For Immediate Release
County approves $7.14 million in grants for community development projects
SANTA ROSA, CA | May 09, 2023
The Sonoma County Board of Supervisors today approved $7.14 million in grants for affordable housing, public facilities improvements, rental assistance, emergency shelter operations, fair housing services, homelessness prevention, case management, and financial stability for low income residents.
The funding mostly comes from federal Community Development Block Grants, as well as the federal HOME Investment Partnerships Program and federal Emergency Solutions Grants.
The funding will go to community based organizations, affordable housing developers, and county and city agencies to support various projects related to housing affordability, homeless outreach and referral, a new service navigation center in west county, microenterprise assistance to expand affordable childcare, accessibility improvements and legal assistance to prevent homelessness. The recipients and projects include:
|
Project Sponsor |
Project Name |
Award Amount |
|---|---|---|
|
WeeCare |
BOOST |
$258,000 |
|
Spectrum Affordable Housing |
Redwood Glen Apartments - 42 affordable units |
$200,000 |
|
Burbank Housing |
Dry Creek Commons - 57 affordable units |
$471,895 |
|
City of Cloverdale |
1st Street ADA barrier removal |
$392,000 |
|
Sonoma County CDC |
Housing Rehabilitation & Earthquake Resistant Bracing System Programs |
$500,000 |
|
Legal Aid of Sonoma Co. |
HOME - Housing Justice Program |
$170,956 |
|
Fair Housing Advocates of Northern CA |
Fair Housing Education & Enforcement |
$110,000 |
|
Community Action Partnership |
Sloan House Women’s Shelter |
$82,155 |
|
Homeless Action Sonoma |
Home & Safe Navigation Center |
$300,000 |
|
Social Advocates for Youth |
Street Outreach & Rapid ReHousing |
$133,213 |
|
Sonoma Applied Villages Services |
Horizon Shine Transitional Housing & Navigation Center |
$100,000 |
|
West County Community Services |
West County Homeless Outreach |
$200,000 |
|
West County Community Services |
Service Navigation, Health & Mental Health Services Project Contingency |
$213,851 |
|
City of Healdsburg |
Northern Sonoma County Homeless Services Expansion |
$141,636 |
|
Mid-Peninsula the Farm |
Summer Oaks - 71 affordable units |
$2,426,242 |
|
Sonoma County Housing Authority |
Tenant Based Rental Assistance |
$88,000 |
|
Sonoma Applied Villages |
SAVS Outreach |
$139,478 |
|
Social Advocates for Youth |
Rapid ReHousing |
$75,400 |
|
TLC Child & Family Services |
TLC Transition Age Youth Rapid Re-Housing Program |
$102,400 |
|
West County Community Services |
West County Homeless Prevention |
$72,200 |
|
So. Co. CDC Program Admin Costs |
Program Administrative Costs |
$438,431 |
|
City of Healdsburg |
L&M Village Rehabilitation |
$200,000 |
|
Homeless Action Sonoma |
Home & Safe Center |
$75,000 |
|
Legal Aid Sonoma County |
Housing Justice Program |
$100,000 |
|
Common Space Community Land Trust |
Cooper Road |
$112,489 |
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Media Contact:
Gilbert Martinez, Communications Specialist
publicaffairs@sonoma-county.org
(707) 565-3040
575 Administration Drive, Suite 104A
Santa Rosa, CA 95403
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