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General Fund

The Community Services and Neighborhood Community Centers Division oversees seven of the city’s network of
community centers and two Community Action Partner (CAP) centers. The centers provide recreational, leisure,
and essential human services primarily in low-income neighborhoods. This division also delivers state and federal
grant-funded social services to eligible households in Fort Worth and Tarrant County through the Community
Action Partners program.

The Neighborhood Development and Infrastructure (formerly Neighborhood Stabilization and Outreach) Division
addresses systemic neighborhood issues and fosters resident self-sufficiency through the coordination of the
Neighborhood Improvement Strategy (NIS). This division uses the Neighborhood Profile Area data developed by
the Development Services Department to select NIS areas. Additionally, they support the entire department by
providing community outreach for all neighborhood-based programs that the department operates and manages,
as well as maintaining the Key Performance Indicators (KPI) and managing the Alleyway Maintenance Program.

The Rehabilitation and Home Improvement Division deliver home repair services to low-income homeowners
through the Priority Repair, Weatherization, Veterans, Healthy Homes, and Lead Safe programs. This division
performs housing quality inspections on all affordable housing assisted by department activities.

The Compliance and Planning Division ensures that the city continues to receive state and federal grants annually,
through preparing grant proposals and plans, preparing HUD required performance reports, and enforcing
regulatory compliance through training and monitoring activities. This division also administers the HUD grant-
funded Social Service contracts with non-profit agencies.

FY2022 DISCUSSION

The adopted budget has an increase of $767,402 due to a change in other contractual services.

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