CC - Item VA - Consideration Of Request From Family Counseling Services Of The West San Gabriel Valley For Funding Of The Violence Prevention Program In An Mount Not To Exceed $8000TO: HONORABLE MAYOR
AND MEMBERS
ROSEM ,E~AD~CITY COUNCIL
FROM: BILL CRQ~Oi1 , CITY MANAGER
DATE: AUGUST 19, 2002
RE: CONSIDERATION OF REQUEST FROM FAMILY COUNSELING
SERVICES OF THE WEST SAN GABRIEL VALLEY FOR FUNDING OF
THE VIOLENCE PREVENTION PROGRAM IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO
EXCEED $8000 '
Attached for your consideration is a request for funding in the amount of $8,000 from
Family Counseling Services. The $8,000 will be used to fund and preserve this
valuable and cost effective violence prevention program, which provides anti-
gang/violence workshops, professional parenting services, and individual counseling for
children and families held at elementary and intermediate schools that serve
Rosemead residents.
Currently CDBG funding is being used for this program. This funding requires
adherence to federal income verification procedures from parents of participating
children. So far, Family Counseling Services has received less than a third of the
forms, which does not meet compliance requirements. Consequently, they are
requesting that the City provide $8,000 in funding through General Funds for the
operation of the Rosemead Violence Prevention Program.
It is staffs position that Family Counseling Services has made a good faith effort to
satisfy these rigid HUD-imposed verification procedures. We will continue our efforts to
persuade HUD to accept a more reasonable verification process. If we are successful,
Family Counseling has agreed to reimburse the requested $8,000 to the city.
RECOMMENDATION
If the City Council is in favor of the request, it would be appropriate to authorize the
expenditure of $8,000 from appropriated reserves.
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Alhambra
Baldwin Park
BassettfLa Puente
El Monte
South El Monte
Montebello
Monterey Park
Rosemead
San Gabriel
South San Gabriel
Temple City
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Sterling Louviers, Chairman
Bruce Ray, Vice-Chairman
Francis Marindale, Treasurer
Carol Numrich, Secretary
Barbara Messina. Public Affairs Officer
Mary Cammarano
Peter Chan Our goal is to provide these students with the anti-violence information by the start of
Bill Crowe the new school year. This is why we are requesting assistance in the amount of
Marten Garcia $8,000.00, so we can provide these services without requiring income verifications.
David Gutierrez
Teri Muse
Thank you for taking this matter into consideration. If you have an} questions
regarding this matter, please feel free to contact us at (626) 285-2139.
INTERIM EXECUTIVE OFFICER
Freddy L. Martin, DBC
CLINICAL DIRECTORS
Colleen Whyte, Ph.D.
Mark Rosenblatt, Psy.D.
Anna Aithal, Psy.D.
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City of Rosemead
8868 E. Vallev Blvd
Rosemead. CA 91770
RE: Violence Prevention Program
To Whom It May Concern:
On behalf of Family Counseling Services of WSGV, we are writing in regards our
Violence Prevention Program. This new project gives us a great opportunity to
provide anti-gang/violence workshops and to address the issues of anger. Another
wonderful component of this program is to provide professional parenting services,
workshops, and individual counseling for children and families in the Rosemead
Elementarv and Intermediate Schools. However, in order to provide any services to
students during school hours, our contract stipulates that we must obtain income
verification from the parents of these children. In the past, we have tried to acquire
this type of documentation and had limited responses from the parents. We received
about a third of the forms.
Sincerelv,
Alejandra Vega
Program Director
Fre Martin, D C
Interim Executive Director
314 E. Mission Road, San Gabriel, CA 91776'(626) 285-2139 Fax (626) 285-2180
III. LEGISLATIVE
A. RESOLUTION NO. 2002-38 - CLAIMS AND DEMANDS
The following Resolution was presented to the Council for adoption.
RESOLUTION NO. 2002-38
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROSEMEAD
ALLOWING CERTAIN CLAIMS AND DEMANDS IN THE SUM OF $522,836.75
NUMBERED 38764 THROUGH 38864
MOTION BY COUNCILMAN IMPERIAL, SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER CLARK that the
Council adopt Resolution No. 2002-38. Vote resulted:
Yes: Vasquez, Taylor, Bruesch, Clark, Imperial
No: None
Absent: None
Abstain: None
The Mayor declared said motion duly carried and so ordered.
W. CONSENT CALENDAR
CC-A CONSIDERATION OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF ROSEMEAD
AND THE GARVEY SCHOOL DISTRICT REGARDING THE JESS GONZALEZ
SPORTS COMPLEX
MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM VASQUEZ, SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER CLARK that
the Council approve the agreement and direct the City Clerk to obtain the necessary signatures. Vote -
resulted:
Yes: Imperial, Taylor, Bruesch, Clark, Vasquez
No: None
Absent: None
Abstain: None
The Mayor declared said motion duly carried and so ordered.
V. MATTERS FOR DISCUSSION AND ACTION
CONSIDERATION OF REQUEST FROM FAMILY COUNSELING.SERVICES OF
sw~ THE WEST SAN GABRIEL VALLEY FOR FUNDING OF THE VIOLENCE
PREVENTION PROGRAM IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $8,000
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Councilman Taylor stated that he is concerned that Family Counseling Services, as stated in the
staff report, has received less than a third of the required forms back from the participants.
Mayor Bruesch explained that the Family Services contract is operated on a referral basis. A family
is referred and either returns the form or not. Mayor Bruesch continued that HUD changed their forms and
now require that one-quarter of those forms.from the parents be verified through W-2 forms or paycheck
stubs. Family Counseling is trying to continue their service to the classrooms without going through the
data collection requirement from HUD.
Councilman Imperial asked who will be monitoring this program.
Mayor Bruesch replied that it will be monitored by the Family Counseling monitor and status
reports will be provided to Council.
Councilman Taylor requested that this program be monitored also because even though the parents
are not responding, this program will be implemented regardless.
. Mayor Bruesch stated that the forms are sent home with the 6 s graders, and the forms are returned
back to school. However, they are not filled out completely. The parents refuse to list their income range.
rK -Mr:-Bruesch continued that the parents will still be required to bring in proof of income. HUD requires W-
2 or income tax forms. Mr. Bruesch stated that translates to about 200 kids that will have to bring in those
forms and that it is unconscionable to ask the school staff, kids and parents to do that. The schools do not
have enough staff to handle that type of data collection and without the requested funding, the program will
end in I 1 of the 13 schools in Rosemead.
MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM VASQUEZ, SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER CLARK that
the Council authorize the expenditure of $8,000 from appropriated reserves and that the program be closely
monitored with status reports provided regularly. Vote resulted:
Yes: Imperial, Taylor, Bruesch, Clark, Vasquez
No: None
Absent: None
Abstain: None
he Mayor declared said motion duly carried and so ordered.
B. CONSIDERATION OF REQUEST FROM ROSEMEAD CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE FOR $2500 TO FUND PUBLICITY AND ADVERTISING FOR THE
75Tn DIAMOND JUBILEE ANNIVERSARY
Mary Jo Maxwell, Rosemead Chamber of Commerce, explained that people outside of Rosemead
should also receive information about the Jubilee through advertising in the San Gabriel Valley
Newsgroup, which covers four cities. .
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