Documenters<\/a> empowers people like you to help fill the gaps in reporting on Tarrant County public meetings. Find out how you can join here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Tracey Walton, interim senior management analyst for the Fort Worth Neighborhood Services Department, provided a detailed breakdown of the action plan.<\/p>\n The four grants the city is seeking:<\/p>\n Community Development Block Grant: $7.1 million for low\/moderate-income housing and services.<\/p>\n HOME Investment Partnership: $2.8 million for affordable housing.<\/p>\n Emergency Solutions Grant: $625,000 for homelessness programs.<\/p>\n Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS: $2.9 million for housing\/services for people with HIV\/AIDS.<\/p>\n Affordable housing<\/p>\n Housing Channel<\/a>, $70,000. Homeownership training and education provided in accordance with HUD requirements.<\/p>\n Aging in place<\/p>\n Guardianship Services Inc.<\/a>, $70,000. Guardianship Services helps low- and moderate-income Fort Worth residents age 62 and older safely age in place by protecting their financial well-being through workshops.<\/p>\n Meals on Wheels of Tarrant County<\/a>, $160,000. Support of home-delivered meals for eligible older, disabled and homebound adults in Fort Worth.<\/p>\n The Women\u2019s Center<\/a>, $70,000. Support of core PEARLS<\/a> program sessions provided through in-person appointments delivered in home by a full-time counselor.<\/p>\n Children and youth services<\/p>\n Artes de la Rosa<\/a>, $60,000. For Artes Academy,<\/a> year-round cultural fine arts after-school and seasonal camps program.<\/p>\n Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Tarrant County<\/a>, $40,000. Club experience at Eastside Branch<\/a> and Mobile Clubhouse<\/a> services in Stop Six.<\/p>\n Camp Fire First Texas<\/a>, $65,000. Teens in Action<\/a>, a life skills and youth development service for middle and high school students in Fort Worth.\u00a0<\/p>\n Junior Achievement of Chisholm Trail,<\/a> $45,000. Support of city of Fort Worth Cradle to Career Initiative.<\/p>\n The YouthVantage Alliance<\/a>, $75,000. Academic, leadership and mentoring programs under one framework.<\/p>\n United Community Centers<\/a>, $125,000. Support of Education Literacy Program<\/a> small group guided reading program for children ages 4-13.<\/p>\n Economic empowerment and financial resilience<\/p>\n Building Pathways<\/a>, $73,000. Support of Career Mapping Program,<\/a> a 12-week cohort-based workforce development program serving individuals ages 16-30 who face barriers to employment.<\/p>\n Veterans Center of North Texas<\/a>, $30,000. Provides emergency financial assistance to low-to-moderate-income veteran households in Fort Worth.<\/p>\n The city proposed to provide $30,000 to another organization, but disqualified them because the organization didn\u2019t have an alternative funding source or a physical location. The city staff will reallocate this money to another nonprofit.<\/p>\n Healthy living and wellness<\/p>\n HOME Investment Partnership plan<\/p>\n Affordable housing, $2.6 million. Funds for housing counseling services, CFW Homebuyer Assistance Program, and affordable housing development. The city will allocate HOME funds to support the development of affordable housing for low- and moderate-income households. Funds may be used for acquisition, new construction, rehabilitation, site improvements and other eligible development costs.<\/p>\n Emergency Solutions plan<\/p>\n Center for Transforming Lives<\/a>, $100,000. Support of center\u2019s homeless prevention prevention program.<\/p>\n True Worth Place<\/a>, $150,000. Provides day shelter, case management and classes to people experiencing homelessness, and space to other agencies as a central resource facility.<\/p>\n The Archway (Formerly SafeHaven of Tarrant County)<\/a>, $80,000. Shelter and supportive services for adult victims of domestic violence and the minor children who accompany them into emergency shelter.<\/p>\n Presbyterian Night Shelter<\/a>, $145,276. Provides basic needs of individuals experiencing homelessness.<\/p>\n The Salvation Army of North Texas<\/a>, $103,274.50. Home Sweet Home<\/a> is a homeless prevention program that pays up to six months in rental arrears and provides financial assistance for up to three months\u2019 rent for households at-risk of homelessness.<\/p>\n Housing Opportunities for Persons with HIV and AIDS plan<\/p>\n AIDS Outreach Center,<\/a> $400,000. Agency proposes to help facilitate tenant-based rental assistance, short-term rent, mortgage and utilities assistance and support.<\/p>\n Tarrant County Samaritan Housing<\/a>, $950,000. Provides supportive services and tenant-based rental assistance to eligible clients living in Samaritan properties and in scattered-site rental voucher-supported housing.<\/p>\n Homelessness Prevention and Special Needs Support, $1.5 million. City-managed program provides supportive services and tenant-based rental assistance and permanent housing placement assistance to eligible clients living in Tarrant, Johnson, Wise and Parker counties.<\/p>\n Tekisha Hobbs is a member of the Fort Worth Report Documenters<\/a> crew. Scott Nishimura is senior editor for local government accountability at the Report. 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