Program Year 2020 CAPER Program Accomplishments
CAPER Overview
In accordance with the federal regulations found in 24 CFR 570, the City of Dalton has prepared the 2020 Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER) for the period of July 1, 2020 to June 30, 2021.
The 2020 CAPER describes and evaluates how the City of Dalton invested Community Development Block Grant(CDBG) formula funds from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to meet affordable housing and community development needs.
The City of Dalton has successfully utilized CDBG and CDBG-CV funds by increasing housing assistance for low and moderate income persons and allocating CDBG and CDBG-CV to local non-profit organizations to provide essential social services for the homeless, LMI persons, and non-homeless special needs population.
The City of Dalton identified the following goals during PY2020:
1. Increase and Improve Affordable Housing
2. Reduce Homelessness-Public Service
3. Prevent/Reduce Homelessness-Public Facility
4. Enrich Community Services
5. Administration and Planning
CDBG EXPENDITURES
A total of $441,920.87 in CDBG funds were used to address a wide range of community development needs. The following provides a highlight of some of the projects that were completed in 2020.
$14.923.00 in CDBG funds was expended for public services activities for low income households served by NorthwestGeorgia Family Crisis Center, Inc.; $67,724.23 of CDBG funds was expended by the City of Dalton for administration and planning activiities; $34,241.84 in CDBG funds was expended for public services activities for low homeless or at-risk of homeless Latino households served by Latin American Association.
$16,098.00 in CDBG funds was expended for public services activities for operating costs for student tuition for low income families served by Friendship House.; The City of Dalton through the Dalton Housing Authority utilized $180,000.00 of CDBG funds to rehabilitate existing affordable rental housing units for LMI households plus special needs and/or homeless individuals; The City of Dalton through the City of Refuge also utilized $106,478.00 of CDBG funds for public facility renovations consisting of roofing repairs; The City of Dalton also utilized $11,860.00 of CDBG funds for the small business loan program to create or retain low income jobs. A total of 106 low income jobs were retained in FY2020; The City of Dalton utilized $10,595.80 of CDBG funds for its Food Delivery Program for low income households.
CDBG-CV EXPENDITURES
The City of Dalton also received $552,811.00 in CDBG-CV funds through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and. Economic Security Act (CARES Act). A total of $375,387.80 in CDBG-CV funds were used to address a wide range of public services to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus. CDBG-CV funds were allocated for rental assistance for low income households, a food delivery program for low income households, a small business loan program, and administration and planning. The following provides a highlight of some of the projects that were completed in 2020.
The City of Dalton through the Dalton Whitfield Community Development Corporation utilized $98,575.14 of CDBG-CV funds for rental assistance for low income households. The City of Dalton utilized $110,684.10 of CDBG-CV funds for its Food Delivery Program for low income households. The City of Dalton utilized $144,079.00 in CDBG-CV funds for the small business loan program to provide short-term loan relief to businesses within the corporate limits of Dalton that are seeing a reduction in revenue because of COVID-19.
