The details
Council approved agreements with local nonprofits receiving the CDBG funds as well as those receiving city Social Service Agency Funds, according to city documents. Out of the $818,349 in CDBG funds the city has available for fiscal year 2024-25, the city can only allot 15% to public services, or around $122,752.
This portion of CDBG funding combined with the city’s social service agency funding was allocated to nonprofits that provide services to Lewisville residents, totaling at $347,751.
What to know
The plan outlines costs and objectives for each social service program. The City Council approved agreements for the following 15 nonprofit organizations.
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- The city allocated $5,000 in Social Service Agency funding to purchase summer reading kits. Participants will be encouraged to engage with books and comprehension activities throughout the summer.
- The city has allocated $18,000 in CDBG funds to help increase participation in the Boys & Girls Club’s Mobile Club Experience with access to activities. Long-term goals include 80% of participants surveyed reporting a new experience, interest or career exploration in the areas of academic success and healthy living with activities such as art, music, sports and technology.
- The city has allocated $24,000 in CDBG funds for CASA’s Court Advocacy Program with the hope that less than 1% of children will return to the court system within six months of case closure.
- The city allocated $49,000 in Social Service Agency funding to the center to support victims of child abuse and their family members. These families will receive aid from advocates helping them understand the complicated process they have entered and receive help in accessing appropriate services such as transportation, translation services, emergency food and clothing, referrals to other nonprofits or agencies providing care, and more.
- The city allocated $5,000 in Social Service Agency funds to help re-engage inactive city volunteers in food security, education or capacity building.
- The city allocated $41,752 in Social Service Agency funds for the organization's Rescue Services: Crisis Management program. The goal is for 50% of unduplicated households to participate in at least one restorative program to move them toward self-sufficiency.
- The city allocated $20,000 in Social Service Agency funds to the organization’s Lewisville ISD Central Zone Case Management program for Lewisville ISD. Long-term objectives include 90% of eligible, case-managed students graduating from high school.
- The city has allocated $12,000 in CDBG funds and $12,000 in city social service funds for Friends of the Family’s Emergency Shelter and Non-residential Services programs. The program aims for clients to report an increased sense of safety after receiving services. The organization seeks to ensure clients can overcome obstacles and achieve goals.
- The city allocated $22,000 in Social Service Agency funds to provide medical care to Lewisville residents in need. By the end of the grant year, 90% of patients could have their body mass index calculated at the last visit or within the last six months and, if they were overweight or underweight, have a follow-up plan documented.
- The city allocated $20,000 in Social Service Agency funds to the organization’s Lewisville Mobile Food Access program, which seeks to reduce food assistance through food packages. One goal of the program is for families that have been provided service to come back to serve as Volunteers with Heart of the City and that 10%-20% of all recipients no longer need food assistance.
- The city allocated $15,000 in Social Service Agency funds for Journey to Dream’s Teen Living Shelter Support program. Participants will be provided with tools for independent living skills, healthy relationship and healthy boundary skills, cognitive behavioral therapy groups, overcoming and coping with destructive behaviors, and life and job skill training programs.
- The city allocated $10,000 in Social Service Agency funds to the organization's homeless outreach program, which forms relationships with the city of Lewisville police as well as local resources for those experiencing homelessness. The program will seek to engage at least 30 individuals in the first 60 days of the contract and offer resources to those experiencing homelessness in the city and find housing solutions to at least 10 individuals.
- The city allocated $15,247 in Social Service Agency funds and $48,752 in CDBG funds to the pediatric health care organization for mental health programs. Services will include wellness visits, sick visits, and mental and behavioral health visits.
- The city has allocated $20,000 in CDBG funds for Meals on Wheels of Denton County. Seniors receive a hot meal meeting one-third of their daily nutritional requirements in a congregate setting allowing socialization and nutrition education that helps participants make better meal choices outside of the program.
- The city allocated $10,000 in Social Service Agency funds for the organization’s individualized skills and socialization program. The program aims to increase independence and self-sufficiency among participants.
Lewisville’s CDBG Advisory Committee reviewed and scored all nonprofit applications that were submitted in March, according to city documents.
The committee then recommended awards and allocations that were presented to council in August for approval as part of the annual action plan.
