Riverbank officials present FY 24–25 CAPER draft, outline CDBG, ESG and HOME allocations

Letty, a City of Riverbank housing department staff member, and Tammy Alcantor, assistant city manager, presented the draft fiscal year 2024–25 Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER) and invited public comment.

The CAPER, a HUD reporting requirement under each jurisdiction’s five‑year consolidated plan, documents how Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) and HOME Investment Partnership (HOME) funds were used during the program year. Letty said the CAPER "will highlight how federal CDBG and ESG funds were utilized during the program year and documents measurable outcome for, the jurisdictions." Stanislaus County is the lead entity for the Stanislaus Urban County and the Stanislaus HOME Consortium, and the county prepared the draft CAPER for public review.

The draft CAPER is available on the Stanislaus County website for public review; the public comment period the presenters cited runs from Aug. 8 to Sept. 16, 2025. Alcantor said the city prefers receiving comments by Sept. 14 so the county can consider them for inclusion. The Riverbank City Council will consider the item and accept public comment at its meeting on Aug. 26, 2025.

Project and allocation highlights described in the presentation included a county‑administered water and sewer line replacement in Riverbank, located between High Street and Riverside Drive near Pioneer Park. Letty said CDBG funds of $771,000 were allocated to that project and that the overall project budget is $1,157,687. NEPA review for the project has been completed and the project is tentatively scheduled to be rebid in 2025.

Letty summarized program allocations and outcomes in the Stanislaus Urban County. She said the urban county’s public‑services CDBG allocation totaled $325,000, divided among up to nine public‑service programs with a $35,000 maximum per program. The presenters reported 1,900 unduplicated individuals served across those programs, including about 500 individuals with disabilities, 38 people experiencing homelessness, 144 people age 62 or older, and 92 female heads of household.

The CDBG‑CV and ESG‑CV emergency allocations and recipients were listed in the presentation. For the CDBG‑CV public‑service rounds, the presenters named Cambridge Academies, the Center for Human Services, the Children’s Crisis Center, Family Promise of Greater Modesto (rent and utility assistance), the Salvation Army Red Shield Feed the Need program, and United Samaritans Foundation among recipients. For another CDBG‑CV round the presenters named Cambridge Academies (Naomi’s House shelter program), Center for Human Services, Family Service Resource Center (concrete support and rental assistance), Community Housing, Set and Shelter Services, Havens Women’s Center of Stanislaus, and the Salvation Army Red Shield.

For the ESG program the presenters said the urban county allocation for fiscal year 24–25 was $2,205,225. Letty said three public‑service grants for ESG recipients included Center for Human Services, Haven, and Turning Point; the presenters reported the ESG program served 403 unduplicated individuals, including 157 individuals with disabilities, 23 seniors and 27 veterans.

The presenters described HOME program uses generally permitted by HUD (rehabilitation of owner‑occupied housing, first‑time homebuyer assistance, acquisition/rehab or construction of rental housing, and tenant‑based rental assistance) and said a HOME request for proposals was pending for release in 2025.

No formal council action was taken at this presentation. The presenters provided email contacts (talcantor@riverbank.org and Letty, listed on the slide) and asked members of the public to submit comments by the stated deadlines so county staff can consider them during the CAPER finalization and ahead of the Stanislaus County Board of Supervisors public hearing on Sept. 16, 2025.