RECOMMENDATION #20

Collect and maintain statistics on racial, ethnic, and age breakdown for neighborhood grant recipients, and use this data to determine strategies for reaching under-represented segments of the community.

Staff, working with the city’s legal department, incorporated optional survey questions related to race, ethnicity, and age in grant applications provided to individual homeowners. This currently includes the Property Enhancement Program. The Housing Rehab Program will include this optional survey once it becomes available to residents. Reports on the demographic makeup of grant recipients and grant applicants will be provided in an annual report to City Council as well as published on the City’s metrics dashboard. Any inequities identified will require staff to identify possible impediments for under-represented groups and develop a plan for the next year to improve outreach, marketing, and community partnerships to increase participation.

Status: Ongoing

Updated Information (as of January 2024)

• For FY23-24 PEP has received 14 approved projects.
  - 1 project have been completed
  - 13 projects are currently under construction
  - Ethnicity
     - 11 Non-Hispanic
     - 3 Hispanic
     - 1 Preferred not to respond
  - Race
     - 10 White
     - 3 Black / African American
     - 1 Asian
     - 1 Preferred not to respond

Staff is currently collecting data to create a strategic plan, to determine strategies for reaching under-represented segments of the community.