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General Fund

The Community Services Division (formerly Community Resources Division) oversees seven of the City’s network
of Neighborhood 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 more than $27 million in 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 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).

The Rehabilitation and Home Improvements Division delivers 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 approximately $20M in 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.

The Directions Home Division transferred from the City’s Management Office in January 2022. This division
coordinates housing services and resources for homeless and at-risk of homelessness families and individuals
living in Fort Worth and Tarrant County. Responsibilites includes overseeing $3 million in city funds to reduce
homelessness and keep clients housed, work with community partners to align resouces and processes to most
effective reduce homelessness, and facilitate development of permanent supportive housing to reduce chronic
homelessness.

FY2023 DISCUSSION AND SIGNIFICANT CHANGES

The Adopted Budget:
· Increases by $13,968 but reduces 3 positions as a result of increasing the FTE of 3 positions to full-time
and making them benefits-eligible at the Como, Worth Heights and Northside Community Centers;
· Increases by $3,174,949 and 2 positions as a result of the transfer of the Directions Home Division from
the City Manager’s Office Office. Transfer also agency contracts that support the permanent supportive
housing, rapid exit/diversion, rapid rehousing, and system support while making homelessness rare,
short-term and nonrecurring in Fort Worth
· Transfers the Alleyway Maintenance Program to the Park and Recreation department. Transfer includes
$300,000 from General Fund and $204,000 for PayGo Capital Fund
· Increases by 1 grant-funded position transferred from the Development Services Department.
· Increases by a net of $279,120 in salary and benefits for previously approved costs associated with pay
for performance, rising health care costs and pension contributions.

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