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General Fund Neighborhood Services

The Community Services 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 Revitalization 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, it supports the entire department by providing community outreach/communications for all
neighborhood-based programs that the department operates and manages. Also, this division administers the
HUD grant-funded Social Service contracts with non-profit agencies.

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

The Planning/Reporting Division ensures that the city continues to receive approximately $20M in federal grants
annually, through preparing the Consolidated Plan (ConPlan), and the Action Plans regulations, preparing HUD
required performance reports, and maintaining the Key Performance Indicators (KPI).

The Compliance Division enforces regulatory compliance through training and monitoring activities for HUD
grants.

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. Responsibilities includes overseeing $3 million in city funds to reduce
homelessness and keep clients housed, work with community partners to align resources and processes to most
effective reduce homelessness, and facilitating development of permanent supportive housing to reduce chronic
homelessness.

FY2024 DISCUSSION AND SIGNIFICANT CHANGES
The Recommended Budget:

• Increases by two Authorized Positions (AP) moved from grant funding to General Fund in an increase of
$405,485
• Increases by $4.04M in Pay-Go to fund Neighborhood Improvement Strategy Program budget
• Increases by $2.00M in Capital Transfers to fund the expansion of the Priority Home Repair Program
• Increases by $1.01M in salary and benefits for previously approved costs associated with pay for
performance, rising health care costs and pension contributions
• Increases by $498,373 in Other Contractual to fund the expansion of the Homeless Rapid Exit Program
• Increases by $215,416 in General Operating & Maintenance for previously approved costs associated
with risk management and IT solutions allocation costs
• Increases by $280,390 in Other Contractual to fund the City’s Cold Weather Emergency Overflow Shelter
• Increases by $201,346 in Gas Utility Service

• Increases by $46,560 in Miscellaneous Employee Reimbursement for temporary employees
• Increases by $15,223 in Training and Workshops for additional staff training
• Increases by $14,218 in Vehicle Repair and Maintenance due to the needs of an aging fleet
• Increases by $3,000 in office copy services due to needs of the department

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