2010-2014 Consolidated Plan - City of Champaign

School Resource Officer Program: Following a national model, the Champaign PoliceDepartment has initiated a program whereby officers are assigned to the Unit 4 School District toserve as law enforcement officers, law-related counselors, and law-related educators. The goal ofthe program is to create a safer environment for learning, reach juvenile offenders as early aspossible, and provide a positive role model for potential offenders.Inputs: Champaign Police Department and the Unit 4 School District share the costs for thisprogram.Number and Type of Households to be Assisted (Outputs): Officers are assigned to the three middleschools and two high schools, which enroll over 4,000 students totalLocal Outcome Measures:• Fewer incidences of violence and criminal activity in the schools• Decrease in weapon possession in the schools• Lower truancy rates• Safer atmosphere for learningHUD Performance Objective: Create a suitable living environmentHUD Performance Measurement Outcomes: Availability/Accessibilitye) Support programs or services that allow seniors and disabled individuals to liveindependently and maintain self-sufficiency. Activities include but are not limited totransportation programs, at-home support services, and volunteer opportunities. (Alsoan Anti-Poverty Strategy)Goal 6: Support programs and activities that improve the earning potential of low-incomeindividuals, promote self-sufficiency, and encourage the development of personal financialstability.Objectives:a) Support efforts to reduce geographic concentrations of low-income households. Severalrecent development projects, funded in part with CDBG or HOME dollars, have helped to reduce highconcentrations of public and subsidized housing. However, maps depicting the distribution of lowincomefamilies provide visible evidence that pockets of poverty still exist. Studies suggest that thisconcentration of poverty limits the economic potential of individuals and the overall health andviability of neighborhoods. (Also an Anti-Poverty Strategy)Activities:De-concentration and Income Mixing in Public Housing: The HACC has concluded, after ananalysis of its public housing family complexes, that efforts were needed to promote a mix ofincomes among public housing residents and reduce the concentration of low-income families. Someof this will be accomplished through the redevelopment of large family complexes into mixed incometax credit funded projects. Other efforts that will be made include the use of waiting list skipping tomove families with targeted incomes ahead of others on the list, improving the curb appeal andamenities in existing complexes, and offering rent incentives and/or larger units to attract higherincome tenants.Inputs: Policy changes adopted by the HACC boardNumber and Type of Households to be Assisted (Outputs): In Champaign, the complexes that will beimpacted include Dorsey Homes and the scattered site units located within the jurisdictionLocal Outcome Measures:• Reduction in concentrations of low-income families in public housing family complexesHUD Performance Objective: Create economic opportunitiesHUD Performance Measurement Outcomes: Availability/Accessibility132 FY 2010/11 Annual Action Plan: Non-Housing Activities