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Home My WebLink About08-18-2025 Housing & Community Development CommissionHOUSING & COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION (HCDC) August 18, 2025 Regular Meeting — 5:30 PM Emma J. Harvat Hall 410 E Washington Street (City Hall) AGENDA: 1. Call to Order 2. Consideration of Meeting Minutes: July 21, 2025 3. Public Comment of Items not on the Agenda Commentators shall address the Commission for no more than five minutes. Commissioners shall not engage in discussion with the public concerning said items. 4. Discuss FY26 Non -Legacy Aid to Agencies (formerly "Emerging") Funding Requests and Consider Budget Recommendation to City Council The Commission will discuss applications and consider a recommendation to City Council for FY26 Non -Legacy Aid to Agencies funding of up to $30,000. Information related to this grant is available online at www.icgov.orq/grants. 5. Staff & Commission Updates This item includes an opportunity for brief updates from staff and Commissioners. Commissioners shall not engage in discussion on updates. 6. Adjournment If you will need disability -related accommodations to participate in this program or event, please contact Brianna Thul at bthul(cDiowa-city.org or 319-356-5240. Early requests are strongly encouraged to allow sufficient time to meet your access needs. Next Meeting: September 15, 2025 � r CITY OF IOWA CITY 410 East Washington Street Iowa City. Iowa 52240-1826 (319) 356-5000 (319) 356-5009 FAX www.icgov.org Housing and Community Development Commission Meeting Packet Contents August 18, 2025 Agenda Item #2 a) Draft HCDC Meeting Minutes - July 21, 2025 Agenda Item #4 a) FY26 Non -Legacy Aid to Agencies Submissions: https://www.iowa- city.org/WebLink/Browse.aspx?id=2235954&dbid=0&repo=CityoflowaCity b) FY26 Non -Legacy Q&A Responses: https://www.iowa- city.org/WebLink/Browse.aspx?id=2238918&dbid=0&repo=CityofIowaCity c) FY26 Non -Legacy Applicants — Recent City Funding (2021-2025) d) Staff Memo — FY26 Non -Legacy Aid to Agencies Staff Recommendations Agenda Item #5 a) Staff Memo - FY25 Aid to Agencies End of Year Accomplishments Agenda Item #2 MINUTES HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION JULY 21, 2025 — 6:30 PM FORMAL MEETING E M M A J. HARVAT HALL, CITY HALL DRAFT MEMBERS PRESENT: Maryann Dennis, Amos Kiche, George Kivarkis (Zoom), Sarah Murray, Thomas Rocklin, Kyle Vogel MEMBERS ABSENT: Karol Krotz STAFF PRESENT: Brianna Thul, Sam Turnbull OTHERS PRESENT: RECOMMENDATIONS TO CITY COUNCIL: None. CALL MEETING TO ORDER: Vogel called the meeting to order at 6:30 PM and welcomed new members Murray and Rocklin. CONSIDERATION OF MEETING MINUTES: JUNE 16, 2025: Dennis moved to approve the minutes of June 16, 2025. Kiche seconded the motion. A vote was taken and the minutes were approved 6-0. PUBLIC COMMENT FOR TOPICS NOT ON THE AGENDA: None. OFFICER NOMINATIONS: Dennis nominated Vogel for Chair, seconded by Kiche, a vote was taken and the motion passed 6-0. Vogel nominated Dennis for Vice Chair, seconded by Murray, a vote was taken and the motion passed 6-0. DISCUSS CHANGING THE REGULAR MEETING TIME: Vogel stated this topic was raised thinking that for those of them that get off work at 5:OOpm and for the staff, having an earlier start time would be preferable. The new suggested time is 5:30pm and he wanted to see if the Commissioners felt that would work for everyone. The Commissioners all agreed the new start time would work. Dennis moved to change the regular meeting time of the Housing and Community Development Commission from 6:30pm to 5:30pm. Seconded by Kiche, a vote was taken and the motion passed 6-0. Housing and Community Development Commission July 21, 2025 Page 2 of 7 OPEN MEETINGS LAW UPDATE: Thul stated that the State of Iowa is changing the open meeting laws that apply to HCDC, City Council, and other boards and commissions. First there is a new training requirement for boards and commissions that affects anyone appointed after July 1, however, the City is taking the position that everyone should participate in that training. It is required to be a course approved by the Iowa Public Information Board and it is anticipated that it will be an online course taking between one and two hours. The Iowa Public Information Board has posted a couple other opportunities since she last emailed and Thul will share those with Commissioners. She asks that they register for the one that works for their schedule. Thul stated the other piece of this bill is that it significantly increases the penalties for violations of Iowa's Open Meeting laws and the fines for members found to have committed inadvertent violations increased from a range of $100 to $500 to a range of $500 to over $2,000. Penalties for knowing violations have increased to a range of $5000 to $12,000. As a precaution, if a board or commission plans to enter a closed session they must have approval from the City Attorney's Office. Thul noted HCDC does not typically require closed sessions. Vogel asked if there any self -directed training available or is it all seminar/leader based. Thul replied since this requirement is so new, all she is aware of so far are the trainings shared, however, she anticipates there will be more information rolling out on this and there will likely be other trainings that pop up. She will share new info as it is available. OVERVIEW OF UPCOMING FY26 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT (CDBG) COMPETITIVE FUNDING ROUND AND NEXT STEPS FOR FY26 NON -LEGACY FUNDING: Vogel stated for Non -Legacy funding, HCDC will be making recommendations next month and Council will review the recommendations in September. The packet for CDBG will be distributed sometime in August with HCDC making recommendations in September. Dennis asked if the CDBG round includes HOME funds. Thul noted they've changed since the last Consolidated Planning process and this round will be CDBG only. HOME was directed to the existing initiatives like the down payment assistance program and the Community Housing Development Organization reserve will continue as well. To begin with the Non -Legacy portion, Thul stated that application closed July 16 and the requests received far exceeded the amount of funding available. They have $30,000 available for this funding round and received 21 applications totaling about $254,000 of requests. Vogel commented that even if they were to give out only the minimum amount ($5,000 each), they are looking at only six participants that they can fund, so that's going to be some tough decisions. Dennis asked if the applicants knew that there's only $30,000 available. Thu] confirmed yes, the amount available was included in the press release, on the website, and in the applicant guide. Dennis asked when HCDC will have the public meeting for the applicants to come and ask questions. Thul explained the process was changed recently as part of the feedback through the subcommittee process. It used to be the HCDC would invite agencies to present their proposal, but the agencies stated they didn't like that process so it was switched to doing a Q & A in writing. If HCDC wants to do the Q & A they can, otherwise they can make funding decisions based on the information in the applications. The group agreed to the written Q & A. Dennis agreed that the Q & A in writing went well. It gives everyone time to think through the answer and to respond. Vogel asked when HCDC needs to get questions to staff. Thul stated the next meeting would be August 18, the agenda packet would be posted around August 11, but there are 21 applications so how soon do Commissioners feel like they can read through 21 applications and give staff their questions? Vogel noted the applicants are going to need five to seven days to answer so if Commissioners get all the Housing and Community Development Commission July 21, 2025 Page 3 of 7 questions to staff by August 4, applicants have until August 8 to respond. Thul confirmed it would be so Vogel set that date of having questions to staff by August 4. Vogel noted with the new submittals recently, he was really surprised how few questions he had because there was so much information in the application process now. Thul continued that whenever they start a funding round, they always remind Commissioners to not have conversations directly with the applicants about their proposals. They want to make sure that everyone on the Commission has access to the same information, so if there are questions please direct them through the Q & A process so everyone will have the same information. She also noted in August when the Commission is discussing funding recommendations, it is really the Commission discussing amongst themselves, and not a time to ask applicants questions so again, if there are questions, please direct that through the written process, to keep things as fair as possible. Vogel asked if staff could put something together to acknowledge which out of these 21 applicants have gotten funding in the last three years or so. Thul stated yes and that the info was emailed out as an attachment. Kiche noted one of the applicants is getting HOME ARP funds and asked what the funds are for. Turnbull stated she is administering the HOME ARP program and Iowa Legal Aid has a grant for $200,000 to pay for supportive services, which is basically legal services, to help folks who are facing or at risk of homelessness until 2030. Kiche stated regarding the Legacy grants and the sectors that they seem to be focusing on, homelessness, food insecurity, health care, housing and transportation - how much of their allocations have already gone to which different areas because he does not want to really disproportionately fund or recommend an area that already is getting good money through another form of grant. He believes there should be questions of fairness in certain areas. Thul noted for the Legacy funding round that they just went through, there is a summary of awards made online, and they could certainly go through and look at how the different priorities fit into the previous awards. One thing that staff looks at when making funding recommendations for Non -Legacy is uniqueness of services and they do consider other funding sources. Agencies that received Legacy funding are not eligible for Non -Legacy funding. The Commissioners should have received a summary in an email last week of recent awards the applicants have received from other City funding sources like Climate Action. Vogel asked about the Center for Worker Justice, they had been awarded funds for 2026 but they are closing. Are any of those funds available for redistribution? Thul explained that the City had not entered an agreement with CWJ for the awards that were made for the FY26 and FY27 Legacy round. Those funds are not available for reprogramming because they were already over budget from what was originally set aside. Kiche noted the allocations that were made in the previous year were well beyond $30,000 and asked if this was a decision made at some time to reduce that component and weigh it much more towards the Legacy agencies. Thul noted she sent a recent funding history to Commissioners showing recent awards. The Legacy and Non -Legacy funding programs have gone through many different iterations of program rules and it will continue to change. This funding round and the next one in FY27 will be the last funding round for Emerging/Non-Legacy Aid to Agencies. The pot of money for Non -Legacy is up to 5% of the total Aid to Agencies budget which typically falls around $30,000 so that amount is pretty standard for this round. There are also other City grants on that sheet she shared like climate action, ARPA, and other local funding. Kiche asked what's the rationale for these drastic changes for the program as a whole. He noted it looks like they're almost wiping out the Emerging Agencies. They have gone from high amounts to now giving out $30,000 and asked if that is a City policy, or the overall City budget policy? Thul explained the Housing and Community Development Commission July 21, 2025 Page 4 of 7 $30,000 has been a fairly consistent amount since the Emerging portion was created since only 5% of the total budget can be used. The funds aren't really being wiped out. Changes were made to the Aid to Agencies process recently based on agency feedback and the consolidated planning process for City Steps. So one change that will be fully implemented in FY28 will be that there are five or six organizations that are directly funded. Those are the organizations like Shelter House and DVIP that are funded as a stable service. The remainder of that money will be open to other nonprofits through a public services funding round that anyone can apply for. Overall, the money isn't going away, it's being shifted to a different funding mechanism that is open to other nonprofits. Vogel noted it's been incredibly difficult the last couple years because having only $30,000 is not a lot of funding. Thul stated also the origin of this grant was called Emerging Aid to Agencies and it was originally meant for new organizations. Over time, this commission and the subcommittee process decided to move away from incentivizing new organizations to form and focus more on collaboration and having organizations work together. Thul stated for Non -Legacy, Commissioners will get the staff recommendations by August 1 so please plan to come to the August HCDC meeting with an idea of how to allocate the $30,000. The Commission will start with the staff funding recommendations and they can tweak those how they see fit. Thul moved on to CDBG funding and stated this is the federal funding received from HUD. The eligible activities for this funding round are public facility projects and rental acquisition. For example, a nonprofit could apply for CDBG funds to acquire a single-family home that would be rented to an income eligible household. The rent would be restricted so that there's a maximum rent that they could charge to the tenant. An example of a public facility project would be that a shelter or a neighborhood center could request the funds to make some kind of facility improvements. Overall, the purpose of these funds is to serve low to moderate income individuals, so projects need to be serving people at those income thresholds that are established by HUD for the city. Applications are due August 4 for this federal funding round. Staff will prepare a summary sheet for each proposal since CDBG has a lot of different rules and strings attached. Staff will share their scores and funding recommendations with the Commission. Similar to Non -Legacy, the Commission will start with staff funding recommendations and will tweak how they see fit. Thul noted over the last several years they've had a lot of difficulties getting the full Commission to score the proposals so during this funding round, they're trying a new approach, where the Commission scoring is optional. Commissioners that want to score can bring that information to the meeting to aid in discussion. The overall allocation amount will be around $364,000. About $150,000 for public facility projects and $214,000 for rental housing acquisition. Thul noted this Wednesday staff will do an applicant workshop for anyone interested in applying. This year they've transitioned to new software for the application, but the content is very similar to last year. She also reminded the commission that they are doing things a little bit backwards this year since HUD was slow in getting out the normal grant allocations. Normally, they're doing this funding process and then they take the projects, put them in the Action Plan, and then it goes to City Council, and finally it's approved by HUD. This year they've set the budgets for public facilities and rental acquisitions first to get the plan submitted to HUD on time. The Annual Action Plan was submitted to HUD last week. Vogel asked if the applications are unique for each of those categories, or will they see applications that combine both a portion of public facility and a portion of rental housing? Thul explained when the applicants go into the portal, there are two different tiles that they need to select from. One applicant could apply for two projects but it would be submitting two different applications. Thul noted to be eligible for a public facility, they need to be an entity that's open during regular business hours that serves eligible people. She noted there used to be many different eligible activities through this funding round and as a result of the last consolidated planning process they've tried to really simplify that and use resources strategically. The City contributes to the local affordable housing fund that's administered by the Housing Trust Fund of Johnson County and staff are directing more complex projects to those funds. 4 Housing and Community Development Commission July 21, 2025 Page 5 of 7 Kiche asked if the scoring rubric criteria on section number eight is correct because the points awarded range is confusing. Thul acknowledged it is correct and the range is unusual because they use the same scoring rubric for both public facilities and housing projects. The question is related specifically to housing so a public facility project would receive the 20 points for that question so they aren't penalized. Kiche asked how they will know if an applicant has technical expertise required for the project. Thul explained with the Commission receives the staff summary sheet, there will be a section that corresponds to this question. Staff will give the Commission the history and any related information that relevant to the scoring. The summary sheets directly correspond to the scoring criteria sheet. Kiche asked if that will also include information on the applicant's reputation, in terms of good standing of the bonus points. Thul confirmed yes, that information will be provided. Thul also noted that Commissioners are likely to have more questions once they receive the applications. Staff can always meet with any Commissioners outside of regular meetings to sit down and answer any questions. Kiche asked about the scoring he has a question of impact. At some stage, do they have to worry about the impact history or the impact based on what it is they are expected to do? He acknowledged it's very difficult, but it is something that they have to think about. For example, the homeless shelter does a lot and when they were here, they gave some good statistics and having a software they're developing to gather their metrics and data. Is that something that the City might encourage from other applicants? He noted for the Legacy grants they may just assume they get funding every year and not worry too much about the impact, or efficiency of how the funds are being used, because nobody will question that. He stated the word Legacy is important and they should be concerned because this is long term money in a way. Thul noted the discussion today is related to CDBG funds and Non -Legacy funds. If they want to talk more about Legacy Aid to Agencies specifically, they should add that on a future agenda so it is disclosed to the public. With regards to Non -Legacy, staff does require reporting from those awarded and Turnbull can speak to that. Turnbull noted with regard to Non -Legacy reporting, it is a little less involved than the Legacy reporting. The agencies report output data like the number of people served at the various income levels and what kind of services they're providing. They report that twice a year and she keeps track of that and reviews the reports. Dennis noted when talking about Emerging Agencies, the name implies that they're new. They're asking for $5,000 to $15,000 for one year so it might be hard for them sometimes to even say what the long-term impact is going to be. Some might basically use funds for operations or to hire a staff because they're new agencies. It's one thing to be able to say what their projected outcomes are for one year, but there's no guarantee when they come in next year that they're going to get funded again and be able to say long term impact. One would hope a nonprofit would have a strategic plan that might be three to five years, but it might be difficult. Vogel noted at some point they started putting in what the services cost per person so they would know if they received $200,000 - would that help 95 people or 5 people? They have seen more of that impact information in the recent applications as they go through these. Some are more story -based than hard data driven. It is up to this Commission to decide if the 35 families served is reasonable for the funding. As far as impact, staff does get regular reports showing if people are hitting their numbers and are completing the projects they're supposed to complete in time. Thul agreed and noted that with CDBG for example, it looks a little bit different. If they had a rental acquisition project, there's a great deal of reporting that goes into that. Each project has a period of affordability based on the funds invested. With a 15 year affordability, the agency would need to report on the unit every year for 15 years. Staff are making sure the funds are used effectively in the way that they're intended to be used. She added if they had an applicant that had compliance issues, staff would Housing and Community Development Commission July 21, 2025 Page 6 of 7 bring that information to the Commission. It is rare and a last resort after staff have pursued all other options, but they have had to bring projects to the Commission to consider recapturing funds. Dennis confirmed that has happened before. There is a policy for delayed projects and staff will call them and ask what's their time frame and can they complete it, if at all, because if not, then the funds are reallocated to somebody who can finish the project in the timeframe that HUD requires. Thul noted that speaks to the importance of the funding recommendations that the Commission makes. The analysis and the review done by this group is important work, especially on the front end. It's easier to make the tough decisions on the front end than it is to go through the process of recapturing funds. Kiche noted the priorities are homelessness, food insecurity, health care, but they are also talking about the populations to be given additional priority and where all the vulnerable populations included. Vogel noted where it says to be considered for funding proposals an applicant must address one of the following community issues, homelessness, food insecurity, health care. In addition to those, if there's two service programs presented, but only one addresses vulnerable populations, and the others doesn't the prioritization would go to the program serving the population with higher barriers to accessing services. Thul stated again, as the Commission is reviewing applications, please don't hesitate to reach out to staff with questions. STAFF & COMMISSION UPDATES: Vogel stated that Non -Legacy funding is going to be tough and it's a lot to go through and figure out so please read through the applications, put together some justifications, and be ready to discuss. Dennis stated she is happy to have new commissioners that are committed to the process. Thul noted a press release in the packet regarding City Council extending the Fare Free Transit Program ADJOURNMENT: Murray moved to adjourn, Kiche seconded the motion and a vote was taken and the motion passed 6-0. Housing and Community Development Commission July 21, 2025 Page 7 of 7 Housing and Community Development Commission Attendance Record 2024-2025 Name Terms Exp. 4/18 5/16 6/13 8/19 9/16 10/21 3/24 4/21 5/19 6/16 7/21 -- -- -- A A P A A D D D Balde, Daouda 6/30/27 A P P P A A P P A P Borgen, Horacio 6/30/25 (zoom) P P P P P P P P P P P Dennis, Maryann 6/30/25 Kiche, Amos 6/30/25 -- -- P P A P P P Kivarkis, George 6/30/27 (zoom) (zoom) A P P A P P A A P P A Krotz, Karol 6/30/27 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- P Murray, Sarah 6/30/27 A P P P P P Patel, Kiran 6/30/26 P P P A P A Pierce, James 6/30126 Rocklin, Thomas 6/30/28 P P A P A p Szecsei, Denise 6/30/25 P A A P P P P P P P P Vogel, Kyle 6/30/26 Key: P = Present A = Absent * = Resigned -- = Vacant D = Discharged Agenda Item #4 FY26 Non -Legacy Applicants - Recent City Funding (2021-2025) FY26 Non -Legacy Request Recent City Funding Applicant FY26 Non -Legacy Request Previous Non - Legacy Awards Human Rights Climate Action ARPA HOME -ARP Access 2 Independence $5,000 Agape Cafe $7,500 Community Inclusion Club $15,000 $1,185 (2025) Community Transportation Committee $15,000 Escucha Mi Voz $15,000 $8,000 (2024) $20,000 (2025) $12,000(2024) $10,000 (2024) Field to Family $15,000 $10,000 (2022) Free Mental Health Clinic $5,000 Healthy Kids Clinic $10,000 $5,000 (2024) $11,300 (2023) $15,000(2022) Immigrant Welcome Networkoflohnson County $15,000 $7,000 (2025) Iowa City Hospice $10,000 $5,000 (2024) Iowa City Sober Living $15,000 $7,500 (2024) Iowa Legal Aid $15,000 $9,300 (2023) $200,000 (2025-2030) Iowa Valley Resource Conservation and Development $5,000 Junior Achievement of Eastern Iowa $15,000 Kids First Law Center $15,000 NAMI JC $15,000 $10,000 (2021) Open Heartland $10,000 $6,400(2025) $13,738 (2023) $9,000(2022) $37,494 (2023-2024) St. Andrew Presbyterian Church $7,000 Successful Living $15,000 Visiting Nurse Association $15,000 Wright House $15,000 $10,000 (2025) $7,154 (2023) $25,000(2022) $100,000 (2024-2025) r Agenda Item #4 CITY OF IO WA CITY � MEMORANDUM CITY OF IOWA CITY UNESCO CITY OF LITERATURE Date: August 1, 2025 To: Housing and Community Development Commission From: Brianna Thul, Community Development Planner Sam Turnbull, Grants Specialist Re: FY26 Non -Legacy Aid to Agencies Staff Funding Recommendations Summary of Staff Funding Recommendations for FY26 Non -Legacy Aid to Agencies: Applicant and Request Overview Priority Area Request Staff Rec. Access 2 Independence Housing Funds to make homes more accessible for people with Stability disabilities. Services $5,000 $0 Agape Cafe Operational support for made to order breakfast. Food Insecurity $7,500 $7,500 Community Inclusion Club Operational support for sports activities for adults with disabilities. Healthcare $15,000 $0 Community Transportation Committee Funds to purchase transit tickets to give to local nonprofits. Transportation $15,000 $0 Escucha Mi Voz Housing Operational support for case management services. StabilityServices $15,000 $0 Field to Family Operational support to purchase food from local farmers. Food Insecurity $15,000 $0 Free Mental Health Clinic Operational support for psychoeducational workshops for probationers and parolees. Healthcare $5,000 $0 Healthy Kids Clinic Operational support for medical services for uninsured/underinsured children. Healthcare $10,000 $0 Immigrant Welcome Network of Johnson County Homeless and Operational support for the Welcome House. Shelter Services $15,000 $0 Iowa City Hospice Operational support for hospice care. Healthcare $10,000 $0 Iowa City Sober Living Homeless and Operational support for sober living home for women. Shelter Services $15,000 $0 Iowa Legal Aid Housing Operational support for legal services for survivors of domestic Stability violence. Services $15,000 $0 Iowa Valley Resource Conservation and Development Operational support for food production costs for food distributed to local nonprofits. Food Insecurity $5,000 $0 Junior Achievement of Eastern Iowa Operational support for program providing career exploration Childcare and to children in schools. Youth Services $15,000 $0 Kids First Law Center Operational support for legal services and support for children Childcare and experiencing parental high conflict divorces. Youth Services $15,000 $7,500 National Alliance on Mental Illness Johnson County Operational support for mental health services through peer support. Healthcare $15,000 $15,000 Open Heartland Operational support for food insecurity initiatives. Food Insecurity $10,000 $0 St. Andrew Presbyterian Church Funds for electrical upgrades at the church to add more fridges for food insecurity programming. Food Insecurity $7,000 $0 Successful Living Housing Funds for a downpayment assistance on a new home to be Stability rented to people with disabilities. Services $15,000 $0 Visiting Nurse Association Operational support for homemaking services to keep people out of the hospital and independent as long as possible. Healthcare $15,000 $0 Wright House Operational support for youth led creative expression and art Childcare and programming. Youth Services $15,000 $0 Total $254,500 $30,000 Staff Comments on Recommendations: Iowa City is fortunate to have many qualified nonprofits providing services to the community. The City received 21 applications totaling $254,500 of requests, which far exceeds the available FY26 Non -Legacy Aid to Agencies budget of $30,000. Staff considered the following in developing recommendations: • consistency with community -identified public service priorities in City Steps 2030 • impact for low to moderate income residents of Iowa City • uniqueness of services provided (avoiding duplication of existing services) • prioritization for agencies serving populations with barriers to accessing services • demand for services • use of funds • agency capacity and ability to complete the proposed project in the required timeframe • coordination of efforts with other established agencies • overall quality of submissions • other recent City funding received In general, staff do not recommend funding any applicant through this program for more than two years as it is not intended to be an ongoing funding source. Additionally, this program provides flexible operational funds for nonprofits. Requests for housing projects, such as acquisition of rental housing, are typically directed to other affordable housing resources such as Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) or Housing Trust Fund of Johnson County. Next Steps: Commissioners will develop funding recommendations at the August 18, 2025 meeting that will be held at 5:30pm at City Hall. � r ®4 31- memo Agenda Item #5 CITY OF IOWA CITY MEMORANDUM Date: August 11, 2025 To: Housing & Community Development Commission From: Sam Turnbull, Grants Specialist Re: FY25 Aid to Agencies End of Year Accomplishments The Aid to Agencies Program provides nonprofit public service agencies with flexible operational funding to help serve low-income Iowa City residents based on priorities set in the City's consolidated plan known as City Steps. In FY25, the City awarded over $770,000 to 25 nonprofit agencies. Attached to this memo you will find FY25 Performance Goals and FY25 Accomplishment and Outcome data for the Aid to Agencies Program. • Performance goals are self-selected by the agencies at the time of application. • The Legacy Agencies' number of Iowa City (IC) individuals served comes from the FY24 and FY25 end of year reports. • Legacy Agencies submitted end of year reports in the United Way portal. Reports were due on 7/31 /25. • Non -Legacy Agencies submitted a biannual report with third and fourth quarter accomplishments. Reports were due on 7/31/25. In FY26 both Legacy and Non -Legacy Agencies will submit reports biannually. The first reports for FY26 funding are due 1/31/26. FY25 Legacy Aid to Agencies FY25 Funding Award FY25 # Goals FY25 # Accomplishments FY25 % Goals FY 25 % Goal Outcomes Shelter $100,647 1,526 IC individuals served 1,598 IC individuals served 92.5 % of individuals 100% of individuals House in FY24 in FY25 reporting improved quality reporting improved quality of life of life 250 students reporting 383 students reporting 95.38% of individuals 79% of individuals exiting positive relationships positive relationships exiting program to program to permanent or permanent or long-term long-term safe, stable safe, stable housing housing 650 individuals receiving 1,429 individuals receiving 50% of individuals 71.43% of individuals quality case management quality case management reporting being able to reporting being able to increase income increase income 650 individuals receiving 1,332 individuals receiving 95.38% of individuals 100% of individuals services for stable housing services for stable housing reporting improved quality reporting improved quality of life of life 24,000 nights of shelter 28,144 nights of shelter provided provided 990 adults receiving 551 adults receiving healthcare services healthcare services 200 children receiving 240 children receiving healthcare services healthcare services 2,050 volunteer hours 2,103 volunteer hours invested in programming invested in programming DVIP $88,755 1,091 IC individuals served 1,600 IC individuals served 94.29% of individuals 93.83% of individuals (includes in FY24 in FY25 reporting feeling safe from reporting feeling safe from RVAP's violence violence award) 1,500 individuals receiving 2,215 individuals receiving domestic and family domestic and family violence services Iviolence services Neighborho od Centers of Johnson County $70,601 2,117 IC individuals served in FY24 105 children involved in early learning programs 220 students receiving enriching out of school programming 1,272 IC individuals served in FY25 130 children involved in early learning programs 306 students receiving enriching out of school programming 93.75% of children achieving kindergarten readiness 100% of children achieving kindergarten readiness Community $69,679 16,792 IC individuals 17,712 IC individuals 80% of individuals exiting Not completed served in FY24 served in FY25 program to permanent or long-term safe, stable housing 560 individuals receiving 2136 individuals receiving 90% or individuals Not completed services for stable housing services for stable housing reporting increase in food security 18,000 individuals receiving 26,707 individuals receiving 90% of individuals Not completed nutritional support services nutritional support services reporting feeling safe from violence 1,300 individuals receiving 1,961 individuals receiving 90% of individuals Not completed mental health services mental health services reporting healthcare from mobile crisis from mobile crisis service needs met Free Medical $40,344 698 IC individuals served in 659 IC individuals served in 37.5% of individuals 100% of individuals Clinic FY24 FY25 reporting improved quality reporting improved quality of life of life 1,240 adults receiving 1,151 adults receiving healthcare services healthcare services 250 adults with access to 65 adults with access to oral healthcare oral healthcare 200 individuals receiving 424 individuals receiving information on a healthy information on a healthy lifestyle lifestyle United Action for Youth Table to Table $34,796 2,131 IC individuals served in FY24 900 students receiving enriching out of school programming 400 students reporting positive relationships 50 individuals receiving services for stable housing 500 individuals receiving quality case management 325 individuals receiving mental health services $40,344 10,368 IC individuals served in FY24 2,470 IC individuals served in FY25 774 students receiving enriching out of school programming 256 students reporting positive relationships 24 individuals receiving services for stable housing 357 individuals receiving quality case management 138 individuals receiving mental health services 12,651 IC individuals served in FY25 2,200,000 pounds of food Irescued 2,621,817 pounds of food rescued and distributed to and distributed to programs programs 1,100,000 rescued pounds 11,304,631 rescued pounds of produce, meat and dairy lof produce, meat and dairy 90% of youth who report being connected to at least one caring adult in their life 80% of individuals exiting program to permanent or long-term safe, stable housing 90% of individuals reporting improved quality of life 96.17% of youth who report being connected to at least one caring adult in their life 100% of individuals exiting program to permanent or long-term safe, stable housing 94.21% of individuals reporting improved quality of life 50% of total rescued 49.79% of total rescued pounds that was produce, pounds that was produce, meat and dairy meat and dairy 50% of total meals 47.59% of total meals provided that included 2 or provided that included 2 or more servings of more servings of fruits/vegetables fruits/vegetables Horizons $38,326 222 IC individuals served in 234 IC individuals served in 69.07% of seniors with 94.04% of seniors with FY24 FY25 needs met to live safely at needs met to live safely at home home 60,297 meals served to 34,120 meals served to adults in meal program adults in meal program Inside Out $31,266 141 IC individuals served in 134 IC individuals served in 70% of individuals 75.86% of individuals Reentry FY24 FY25 reporting stable reporting stable employment employment 196 individuals receiving 174 individuals receiving quality case management quality case management 80 individuals receiving 99 individuals receiving services for stable housing services for stable housing 4C's $28,240 306 IC individuals served in 429 IC individuals served in 100% of children achieving 100% of children achieving Community FY24 FY25 kindergarten readiness kindergarten readiness Coordinated Child Care 144 children involved in 562 children involved in 100% of individuals 86.67% of individuals early learning programs early learning programs reporting being able to reporting being able to increase income increase income 30 adults receiving 65 adults receiving 83.33% of individuals 100% of individuals workforce skill training workforce skill training reporting stable reporting stable employment employment 67 individuals receiving 749 individuals receiving nutritional support services nutritional support services HACAP $27,504 3,450 IC individuals served 2,746 IC individuals served 79.55% of children 85.95% of children in FY24 in FY25 achieving kindergarten achieving kindergarten readiness readiness 200 children involved in 212 children involved in 95% of youth who report 100% of youth who report early learning programs early learning programs being connected to at least being connected to at least one caring adult in their life one caring adult in their life 200 students reporting 212 students reporting positive relationships positive relationships Big Brothers I$27,358 Big Sisters Iowa Valley Habitat for Humanity $27,261 Dream City 1$25,215 125 IC individuals served in FY24 280 students receiving mentoring services 54 IC individuals served in FY24 34 seniors receiving services to live safely at home 132 IC individuals served in FY25 228 students receiving mentoring services 103 IC individuals served in FY25 19 seniors receiving services to live safely at home 25 individuals involved in 156 individuals involved in financial literacy education Ifinancial literacy education 8,000 volunteer hours invested in programming 163 IC individuals served in FY24 160 students receiving enriching out of school programming 160 students receiving mentoring services 160 students reporting positive relationships 7,362 volunteer hours invested in programming 359 IC individuals served in FY25 200 students receiving enriching out of school programming 98 students receiving mentoring services 200 students reporting positive relationships 90% of youth who report being connected to at least one caring adult in their life 100% of youth who report being connected to at least one caring adult in their life 100% of seniors with needs �met 100% of seniors with needs met to live safely at home to live safely at home 100% of individuals exiting program to permanent or long-term safe, stable housing 90% of individuals reporting improved quality of life 90% of students reporting increased engagement at school 90% of youth who report being connected to at least one caring adult in their life 50% of individuals exiting program to permanent or long-term safe, stable housing 93.5% of individuals reporting improved quality of life 100% of students reporting increased engagement at school 100% of youth who report being connected to at least one caring adult in their life 80 individuals receiving 200 individuals receiving nutritional support services nutritional support services 160 individuals receiving 200 individuals receiving information on a healthy information on a healthy lifestyle lifestyle Arc of $22,592 310 IC individuals served in 313 IC individuals served in 93.33% of individuals 96.88% of individuals Southeast FY24 FY25 reporting improved quality reporting improved quality Iowa of life of life 70 children involved in 64 children involved in 100% of children achieving 90% of children achieving early learning programs early learning programs kindergarten readiness kindergarten readiness 75 students receiving 83 students receiving 84.62% of individuals 74.14% of individuals enriching out of school enriching out of school reporting stable reporting stable programming programming employment employment 65 adults receiving 58 adults receiving workforce skill training workforce skill training Free Lunch $15,129 78,876 fruit/vegetable 119,584 fruit/vegetable 98.89% of total meals 99.35% of total meals Program options provided in meal options provided in meal provided that included 2 or provided that included 2 or program program more servings of more servings of fruits/vegetables fruits/vegetables 39,820 meals Houses into $15,129 737 IC individuals served in 784 IC individuals served in 60% of individuals 72.97% of individuals Homes FY24 FY25 reporting improved quality reporting improved quality of life of life 5,000 volunteer hours 8,884 volunteer hours invested in programming invested in programming Pathways $15,129 127 IC individuals served in 120 IC individuals served in 75% of individuals 100% of individuals Adult Day FY24 FY25 reporting improved quality reporting improved quality Health of life of life Center 120 Adults receiving Not completed healthcare services FY25 Non FY25 FY25 # Goals FY25 Q2 # FY25 Q4 # Legacy Aid Funding Accomplishments Accomplishments to Agencies Award Escucha Mi $8,000 400 persons served 665 persons served 1,112 persons served Voz Iowa City $7,500 24 persons served 30 persons served 14 persons served Sober Living Iowa City $5,000 17 persons served 7 persons served 7 persons served Hospice Iowa City $6,000 4,059 persons served 1,800 persons served 1900 households served Compassion Healthy Kids $5,000 550 persons served 479 persons served 487 persons served School - Based Clinics TRAIL of $5,500 100 persons served 30 households served 30 households served Johnson County