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Housing department recommends CDBG awards for childcare and out‑of‑school programs to four nonprofits
Summary
Staff presented four CDBG‑funded childcare/out‑of‑school time awards selected from a May NOFA: Childcare Council (up to $100,000), Wesley Community Center ($125,000), SEARCH Homeless Services ($100,000), and Chinese Community Center ($140,000); each is a 12‑month award with a one‑year renewal option and will be contracted following council approval.
Jared Briggs, division manager in public services, presented four recommended awards from a May 2024 NOFA to expand childcare and out‑of‑school programming for children from infancy through age 18. "All items will be using community development block grant funds referred to as CDBG," Briggs said, describing 12‑month terms beginning Nov. 1, 2024, with an option to renew for one year.
Specific recommendations included up to $100,000 to Childcare Council of Greater Houston to expand infant and early childhood capacity at the West End Child Development Center (20 additional unduplicated children), up to $125,000 to Wesley Community Center for early childhood and out‑of‑school programs (minimum 21 unduplicated children), up to $100,000 to SEARCH Homeless Services for a program at Fauci Family House of Tiny Treasures in the Third Ward (minimum 20 children), and up to $140,000 to Chinese Community Center to provide a combination of early childhood and out‑of‑school services (reported to serve 250 unduplicated children). Briggs said each recommended provider has prior experience with city funding and no findings in recent monitoring.
Committee members asked about overlap with existing programs and the city’s plans to manage these services directly; Briggs said the department ran the NOFA to bring administration in‑house and that some organizations had previously been funded under earlier arrangements. Staff present in the audience included CEOs and program managers from recommended providers; the committee did not record a vote and staff said award ordinances and contracts will follow the city’s contracting process.
