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MISSION:

The division's mission is to: Improve the quality of life for socially and economically disadvantaged persons, families and communities by fostering and promoting improvement of community infrastructure and social services throughout the county.

Welcome to our website! As indicated by our mission statement, our goal is to help individuals, families and communities become self-sufficient to the greatest degree possible. Read on to see if we can help improve your life, the lives of others, and/or to improve the livability of your community.

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CONTACT US:

Thank you for visiting our website. We hope it's informative. We're enthusiastic about our mission and programs; are pleased to assist you in whatever way we can; and encourage you to explore the various sites referenced above. To find out more about us and our programs call, fax or mail us.

Our phone number is (253) 798-7205 and our FAX number is (253) 798-6604

Our mailing address is:
Pierce County Community Development
3602 Pacific Avenue, Suite 200
Tacoma, WA 98418-7920

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HOT TOPICS:

Pierce County and its Citizens' Advisory Board announces the following proposed Block Grant budget and awards for funding year 2008: Budget and awards for Public Services and Physical Improvements.
Current allocations for the FY2007 CDBG/ESG program are listed on the Community Development Block Grant page. Allocations for the 2008 Youth Violence Prevention Program and for the 2008 Tourism Prevention Program are listed on the Youth Violence Prevention and Tourism Promotion pages respectively.

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OUR PROGRAMS:

Our primary responsibility is to allocate certain federal and county funds to accomplish the division's mission. In other words, we provide money (but only under certain conditions). In performing our mission, we implement 3 major programs and issue & monitor contracts for other community activities. You are welcome to access information relating to each of these programs by clicking on the underlined program name. The information contains information relating to the programs, current approved activities, reports on past activities, the next application process, and an annual calendar of events.

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PERFORMANCE MONITORING:

As a guardian of your public money we want to ensure it's properly spent to accomplish our mission. We utilize the county-wide Outcomes Based Performance and Evaluation Process (OBE) to monitor activity performance. Both a description of the outcomes process, and a link to the Outcomes Catalog are available by clicking on the underlined words.

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MEETING SCHEDULES:

To help us in selecting projects to fund we use 3 different citizen committees. Unless otherwise specified all meetings are open to the public and are held in the Community Services Building Conference Room A, Lower Level, at 3602 Pacific Avenue in Tacoma. We sincerely invite the public to attend these meetings.
Special meetings will be identified below:

CDBG Program - The Citizens Advisory Board (CAB) typically meets the first Wednesday of each month at 6:00 PM plus additional evenings in January and February to hear applicant testimony. Click here for the 2008-09 CAB Schedule.
Violence Prevention Program - The Allocation Advisory Committee meets the 2nd Tuesday of each month from January through June at 6 PM. Additional applicant testimony meetings are scheduled as needed in April and May, on Tuesdays same time and place.
Tourism Promotion Program - The Lodging Tax Advisory Committee generally meets the 2nd Wednesday of each month from January through June at 2 PM. Additional applicant testimony meetings are scheduled as needed in May, on Wednesdays same time and place.
Special Meetings - Located at the Community Services Building.

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OTHER LINKS OF INTEREST:

The following websites may be of interest to you.

US Department of Housing and Urban Development (Our federal funding source for CDBG/ESG)
U.S Census Bureau (The source of information on demographics and incomes.)
Community Services Resource Guide. (A document identifying social service providers)
Tacoma/Pierce County Convention and Visitor's Bureau. (The local coordinating body for tourism issues.)
Pierce County Historically Under-Utilized Business Program (HUB) (The County has implemented a program whereby County procurement activities must consider the possibility of utilizing HUBs to provide needed goods and services.)
Pierce County First Source (This is an online information directory of 600 state and community providers offereing human service programs.)

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