
members
and
staff
working
with
us
today.
If
you
could
come
off
me
and
just
say
a
quick
hello
when
I
call
your
name
vice
mayor,
Vice
or
councilman
Smith,
sorry,
councilman,
Mosley,.
A
A
A
I
am
hearing
some
sound
bits,
so
you
may
just
turn
off
any
better
okay.
So
there
are
11
projects,
nine
organizations
applying
for
funding
today
each
project
will
have
five
minutes
to
present
applicants.
Please
refer
to
the
countdown
timer
displayed
in
the
virtual
meeting
room
and
during
the
presentations.
We
actually
will
not
take
any
questions
from
committee
members
today.
There
won't
be
any
public
comment.
A
This
is
just
presentations
good
day
for
a
technical
issue,
all
right
so
staff
who
are
going
to
do
they'll,
introduce
each
presenter
and
if
you
can
keep
your
microphone
muted
and
your
camera
off
to
all
the
presenters
until
it's
your
time
to
speak.
That
will
ensure
that
the
current
applicant
is
the
one
that's
seen
on
screen
again.
This
is
a
special
meeting
for
applicant
presentations.
A
Only
we'll
have
another
Housing
and
Community
Development
meeting
oh
gosh
there's
so
many
Wednesday
March
29th
at
1
45
p.m,
and
that
will
be
for
the
funding
recommendations
and
allocations,
as
well
as
other
hcd
agenda
items.
We'll
post
information
about
that
meeting
on
the
website
a
few
days
beforehand,
all
right
and
before
we
jump
into
the
presentations
Nikki
Reed
is
going
to
give
us
a
little
bit
of
an
overview
on
what
we're
doing.
C
Great
good
morning,
everyone
I
first
off
want
to
say
a
word
of
thanks
to
all
of
the
applicants
that
have
submitted
this
year,
of
course,
for
federal
funding
for
Community
Development
block
grant.
We
are
only
as
strong
as
our
nonprofit
partners
that
we
work
with
on
seeing
that
these
funds
benefit
people
in
our
community.
We've
had
a
number
of
applications
this
year,
City
staff
Works
to
evaluate
the
applications
first
to
determine
eligibility,
as
I've
said
to
staff.
C
Hud
is
a
sister
agency
to
the
IRS,
so
we
always
have
to
be
very
careful
with
how
we
look
at
eligibility.
So
we
do
our
first
pass
at
looking
at
applications
to
determine
that
eligibility
and
then
those
that
have
eligible
applications
we
bring
forward
today.
So
we've
had
a
number
of
applications
apply
for
our
Public
Services
fund,
as
well
as
for
the
non-public
services,
and
that's
who
is
represented
here
today
so
following
today's
meeting
at
the
29th,
multiple
back
to
the
committee,
with
a
full
overview
and
recommendations
concerning
funding.
D
E
That
sounds
great
good
morning,
happy
spring
and
happy
50th
anniversary
for
on-track,
financial,
education
and
counseling.
Thank
you
for
this
opportunity
to
talk
to
you
about
our
request
for
funding
under
the
Public
Services
cap.
The
goal
of
our
housing
and
financial
capabilities
program
is
to
serve
440
Asheville
City
residents.
E
Our
approach
with
financial
capabilities
is
to
provide
education
and
counseling
plus
individual
support
to
help
people
reach
their
money
and
housing
goals.
Our
staff
is
available
for
supportive
accountability
as
people
set
goals
and
to
provide
helps
help
to
people
as
bumps
into
financial
and
housing
Road
come
along.
We
expect
25
percent
of
the
folks
that
we
serve
to
be
part
of
our
credit,
Improvement
clients
50
to
be
budget
clients
that
we
help
with
them,
creating
money,
action
plans
and
things
like
that
and
then
25
to
be
home.
Buyer
clients.
E
E
We
also
support
Iris
program
through
helpmate
to
help
those
participants
build
money,
skills
and
also
child
care
workers
in
our
community,
particularly
through
the
match
savings
program
that
is
funded
by
Buncombe
County
in
2021.
The
Attaway
group
conducted
a
racial
Equity
audit,
which
included
recommendations
for
diversifying
our
staff
and
our
board
and
building
relationships
in
the
community.
The
new
by
Park
staff
and
board,
coupled
with
our
return
to
in-person
work,
has
created
a
dramatic
increase
in
request
to
on
track
to
be
in
the
community
and
create
connections
with
organizations
in
various
Community
groups.
E
Since
July
20
2022,
we
have
connected
with
over
20
local
non-profit
agencies,
who've
requested
programs
from
on
track
in
their
communities.
Some
of
these
include
Hood
Huggers
sisters,
caring
for
sisters,
Bountiful
cities,
umoja
Thrive,
Asheville,
open
doors
and
YWCA
getting
ahead
in
a
just
getting
by
world,
and
they
are
one
of
our
award
winners
as
the
2023
Community
partner
of
the
year.
E
Yes,
on
track
is
a
frequent
flyer
for
cdbg
funding
and
we
sincerely
appreciate
the
support
that
we've
gotten
over
the
years.
Our
services
are
specifically
cited
in
the
Consolidated
plan
as
examples
of
services
that
HUD
is
looking
for
in
communities
to
show
that
there's
comprehensive
support
for
people
who,
as
they
their
Quest
towards
reaching
affordable
housing.
We
appreciate
this
opportunity.
We
want
to
thank
each
of
the
council
members
who
serves
on
this
committee
and
we
look
forward
to
continuing
to
serve
Asheville
City
residents
in
the
months
ahead.
B
Thank
you.
Can
you
hear
me
okay,
great
good
morning,
glad
to
be
with
you
all
and
I
really
appreciate
the
opportunity
to
ask
for
a
support
through
the
cdbg
program
and
so
I'm
here
to
tell
you
about
Haywood
Street
respite,
which
the
easiest
way
to
understand
it
is
just
to
think
about
if
you
or
someone
in
your
family
was
discharged
from
the
hospital.
B
What
you
need
is
a
place
to
rest
and
follow
doctor's
orders
and
have
support
from
your
family
on
getting
back
to
your
doctor's
appointments
and
and
taking
care
of
things
that
you
need
to
do
while
you've
been
sick.
So
our
friends
who
are
unhoused,
don't
have
those
those
things
a
place
to
rest
and
recover.
B
So
so
that's
essentially,
what
we're
offering
is
a
short-term
place
to
stay
following
Hospital
discharge
or
outpatient
surgery
for
individuals
experiencing
homelessness
and
respite
care
is
a
model
that
was
developed
in
the
90s,
and
it
has
been
proven
to
contribute
to
improved
health
and
housing
outcomes.
While
while
folks
are
staying
with
us,
they
have
the
opportunity
to
work
on
finding
or
developing
a
short-term
housing
plan
and
also
making
progress
on
a
long-term
housing
plan.
B
Since
we
have
been
around
which
was
we
opened
in
2014,
we've
had
about
1200
people
stay
with
us
and
around
75
percent
consistently
go
somewhere
other
than
the
streets
or
camping
when
they
are
when
they
leave
respite,
people
might
go
stay
with
friends
and
family.
Some
will
go
to
residential
substance
abuse
treatment
facilities.
B
Some
will
go
to
transitional
housing
or
other
shorter
term
options.
So
we're
proud
of
that
and
recognize
that
there's
just
a
close
relationship
between
health
and
homelessness
and
and
that's
essentially,
how
this
model
of
care
developed.
B
There's
a
National
Organization,
the
National
Health
Care
for
the
homeless
Council,
which
has
a
a
group
under
under
there
called
the
respite
care
providers
Network,
and
they
support
us
and
132
other
respite
programs
around
the
country
continually
offering
best
practices,
support
technical
support,
guidance
on
emerging
Trends
and
one
of
the
things
that
we
know
that
has
happened
in
the
homeless
population
in
the
last
few
years
is
an
increased
Acuity
of
mental
health
and
substance
use
challenges,
and
so
what
we've
done
over
the
past
couple
of
years
is
shift
our
Focus
to
find
ways
to
better
serve
folks
who
have
these
complex
substance,
use
and
mental
health
challenges
in
addition
to
a
physical
health
challenge.
B
So
we've
added
staff,
we've
added
a
clinic
we
just
about
a
month
ago,
hired
a
licensed
clinical
social
worker
and
a
full-time
recovery
peer.
So
we're
really
moving
in
the
direction
of
trying
to
better
serve
folks
who
are
still
the
core
core
component
of
folks
coming
out
of
the
hospital
with
the
Health
crisis,
but
acknowledging
that
many
times
friends.
Staying
with
us
have
these
other
complex
needs
and
so
we're
we're
moving
in
a
direction
to
offer.
B
Those
those
additional
supports,
we're
also
during
the
around
by
September,
is
our
goal
to
add
a
room
to
have
three
additional
beds
in
respite,
so
so
we're
able
to
add
these
new
staff
and
this
expansion
of
our
capacity
through
a
capacity
building
grant
that
we
received
from
the
health
care
for
the
homeless,
Council,
so
they're
acknowledging
that
we
are
really
well
positioned
to
be
able
to
move
into
this
new
space
to
to
address
some
of
the
challenges
that
are
that
Asheville
is
facing
and
many
other
cities
around
the
country
we're
one
of
four
cities
in
the
U.S
who
have
received
this
level
of
capacity
building,
support
from
the
health
care
for
the
homeless,
Council,
so
proud
of
that
we're
proposing
to
serve
125
people
during
the
grant
period.
B
The
trend
is
for
longer
stays
so
we're.
So
it's
not
as
many
people
as
we've
served
in
some
years.
We've
served
200
people
in
a
year
over
this
next
year,
we're
serving
fewer
people
but
with
little
seconds
left
longer
stays
which
allow
us
to
again
move
into
addressing
some
of
these
more
complex
problems
and
and
chronic
health
problems
Beyond
just
the
initial
event
that
got
people
into
the
hospital.
B
D
F
Thank
you
so
much.
It's
a
pleasure
to
be
here
with
you
all
this
morning.
So
helpmate
has
two
applications
in
front
of
you.
One
is
for
emergency
shelter
for
domestic
violence
survivors
and
the
other
is
for
housing
case
management
for
domestic
violence
survivors
and
that
second,
one
is
intertwined
with
our
home
tbra
rental
assistance
application.
F
F
F
We
are
in
the
process
of
building
a
new
shelter,
because
we
also
know
that
we
will
have
another
300
or
so
families
who
call
us
for
help
during
a
time
that
we're
full
and
we're
committed
to
meeting
that
need,
because
we
know
that
lack
of
access
to
emergency
shelter
contributes
to
high
rates
of
homelessness
attributable
to
domestic
violence.
Our
shelter
takes
a
low
barrier
approach.
F
We
recognize
that
more
than
two-thirds
of
the
folks
who
are
coming
to
us
are
already
experiencing
some
impacts
from
the
trauma
that
they've
experienced
and
may
need
increased
support
around
mental
health
or
substance
use,
and
we
take
people
where
they
are
and
we
wrap
services
around
them
to
make
sure
that
we're
meeting
those
needs.
This
is
important
because
92
percent
of
the
folks
who
come
to
us
are
at
extreme
risk
of
homicide.
F
That
means
that
we're
Sheltering
the
people
who
are
most
likely
to
die
if
we
don't
right,
and
so
we
have
to
make
sure
that
we're
meeting
folks
where
they
are.
We
also
acknowledge
that
there's
a
disproportionate
impact
of
violence
on
communities
of
color
41
of
the
people
who
live
and
help
make
shelter
are
people
of
color,
and
we
take
that
work
seriously.
F
40
of
our
staff
are
also
people
of
color
and
so
we're
we're
reflecting
the
community
that
we
serve
and
again
trying
to
meet
people
where
they
are
in
terms
of
outcomes
for
our
shelter.
F
Eighty
percent
of
the
folks
who
exit
our
shelter
exit
into
known,
safe
locations
generally
into
permanent
housing
of
the
other
20
10
of
those
folks,
are
telling
us
that
they're
returning
back
to
their
prior
living
situation
because
they
want
to
make
another
go
at
it
and
see
if
things
will
get
better
and
the
other
10
percent
don't
tell
us
where
they're
going.
F
Those
are
the
ten
percent
that
make
me
worry
at
night
right,
and
so
we
have
to
keep
foot
on
the
gas
to
make
sure
that
we're
addressing
these
needs,
and
these
needs
ranked
highly
in
our
last
point
in
time
count
and
the
Within
Reach
report
from
Dogwood
Health
Trust.
You
can't
look
at
data
coming
out
of
the
city
of
Asheville
and
not
recognize
that
we
must
address
homelessness
as
it
relates
to
domestic
violence.
If
we're
going
to
address
homelessness
as
a
whole.
F
Funding
right
now
is
incredibly
important
for
help
mate
and
victim
service
providers.
We
are
continuing
to
see
the
impacts
of
federal
funding,
reductions
from
the
U.S
victims
of
crime
act.
It's
a
temporary
pit,
pinch,
there's
a
federal
fix.
That's
been
put
into
place,
it's
going
to
be
a
couple
more
years
before
we
fill
that
fix
on
the
local
level.
F
30
second
heads
up,
thank
you,
and
until
then
we
know
that
we're
going
to
continue
to
see
constriction
of
these
federal
funds,
and
so
local
funds,
cdbg
funds
passing
through
the
city
they've
always
been
important
to
us.
They'll
continue
to
be
even
more
important
over
this
next
two-year
time
span.
If
it's
okay,
I'd
like
to
just
move
straight
into
talking
about
our
housing
case
management
program,
because
these
are
very
intertwined
programs,
so
help
me
tries
to
have
again
a
linear
holistic
kind
of
response
to
addressing
domestic
violence,
and
so
our
housing
case
management
program.
F
Our
housing
case
managers
go
to
our
shelter,
they
do
intakes
there,
they
meet
folks.
They
describe
the
programs
that
are
available,
outmates
well
networked
with
other
homeless
service
providers
in
multiple
ways
we
participate
in
coordinated
assessment.
F
We
go
to
the
providers
group,
we
send
representatives
to
the
hayac
and
so
we're
not
out
there
kind
of
doing
our
own
thing,
but
we
realize
that
a
large
feeder
and
to
help
mates
housing
programs
are
through
our
emergency
shelter,
and
so
we
Network
those
programs
together
to
the
benefit
of
the
folks
that
we
serve
help
me
just
started
within
the
last
couple
of
years
being
able
to
administer
a
home
tbra
funds
and
there
were
Contracting
delays,
so
we've
just
gone
gone
under
contract.
F
So,
in
addition
to
sort
of
the
carryover
people
from
prior
year
home
funds,
who
will
be
doing
continuing
case
management,
we
propose
to
serve
a
new
six
households
with
17
people
through
this
tenant-based
rental
assistance
and
the
companion
housing
case
management.
That
goes
with
it,
just
as
a
snapshot
of
how
that
fits
into
helpmate's
overall
housing
program.
F
We're
not
just
offering
case
management,
we're
offering
free
clinical
counseling
we're
going
to
court
with
folks
when
they
need
that
we're
providing
24-hour
access
to
an
emergency
hotline.
We're
offering
children's
supports
so
that
the
children
in
these
families
are
getting
the
help
that
they
need
and
we're
offering
walk-in
Services
here
at
the
Buncombe
County
Family
Justice
Center
every
single
day.
So
when
we
do
housing
case
management
with
somebody,
we
help
them
with
the
intake
process.
We
help
them
search
for
a
house.
We
go
out
and
inspect
that
house.
We
see
them
through
the
leasing
process.
F
We
stay
in
communication
with
both
the
landlord
and
with
the
tenant
in
an
ongoing
basis,
so
that,
if
issues
arise,
you
know
problematic
communication
misunderstandings.
We
can
be
there
to
help
mediate
and
help
survivors
navigate
those
conversations,
and
we
will
provide
ongoing
case
management
support
for
as
long
as
that
family
needs
us
to.
So
it's
not
a
prescribed
length
of
time.
You
know
six
months
or
one
year
and
we're
out.
F
G
Good
morning,
everyone
thanks
for
having
me
my
name
is
David
Bartholomew
and
I'm.
The
program
director
for
homelessness
prevention
program
I
also
serve
on
Hayek
and
on
ahac,
as
both
committees
and
advisory
capacity
and
so
I
do
see
a
lot
of
the
issues
that
Asheville
is
facing,
and
today
I'm
here
to
talk
about
what
physical
Legal,
Services,
homeless
prevention
program
does
to
address.
Some
of
those
problems
as
I
think
everyone
here
is
aware.
Evictions
the
cost
of
evictions
and
the
cost
of
of
serving
homelessness
is
incredibly
expensive.
G
So
an
investment
in
physical
legal
services
and
our
diversion
program
is
is
something
that
I
think
really
benefits
all
of
our
community.
We're
asking
the
city
for
sixty
thousand
dollars
in
cdbg
funds.
This
work
will
go
towards
preventing
evictions
preventing
foreclosures,
stabilizing
housing
for
families
by
obtaining
or
protecting
the
housing
that
they
can't
afford
and
preserving
the
quality
of
our
housing
stock.
G
This
will
be
especially
useful
at
this
time
in
the
city
of
Asheville
I.
Think
everyone
here
is
aware
of
the
economic
hardships
inflation
has
caused
and
the
incredible
increase
in
housing
costs
and
and
rent
costs
in
the
city.
The
most
recent
data
we
have
from
Buncombe
County
shows
that
there
were
243
evictions
filed
in
January.
This
is
a
significant
increase
and
Statewide
we've
seen
from
the
State
Bar.
G
G
There
are
an
estimated
43
515
people
in
Buncombe
County
living
in
households
that
would
qualify
for
piscal
Legal
Services.
An
estimated
53
percent
of
renters
are
paying
more
than
30
percent
of
their
income
towards
cost
of
housing.
So
that's
what
we
would
consider
cost
burden
and
those
people
are
at
severe
risk
of
facing
an
eviction.
If
anything
out
of
the
ordinary
happens,
their
car
breaks
down,
they
suffer
a
medical
emergency.
G
Their
family
has
an
issue
that
they
have
to
deal
with
all
of
a
sudden
they
lose
some
of
their
income
and
their
facing
eviction.
Our
program
sets
up
at
the
courthouse
and
meets
people
where
they
are
at
one
of
the
lowest
points
where
they're
facing
eviction.
That
day,
we
send
attorneys
there
to
meet
them,
help
them
navigate
the
process.
Make
sure
that
their
rights
are
enforced,
make
sure
that
there's
an
opportunity
to
work
out
something
with
the
landlord.
G
As
you
probably
are
aware,
evictions
are
very
expensive,
not
just
for
the
person
who
is
facing
it,
but
for
the
community
at
large
and
for
the
landlord
the
whole
process
of
eviction.
The
risk
of
vacancy
the
finding
of
a
new
tenant
can
be
expensive
as
well,
and
physical,
Legal
Services
being
there
at
the
courthouse
can
really
help
help
with
that
issue.
G
G
G
Over
90
percent
of
landlords,
Nationwide
are
represented
in
only
10
percent
of
tenants
are
and
when
a
tenant
has
somebody
who
can
inform
them
of
their
rights,
let
them
know
that
they
do
have
due
process
under
a
state
and
federal
law
and
gives
them
a
chance
to
figure
out
what
is
possible
to
prevent
them
from
being
somebody
who
is
potentially
on
the
street
facing
dire
consequences.
So
really
hope.
The
city
will
continue
to
fund
this
important
work
and
I'll
reserve.
My
time.
D
H
H
Coordinated
entry
is
a
streamlined
system
that
provides
quick
access
to
individuals
and
families
seeking
assistance
through
referral
and
housing
placement
processes.
When
individuals
present
to
us,
we
do
our
due
diligence
and
we
make
every
attempt
to
divert
them
from
entering
the
homeless
Services
System.
If
we
are
not
able
to
do
that,
households
are
assessed
using
the
standard
assessment
tool
that
identifies
their
vulnerability
as
well
as
barriers
to
housing
and
those
who
are
assessed
having
the
highest
vulnerability
in
housing.
H
Barriers
are
prioritized
available
to
housing
programs
and
vacancies
in
the
community
in
Asheville,
Buncombe
County
team
of
care.
We
currently
have
seven
organizations
that
participate
in
coordinated
entry
services
with
a
majority
of
those
providers
specializing
in
care
for
specific
subpopulations
within
the
homeless.
Community
Homeward
Bound
provides
community-based
housing
opportunities
through
coordinated
entry
to
a
large
population
of
unhoused
individuals
by
offering
High
access
local
area
options
for
service
engagement.
H
A
recent
assessment
of
Housing
and
homeless
Services
systems
in
Asheville,
Buncombe
County
conducted
by
the
National
Alliance
to
end
homelessness,
reporter
257
percent
increase
in
service
needs
since
the
year
2020
and
with
a
goal
outlined
for
our
Continuum
to
increase
our
housing
or
available
beds
by
50
percent
over
the
next
two
years,
Homer
bounds
current
by
name
list,
which
is
our
list
of
individuals
that
have
been
identified
as
experienced
in
homelessness.
H
That's
currently
identified
186
individuals
experiencing
chronic
homelessness,
meaning
they
have
been
homeless
for
one
year
or
they
have
had
four
more
episodes
of
homelessness.
Over
a
period
of
three
years,
we
currently
have
identified
503
individuals
who
are
experiencing
non-chronic
states
of
homelessness.
H
The
same
report
that
the
National
Alliance
provided
call
for
changes
in
the
current
coordinated
entry
service
system,
ensuring
equity
and
inclusion
as
part
of
our
lens
and
scope,
as
we
make
decisions
and
increasing
the
offering
of
providers
for
options
of
point
of
entry
and
housing
resources,
and
this
is
a
task
that
Homeward
Bound
is
currently
working
with
the
city
governing
bodies
and
partnering
agencies
to
rectify,
as
this
need
grows
in
the
community
for
housing
and
service
interventions,
we
believe
that
the
need
for
coordinated
entry
services
in
relation
to
shelter
and
housing
opportunities
will
also
grow
our
ability
to
identify
appropriate
housing
interventions
that
fit
the
needs
of
the
persons
that
we're
serving
to
prioritize
individuals
based
on
their
vulnerability
and
service
needs,
is
very
important.
H
In
the
near
future.
We
are
looking
at
Asheville
Buncombe
County,
bringing
new
housing
units
online
with
homework
balance,
Compass
Point
Village
project,
as
well
as
shangri-la's
Ramada,
Inn
housing
project.
So
in
this
funding
cycle
we
are
asking
for
fifty
thousand
dollars
to
Aid
in
coordinated
entry
efforts
that
will
require
a
significant
push
from
the
staff
that
we
have
as
well
as
a
lot
of
work
to
be
done
in
the
community.
H
I
Thank
you,
I'm
Tiffany,
Bell
I'm,
the
director
of
the
domestic
violence
program
at
the
spark
foundation
and
before
I
begin
I
want
to
thank
the
city
of
Asheville
and
the
Housing
and
Community
Development
Committee
for
giving
me
this
opportunity
to
speak
today
at
spark.
We
know
that
offender
services
are
a
crucial
part
of
domestic
violence
prevention.
I
Thank
you.
Over
the
last
several
weeks,
our
classes
have
discussed
the
impact
of
domestic
violence
on
children.
I
tell
people
that
this
is
often
a
light
bulb
moment
for
many
of
our
participants
as
they
begin
to
realize
the
harm
they
have
caused,
their
children
and
families.
In
these
classes,
two
fathers
with
children
under
five
stated
they
did
not
realize
that
children
as
young
as
theirs
could
remember
fighting
and
other
traumatic
events.
I
We
also
often
hear
stories
from
participants
of
the
abuse
they
witnessed
as
children,
including
a
participant
who
held
his
mother's
bleeding
head
after
an
assault.
Another
discussed
the
importance
of
validating
children's
feelings
about
abuse,
they've
witnessed
saying
he
grew
up
in
a
violent
home
and
later
turned
to
substance,
use
and
joined
a
gang.
I
Many
are
also
able
to
connect
the
violence
their
own
children
have
witnessed
to
the
emotional
and
behavioral
struggles
of
those
same
children.
Recently,
one
participant
linked
violence.
His
two
sons
witnessed
between
himself
and
their
mother
to
his
son's
recent
suspension
in
school
for
fighting
our
domestic
violence
and
strong
fathers
programs
not
only
teach
the
impact
this
violence
has
on
family
members,
but
also
with
true
accountability.
Behavior
change
and
parenting
skills
are
required
in
order
for
their
families
to
heal.
I
To
this
end
spark
provides
Case,
Management
Services
to
address
these
risk
factors
and
80
percent
of
our
participants
received
case
management
support
in
the
last
year
with
cdbg
funding.
10
percent
of
our
Case
Management
Services
were
employment
related
during
this
time,
spark
has
seen
a
dramatic
increase
in
demand
for
these
services,
with
Asheville
City
referrals,
increasing
53
percent
from
47
to
50,
from
47
to
72..
I
The
demographics
of
these
participants
match
other
groups
prioritized
by
cdbg
Spark's,
2022
domestic
violence.
Demographics
share,
17
percent
of
clients
identified
as
extremely
low
income
and
39
percent
as
low
income
in
these
groups.
27
percent
identified
as
black
or
multiracial
and
21
identified
as
Hispanic.
I
These
outcomes
demonstrate
Spark's
ability
to
use
cdbg
funds
to
work
with
populations
prioritized
by
this
grant.
In
order
to
decrease
domestic
violence,
we
must
address
the
individuals
causing
harm
and
hold
them
accountable,
including
fathers
to
ensure
the
Next
Generation
does
not
inherit
this
deadly
Legacy
of
domestic
violence.
I
In
order
to
achieve
these
goals,
we
seek
the
continued
financial
support
of
cdbg
for
fifty
thousand
dollars,
I'd
like
to
end
with
the
story
of
one
of
our
clients
when
he
started
with
spark,
he
was
in
recovery,
staying
at
an
Oxford,
House
and
unemployed.
He
wanted
to
get
a
job
in
his
own
place
because
he
was
working
with
DSS
to
regain
custody
of
his
young
daughter,
who
was
in
foster
care
in
class.
I
He
was
able
to
identify
his
own
abusive
behaviors
and
discuss
how
he
never
wanted
his
own
daughter
to
be
treated
the
way
he
treated
her
mother.
By
the
time
he
completed
the
program,
he
had
obtained
a
high-level
position
at
a
local
restaurant,
moved
into
his
apartment
and
was
in
the
process
of
reunification
with
his
daughter.
He
also
supported
his
peers
by
holding
them
accountable
in
class
and
providing
several
of
them
with
jobs
at
his
restaurants.
This
is
but
one
example
of
the
positive
impact
Sparks
programs
can
have
on
the
families
in
our
community.
D
Thank
you,
Tiffany
and
my
apologies
again
for
skipping
over
you.
There
I'm!
So
sorry.
Next
we're
going
back
to
Homeward
Bound.
We
have
Lacey
oils
talk
about
the
Housing
Services.
J
Good
morning,
I
am
the
director
of
rapid
rehousing
and
prevention
here
at
Homeward
Bound.
Thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
present
information
on
our
requests
for
cdbg
funding
for
Housing
Services.
We
are
seeking
108
150
total
for
this
request.
J
This
funding
will
allow
us
to
provide
housing,
procurement
assistance
and
Case
Management
Services
to
a
total
of
50
households,
utilizing
home
tbra
funding
for
financial
assistance
for
clients,
I'd
like
to
start
by
speaking
about
the
permanent
Supportive
Housing
program.
We
have
successfully
operated
this
program
since
2006
and
participants
in
the
program
receive
long-term
Case,
Management
Services
that
help
to
promote
stability
and
permanent
housing
and
Link
our
individuals
to
other
Supportive
Services
permanent
Supportive
Housing
specifically
aims
to
serve
individuals
who
have
experienced
chronic
homelessness,
and
this
ongoing
case
management.
J
Support
provided
to
participants
is
critical
to
their
success
in
housing
and
in
preventing
a
return
to
homelessness.
In
the
past
year,
the
Haka
permanent
Supportive
Housing
team
stationed
at
Aston
Park
tower
has
served
125
households,
82
of
which
were
new
move-ins.
This
funding
request
supports
one
member
of
that
team
who
works
with
up
to
22
households.
We've
received
cdbg
funding
to
support
this
position
for
a
few
years
now,
and
our
partnership
with
the
city
in
utilizing.
These
funds
has
been
a
Cornerstone
of
this
service
provision.
J
We
rely
on
this
funding
to
continue
to
offer
and
to
expand
these
important
services
to
our
most
vulnerable
community
members
and
without
continued
funding
for
this
position.
The
22
households
currently
being
served
by
the
position
would
no
longer
receive
this
vital,
Supportive
Service
and
we
believe
they
would
be
highly
likely
to
experience
significant
housing
instability
and
perhaps
eviction
and
return
to
homelessness.
J
Moving
on
to
Rapid
re-housing,
we
know
that
rapid
rehousing
services
are
an
essential
part
of
the
housing
first
model
because
they
aim
to
protect
people
from
the
devastating
impact
of
long-term
homelessness.
Rapid
re-housing
is
designed
to
move
literally
homeless
households
into
stable
housing
quickly,
while
providing
Supportive
Services
to
help
them
move
toward
long-term
stability
and
Independence.
J
As
you
may
know,
the
National
Alliance
to
end
homelessness
recommended
in
their
recent
report
on
the
state
of
homelessness
and
service
provision
in
Asheville
that
an
additional
200
rapid
rehousing
slots
be
provided
to
civilians
in
our
community
over
the
next
two
years.
This
goal
is
of
particular
interest
to
Homeward
Bound,
as
we
are
currently
the
only
agency
in
the
area
providing
rapid
rehousing
services
to
the
general
population.
J
I
also
just
want
to
mention
that
the
housing
specialist
position-
that's
partially
funded
by
this
request,
is
an
important
piece
of
the
puzzle
when
it
comes
to
housing,
placement
and
stability.
The
housing
placement
team
is
tasked
with
search
and
procurement
of
housing.
Cultivation
of
strategic
Partnerships.
Excuse
me,
with
landlords
across
our
community
who
work
with
our
programs
to
place
homeless
individuals
into
permanent
housing
in
a
community
with
a
rental
vacancy
rate
of.
A
J
Seconds
left,
thank
you
and
a
critical
shortage
of
affordable
housing.
This
is
no
easy
feat
and
this
team
is
invaluable
to
the
success
of
our
implementation
of
the
housing
first
model.
The
position
that's
partially
funded
with
this
request
will
support
the
rapid,
rehousing
team
and
housing
placement
for
individuals
served
in
the
program.
J
K
Morning,
I'm
happy
to
be
with
all
of
you
today
and
continue
to
share
about
the
work,
we're
so
grateful
for
the
support
from
CBG
around
our
program
to
support
aspiring
and
existing
small
business
owners
in
our
community
and
for
those
who
aren't
familiar
with
mountain
Biz.
Works
we're
a
cdfi,
a
community
development
financial
institution
will
celebrate
35
years
next
year,
so
our
work
is
committed
to
supporting
small
business
owners
through
the
whole
part
of
their
journey
through
starting
through
growing
and
continuing
to
expand
their
business
businesses
in
the
area.
K
We
provide
coursework,
one-on-one
business,
coaching
and
access
to
capital
for
small
business
owners,
including
the
recent
edition
of
the
Mountain
Community
Capital
fund.
So
our
project
is
aimed
at
assisting
income
folks,
especially
with
a
focus
on
people
of
color,
as
they
start
and
grow
their
business,
and
we
do
also
Focus
on
providing
supports
around
increasing
employment.
K
This
funding
has
provided
Pathways
for
us
to
serve
small
business
owners
with
Community
Partners
in
a
project
that
we've
named
opportunity
Asheville,
and
we
work
very
closely
with
the
Western
Women's
Business
Center,
who
you
get
to
hear
from
this
morning.
Eagle
Market
Street
and
Black
Wall
Street,
and
this
project
in
the
collaborative
approach
has
really
allowed
us
to
better
connect
folks,
get
them
more
quickly
to
resources.
They
need
and
then
reduce
the
duplication
of
efforts
through
our
programming
in
our
proposal
this
year.
K
There's
a
new
addition
for
a
resource
Navigator,
specifically
in
partnership
with
Black
Wall
Street.
We
want
to
make
sure
that,
as
folks
are
looking
to
start
their
business,
they
understand
the
landscape
of
everything
that's
available
to
them
and
through
our
local
business
impact
survey
in
2022
feedback
from
entrepreneurs
during
kind
of
an
open
forum
and
round
tables,
was
really
focused
on
not
just
supportive
resources,
but
also
their
own
community
building
around
their
business
business
resource
network,
but
then
also
just
interpersonally.
K
So
we
believe
that
this
resource
navigation
will
provide
support
for
that
over
the
past
six
years.
This
project
of
opportunity,
Asheville,
has
provided
support
for
1741
low
to
moderate
individuals,
started
or
expanded
301
small
businesses
and
created
445
jobs.
48
of
those
were
to
buy
POC
individuals
in
our
community.
K
So
our
project
aims
at
continuing
this
approach
to
and
span
access
to,
high
quality,
one-on-one
business
coaching
for
individuals
who
are
seeking
to
start
or
grow
their
business,
our
robust
offering
of
classes
and
Loan
Readiness
support
for
aspiring
entrepreneurs
as
they
look
to
start
and
grow
their
business.
This
includes
our
foundations
Business
course.
Our
financial
tools
and
QuickBooks
courses,
Catalyst
cohorts
and
our
growing
number
of
resources
for
our
Spanish-speaking
business
Community.
K
We've
really
spent
the
last
year
with
the
support
focusing
on
how
we
can
make
our
resources
more
accessible
to
the
community.
We
serve
through
these
courses
and
through
the
coaching,
we're
aiming
to
prepare
entrepreneurs
for
access
to
Capital,
but
then
addition
not
just
preparing
them
but
walking
through
their
entire
loan,
Readiness
Journey
the
application
process,
which
many
times
can
be
intimidating
to
first-time
borrowers
and
then
providing
support.
As
I
mentioned,
we
work
closely
with
opportunity,
Asheville
partners
that
you'll
hear
later
from
this
morning.
K
This
project
will
support
125
entrepreneurs,
35
businesses
starting
or
expanded,
and
at
least
55
jobs
created
or
retained
in
this
community.
Thank
you
so
much
for
the
opportunity
to
share
about
this
project
this
morning,
and
we
appreciate
the
city's
commitment
to
continuing
to
provide
Pathways
for
all
the
entrepreneurs
that
we
do
serve.
L
Morning,
thank
you,
council
members
and
staff
today,
I'm
talking
to
you
about
our
home
repair
program,
we're
asking
for
ninety
thousand
dollars
in
cdbg
funds
to
provide
health
and
safety
and
weatherization
repairs
for
nine
low
and
very
low
income.
Actual
homeowners,
it's
difficult
to
accurately
estimate
the
need
for
repairs
in
our
communities,
the
best
data
that
we
have
comes
from
the
American
housing
survey.
L
They
find
that
about
three
percent
of
housing
units
across
the
country
are
inadequate
or
severely
inadequate,
and
that
would
translate
to
about
650
owner-occupied
homes
in
need
of
repair
here
in
our
city
this
year,
we'll
serve
about
30
households
in
the
city
of
Asheville
recently
had
a
chance
to
work
on
one
of
those
homes.
With
our
great
home
repair
team
worked
with
Angela
on
her
home
in
Stumptown.
L
She
told
me,
as
we
were
working
that
that
home
had
been
in
her
family
for
about
four
generations
and
like
a
lot
of
100
year
old
homes,
it
needed
a
little
bit
of
TLC.
L
We
helped
her
repair
a
bathroom
floor
that
had
been
damaged
by
some
leaking
Plumbing.
We
helped
replace
our
front
door
with
something
more
secure
and
less
drafty,
and
you
know,
as
I
looked
up
and
down
her
block,
it
was
really
obvious
that
other
property
owners
had
you
know,
looked
in
a
different
direction
to
deal
with
needed
property
repairs.
They'd
ended
up
selling
homes
to
folks
who
had
deeper
Pockets.
Several
of
the
homes
had
undergone
really
sophisticated
remodels
and
would
even
easily
sell.
L
For
you
know,
over
a
half
million
dollars,
Angel
told
me
she
was
worried
that
if
she
took
that
route,
she
wouldn't
be
able
to
afford
another
home
in
our
community
much
less
in
the
neighborhood
where
her
Roots
were,
and
we
just
can't
afford
to
lose
neighbors
with
roots
like
hers.
L
Your
support
of
our
cdbg
request
will
have
that
kind
of
impact
for
nine,
more
families
and
before
my
time's
up
I
want
to
speak
directly
to
one
of
the
questions
that
staff
ask.
In
our
application,
yes,
habitat
currently
has
a
cdbg
award
for
the
repair
program.
To
be
honest,
we
got
a
little
bit
behind
in
drawing
down
cdbg
funds.
We
tip
we
target
cdbg
at
our
more
complicated
projects,
and
these
tends
to
be
ones
where
staff
and
often
multiple
trade
contractors
need
to
work
in
someone's
home
for
several
days.
L
Over
the
last
year,
we've
ramped
back
up
completing
about
six
to
eight
repair
projects
per
month,
we've
drawn
down
forty
thousand
dollars
in
cdbg
funds
in
the
last
roughly
90
days
with
another
sixty
thousand
planned
by
June
30th
at
this
pace
will
exhaust
the
existing
pool
of
funds
by
December
well
before
the
next
round
of
cdbg
funds
is
available.
So
our
request
this
year
really
only
fills
that
Gap
so
that
there's
no
interruption
in
service
to
our
community,
so
we're
grateful
for
your
consideration
and
encourage
you
to
fully
fund
this
critical
work.
Thank
you.
M
Hi
good
morning,
everyone
thank
you
so
much
for
having
me
this
morning.
My
name
is
I.
Am
the
director
of
the
western
Women's
Business
Center
a
program
of
Carolina
Small
Business
Development
Fund?
We
work
in
partnership
with
mountain
based
work
under
the
opportunity,
Asheville
and
you've
heard
from
Becca
earlier
some
of
our
success
and
also
our
goals.
We
have
been
working
together
under
this
collaboration
since
2017.
M
for
the
Women's
Business
Center.
We
need
the
needs
of
women
entrepreneurs
by
providing
one-on-one
coaching
workshops
and
access
to
Capital
and
specifically
with
this
grant
with
opportunity
as
well.
We
are
looking
forward
to
continue
offering
these
services,
but
also
to
spend
as
sorry
spend
the
amount
of
time
that
we
can
give
to
our
clients,
so
instead
of
working
a
short
amount
of
hours,
we're
hoping
to
spend
working
more
hours
within
in
Asheville,
this
grant
will
also
support
some
of
our
special
programs
like
the
aaba.
The
aaba
is
our
African-American
Business
Association.
M
We
do
this
work
in
a
networking
event
that
we
provide
in
a
bi-monthly
basis,
with
a
black
Wall,
Street
and
Eagle
Market,
Street
and,
of
course,
Mountain
best.
We
also
offer
a
Latino
program.
We
offer
culturally
bilingual
stuff,
so
all
of
our
services
for
the
Latino
Community
are
providing
in
Spanish
and
same
with
our
materials.
Thanks
to
this
program,
we
were
able
to
bring
our
Hispanic
hero
judgment
celebration
to
Asheville,
and
we
hope
that
we
can
do
that
again.
This
year
we
had
a
success
event
with
over
150
people
celebrating
the
Hispanic
Heritage
Month.
M
This
grant
will
also
support
our
holiday
pop-up
event.
This
is
an
event
that
we
do
in
collaboration
with
the
Asheville
Mall,
where
we
bring
over
35
home
local
women
entrepreneurs
to
bring
their
products
to
the
Asheville
Mall
in
the
open
area
and
have
an
opportunity
to
sell
their
products
and
also
be
open
to
new
clientele.
We
have
done
this
event
for
two
years
now
and,
of
course,
we
celebrate
our
annual
wwbc
conference.
We
have
our
next
one
that
is
coming
up
on
April
13th
and
would
love
to
see
some
of
you
there.
M
This
is
an
opportunity
for
us
to
celebrate
our
businesses
and
also
to
bring
more
resources
to
the
the
business
community
this
past
year,
in
collaboration
with
local
Partners.
We
also
build
the
Hispanic
Business
Council
and
we
are
looking
for
to
bring
for
the
first
time
to
ask
for
a
Hispanic
Gala
to
where
we
recognize
Hispanic
businesses
in
the
area.
M
I
also
wanted
to
let
you
know
that
the
wwbc
did
not
apply
for
this
grant
last
year.
However,
our
work
with
opportunity,
Asheville
and
our
partners
was
always
there
and
we
continue
to
support
this
program
and
continue
to
support
small
businesses
as
well
and
with
that.
I
also
wanted
to
give
you
the
great
news
that
the
Women's
Business
Center
opened
a
new
location
in
the
Asheville
Mall,
and
this
has
given
us
an
opportunity
to
increase
and
be
more
visible
to
residents
in
the
Asheville
area.
We
now
have.
M
A
A
Great
so,
as
we
said,
I'll
just
restate
when
our
next
meeting
is
it's
March
29th
at
1,
45
pm
and
that's
when
we'll
actually
be
making
some
recommendations
for
applications.
So
those
of
you
listening
in
all
of
you,
applicants
that
did
such
a
great
job
today,
that's
the
big
day,
so
March
29th
was
eight
days
away.
A
big
thank
you
to
everyone
again,
including
staff
who
organized
and
got
all
this
to
us.
It's
a
really
busy
month
in
housing.