Formula Funds
Formula allocations are increases to existing federal funding programs that will be allocated based on existing data driven formulae. The city has started receiving word of new funding allocations to these programs from the federal government. Similarly, the federal government is allocating funds to the state of Arizona, which the state can pass on to cities.
Notification of ARRA Direct Funding to Phoenix to Date
$60.3 Million as of March 3, 2009
Emergency Shelter Grants / Homeless Prevention and Re-Housing
$6.9 million to Phoenix
- Funding comes directly to the city
- 2 years to expend
- Eligible activities include: short or medium term rental assistance; utility deposits and payment; moving costs; case management; and other appropriate homelessness prevention
- These are all services we currently provide in the Family Services Centers
Community Services Block Grant
$2.4 million to Phoenix
- Funding comes through State. State must pass through 99% to the eligible entities
- 3 years to expend
- Funding can be used for both staffing and voucher assistance
- Increases eligibility to 200% of poverty
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
$9 million to Phoenix (pending FAA approval)
- Set aside for taxiway rehabilitation (Taxiway C) at Sky Harbor
- The notice to proceed needs to be issued by June 2009 with final inspection (acceptance) by no later than September 2011
Community Development Block Grant
$4.6 million to Phoenix
- This will be added to the City’s 2008-2009 appropriation of $16.84 million
- This includes funding for youth services, child care, seniors and persons with disabilities where current RFP funding requests far exceed available dollars
- It also includes emergency housing rehabilitation for low and moderate income residents across the city and needed leverage for public facilities projects ready for construction
Workforce Investment Act
$6.3 million to Phoenix (based on Arizona Department of Economic Security estimate)
- Adult Funding - $1,453,000
- Youth Funding - $2,930,000
- Dislocated Worker Funding - $1,762,000
- Rapid Response Funding - $211,000
Public Housing Capital Funds
$4.3 million to Phoenix
Lead Based Paint Hazard Control (LBPHC) Grant
$2.3 million to Phoenix
- This additional funding will allow NSD to support its original grant proposal to reduce lead hazards in 225 privately-owned homes occupied by low income families with children under six years old within 10 defined ZIP codes; lead hazard elimination to homes of Elevated Blood Lead Level (EBLL) identified children; outreach and education to at least 4000 individuals; and skill-training of lead safe work practices to at least 200 individuals engaged through partnerships with the program.
Healthy Homes Demonstration Grant
$875,000 to Phoenix
- To develop, demonstrate, and promote cost-effective, preventive measures to correct multiple residential health and safety hazards that produce serious diseases and injuries in children and other sensitive subgroups such as the elderly, with a particular focus on low income households.
Community Health Center Grants
$2.6 million to 2 Phoenix Centers
$1.3 million to Wesley Community Center
$1.3 million to Native American Community Health Center Inc.
- To provide access to uninsured individuals
- Increase health services in underserved areas
Highway Transportation
$22 million to ADOT
- For widening of I-17 between Carefree Highway and Anthem