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Clinton approves application for IEDA CDBG-CV funds to support YWCA shelter operations
Summary
The council reopened a public hearing and approved a resolution to submit a CDBG-CV application enabling the YWCA Clinton to receive emergency shelter operating funds, with a contract ending May 31, 2026.
The Clinton City Council on May 27 reopened a public hearing and approved a resolution to apply for Community Development Block Grant Coronavirus (CDBG-CV) funds to support YWCA Clinton's emergency shelter operations.
Tammy Johnson of the city clerk's office read the funding notice and application details aloud at the hearing. Johnson said the Iowa Economic Development Authority (IEDA) notified the city on April 14, 2025, that $2,000,000 in unobligated CDBG-CV funds were available statewide for emergency shelter assistance related to COVID-19. She said IEDA identified 14 eligible agencies statewide, including YWCA Clinton, and that the funding is provided on a noncompetitive basis and must be applied for through the city at no cost to the city.
The resolution authorizes submission of an application for the YWCA's shelter operations. Johnson told the council the contract would end on May 31, 2026, and that IEDA indicated approximately $50,000 "will be available to the YWCA in Clinton," with a portion of the funds required to benefit low- and moderate-income persons and tracked through the homeless management information system coordinated entry process. Eligible uses listed at the hearing included emergency shelter operating expenses such as staffing, utilities, maintenance, insurance, hotel stays and non-congregate sheltering.
Johnson said the YWCA operates the coordinated entry housing crisis helpline for Clinton and Jackson counties and that the helpline has averaged roughly 600 calls per quarter. She said the Clinton-Jackson intake list over the past two years averaged 100 to 250 applications, representing one to eight people seeking housing crisis assistance per application. The Clinton Community School District was cited as reporting more than 200 students experiencing homelessness.
Council member Summers moved the resolution to approve the application; it was seconded and passed on a roll call vote.
No citizens spoke in opposition during the hearing. The city recorded that the application would be submitted no later than May 30, 2025, per the clerk's statement at the meeting.
