COUNTY OF SAN MATEO

Inter-Departmental Correspondence

County Manager’s Office

DATE:

December 1, 2010

BOARD MEETING DATE:

December 14, 2010

SPECIAL NOTICE/HEARING:

None

VOTE REQUIRED:

Majority

TO:

Honorable Board of Supervisors

FROM:

David S. Boesch, County Manager

SUBJECT:

County Manager’s Report #14

A.

FY 2010-11, Second Quarter Update on American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 Funding

RECOMMENDATION:

Accept this second quarter report on the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.

BACKGROUND:

The federal economic stimulus, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), commits a total of $787 billion to stimulate the national economy.

DISCUSSION:

This is the eleventh update and first quarterly report on funding for the 2010-11 fiscal year.

In the last three months, the County received an additional $2.15 million in Federal Medical Assistance Percentages stimulus funding, which was used by Aging and Adult Services, Behavioral, Health and Recovery Services and the Family Health Services divisions of the Health System to provide services to County residents. A number of notable projects will continue to be funded with Recovery Act funding through 2011, including an expansion and improvement project of the County’s Coastside Health Clinic, the purchase of a mobile dental van, and substance abuse treatment services for criminal offenders convicted of nonviolent drug offenses in the Substance Abuse Offender Treatment Program.

Public Works, Agricultural Weights and Measures, the Housing Department, the Sheriff’s Office, Probation Department, and Workforce Investment Board will continue to expend stimulus funding through 2011 and 2012. Projects to be completed and/or services to be provided by these departments include, an Energy Master Plan and Climate Action Plan by the Public Works Department; a Countywide Energy Upgrade program by the County Manager’s Office; housing assistance, relocation and stabilization services through the Housing Department and its community partners; the development and implementation of an evidence-based probation supervision program by the Probation Department as outlined in Senate Bill 678 (Chapter 608, Statutes of 2009); support for Countywide mentoring programs for at-risk youth and drug enforcement efforts by the Sheriff’s Office; and training and re-employment services through the County’s Peninsula Works Career Centers.

Having expended their stimulus funding and reached the end date of their awards, the Human Services Agency, the Health System, Child Support Services, the District Attorney’s Office and Public Works have closed out a number of their ARRA funding activities, including:

• Subsidized Employment Program administered by HSA and funded with TANF Emergency Contingency Funds. The program placed 503 County residents in temporary positions throughout the County: 92 Green Job Academy graduates, 47 individuals in temporary subsidized positions with the County and 64 youth in subsidized summer employment;

• Non-Recurrent Short-Term Benefits program administered by HSA and also funded with TANF Emergency Contingency Funds. Funding for this program was used to provide over 3,000 families with gift cards for to purchase food, clothing and other family essentials, to partner with Second Harvest Food Bank to provide 30,000 families with a “Stimulus Food Box,” and to partner with the Children’s Fund to provide over 100 CalWORKs children with a backpack filled with school supplies;

• Receipt of $305,860 by Child Support Services in September for FY 2010-11. Funding was used to retain 3 Child Support Analysts;

• Receipt of $27,239 to fund one full-time/extra help Victim Advocate position in the Victim Center. The position provided support to the current full-time/permanent staff and served over 1,105 clients;

• Senior Congregate Nutrition program and Home Delivered Meal, which provided meals to seniors in the County in congregate facilities, such as senior centers, adult day centers, and faith-based settings and meals to homebound seniors and administered by Aging and Adult Services. Over 6,600 seniors were served through the Congregate program and 3,200 through the Home Delivered Meal program; and

• Select Community Development Block Grant program funded projects, executed by various community agencies and administered by the Housing Department. Projects included: $20,000 to HIP Housing to promote the Home Sharing Program that offers affordable housing options to county residents; $15,000 to North Peninsula Neighborhood to provide emergency assistance, including food, clothing, shelter and utilities payments; and $25,000 to Renaissance to provide small business training and support services in South County. Collectively these programs served over 235 County residents.

San Mateo County ARRA Funds

(Dollars in millions)

Program Areas

Funding Applied For

Funds Awarded

Outstanding

Funding

Number of Jobs Created

Clients

Served

Energy

$4.11

$2.95

$.78

8.05

0

Environment

$.030

$.030

$0

.27

0

Health

$35.03

$16.05

$0

64.6

12,540

Housing

$7.29

$2.29

$0

20.25

3,922

Human Services

$8.10

$17.41

$0

531

33,860

Public Safety

$3.14

$3.19

$0

16

1,209

Labor &

Employment

$6.35

$5.70

$0

5

4,074

Transportation

$1.70

$1.70

$0

10

0

Totals

$65.75

$49.32

$.78

655

55,605

Approval of this report contributes to the Shared Vision of 2025 of a Collaborative Community by providing County residents with information on the receipt and use of federal stimulus dollars by the County.

Performance Measure(s):

Measure

FY 2008-09
Actual

FY 2009-10
Projected

Federal/State Measures analyzed and acted on

25

35

FISCAL IMPACT:

To-date, the County has received a total of $49.3 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funding and executed a total of 187 contracts countywide (list attached). A total of 655 jobs have been saved or created with ARRA funding with an average hourly wage of $26.18. Approximately, 55,605 County residents have been served with stimulus dollars.