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BACKGROUND One of the City's responsibilities relative to its annual allocation of Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds is the preparation of an annual report called the Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report, or CAPER. The CAPER is intended to provide a consistent process for communities to report on the use of CDBG entitlement funds and is required by Section 104(e) of the Housing and Community Development Act. The CAPER provides detailed information on the use of CDBG funds by sub -recipient agencies during the prior fiscal year (July 1, 2018 — June 30, 2019) and provides an opportunity for the City to describe other leveraged funding for housing and community services activities targeted to low and moderate income households/persons. The CAPER process is intended to provide an opportunity for public participation and input at the local level. The information submitted in the report provides an evaluation of grantee and jurisdiction performance to HUD. The City coordinates with the Alameda County HOME Consortium for submittal of the document, it is forwarded to HUD in Washington D.C. and is the basis for meeting the statutory requirement to report to Congress on the CDBG program. HUD requires the submittal of the CAPER for the prior fiscal year by September 30 of each year. DISCUSSION The City must now prepare and submit its CAPER for FY 2018-2019. The information submitted by each agency will be compiled by Staff into HUD's CAPER format and submitted to HUD by the deadline. Review and hearing documents (e.g., staff reports, public hearing notices, and minutes from public meetings) will be included in the submittal to HUD. The agencies, which received Housing and Human Services Grant funds in FY 2018-2019, are listed in Attachment 2, Table P-1. Six projects (indicated in bold and italicized and provided to the Human Services Commission for reference purposes) will be reviewed by the Housing Commission which makes annual CDBG, Lower Income Housing Fund (LIHF), and HOME funding decisions for housing -related projects. These reports include demographic and performance data from the first semi-annual report and display totals for persons served during the fiscal year. As part of the public hearing process, the commission is encouraged to review the tables and individual CAPER reports and to prepare questions as appropriate for discussion with the agencies. The information obtained at the public hearing may be useful during the next grant funding allocation rounds that will take place in late 2019 and early 2020. Summary of Accomplishments (Tables P -2a and P -2b) Attachment 3, Table P -2a summarizes the accomplishments described in the CAPER reports and provides final expenditure status for each grant. Table P -2b provides the total count of persons served and demographic data for those participants. Page 2 of 3