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The Five County Association of Governments and Southwest Area Agency
on Aging remains open for business during this unprecedented time. However,
because we service the most vulnerable populations, we have taken some precautions.
Wherever possible, our staff is conducting business over the telephone and via email. In-person meetings will take place by appointment only. Though we are open to provide services to the public, our office doors will remain locked during business hours. Those with in-person appointments will receive information on how to be admitted to the building. We will also continue to operate as a VITA tax preperation site in order to help people prepare their income taxes. Appointments for this service must be scheduled at utahtaxhelp.org and the location selected should be the Five County Association of Governments. Please visit our various program websites for more information or call 435-673-3548. We look forward to continue to provide excellent service to the people in Washington, Iron, Beaver, Kane, and Garfield Counties. You may also e-mail us at frontdesk@fivecounty.utah.gov to set up an appointment, or have someone contact you. Please give enough information in your e-mail so the receptionist that receives your e-mail knows whop to direct it to. You should receive a response within one business day.
The Utah Counties Indemnity Pool (UCIP) is our Association's "insurer".
A Fraud Tip Hotline has been established by UCIP, in cooperation with
Lighthouse Services, LLC. This service has been set up for UCIP members,
such as the Five County Association of Governments, in order to provide
their staff and citizens with easy access to report fraud, and keep government
open and honest.Fraud tips can be submitted four ways: Website: www.lighthouse-services.com/uciputah (available in English or Spanish) Toll-Free Telephone: • English – (877) 410-0007 • Spanish – (800) 216-1288 E-mail: reports@lighthouse-services.com (must include our Association's name with report) Fax: (215) 689-3885 (must include our Association's name with report)
The Five County
Association of Governments (FCAOG) has completed two draft documents,
one entitled the "Five County One Year
Action Plan July 1, 2020 -June 30, 2021" and the other called the "Five
County Consolidated Plan - 2020-2025" . These HUD required plans detail
this region's community development and housing needs and priorities,
as well as strategies to meet those needs and priorities. A thirty-day public comment period commenced on February 1, 2020 ended on March 2, 2020. The Plans can also be viewed as PDF files, on this web site, using this link: http://www.fivecounty.utah.gov/programs/community/consolidated.php A public hearing on the aforementioned Consolidated Plan document, while it was a draft document, was held in conjunction with the FCAOG Steering Committee meeting back on February 12, 2020 in Kanab, Utah. The two Plans were both adopted at the March 11, 2020 meeting of the Steering Committee in Cedar City.
Due to COVID-19 pandemic and the federal CARES Act, the Five County
Association of Governments H.E.A.T. Program have received additional
funds for those that have been approved for the 2020 program year.
You will need to contact the H.E.A.T. office directly and request this extra funding. Please call them Monday-Thursday 7:00am to 6:00pm at telephone number (435) 652-9643 or email them at: online.heat@fivecounty.utah.gov
The Home Energy Assistance Target program, known
as H.E.A.T., is a federally-funded energy assistance program.
The goal of the program is to assist eligible individuals and families
meet the higher costs of energy during the winter and summer.
The program typically runs from November 1 through September 30.
The Five County HEAT Program office in St. George provides assistance
throughout the year (heating and cooling) for eligible clients
in eligible areas. Because H.E.A.T. provides assistance ONCE every
program season, it is important that families and individuals do
all they can to keep their utility bills current and to conserve energy.Click HERE to go to the HEAT Program web page. The
HEAT office in St. George is located at 1664 South Dixie Drive,
Unit L-104. It is located in the same building unit as, and in between
of, Sienna Pharmacy and the Park Law Firm. Click HERE for a Map to
the "new" location
A provision from the tax cut legislation
passed by by Congress in 2017 may have positive economic impacts
in southwestern Utah, with investors incentivized to develop businesses
in some of the area’s lowest-income neighborhoods. Large
swaths of Washington, Iron, Beaver and Garfield counties are among
the places across Utah identified this summer as federally-recognized
“Opportunity Zones”
— areas designated where investors can avoid some taxes in
exchange for funding new development.
The hope is that development creates jobs, reduces poverty and sets the groundwork for further economic growth in areas largely being left behind by the state's overall job growth. This region, including even fast-growing Washington County, still ranks overall as a distressed regional economy, based on federal guidelines, thanks to low wages and a limited mix of businesses. Click HERE to go to view a PDF map of this region's Opportunity Zone areas. Click HERE to go to a web page with an interactive map of the nation that you can view all Opportunity Zones.
Each year the Five County Association of Governments
has an independent audit of our organization conducted by a qualified
public auditing firm. The FY2019 Audit was completed by
the Certified Public Accounting firm of Hafen-Buckner of St. George
City, Utah and the report was presented to our governing body, the
Steering Committee, for acceptance, which they did at their meeting on
December 19, 2019. The FY2019 Audit Report is available for public review as a PDF scanned copy of by clicking on THIS LINK.
A regional Multi-jurisdictional
Natural Hazard Mitigation Plan was developed by the Five County
Association of Governments' staff in collaboration with all of
the cities and the five counties, and almost all of the towns in
this region. The Plan contains information regarding the type, location
and extent of eight regularly occurring hazards in the Five County
area and includes information on previous occurrences of hazard events
and the likelihood of a future hazard event. The natural hazards identified
in this plan are: wildfire, flood, landslide, drought, severe
weather, problem soils, earthquake and radon gas.FEMA completed a review of the Plan and approved the Plan. The 5-year Plan will be valid until early 2022. All jurisdictions who participated in the development of the Plan formally adopted the Plan by resolution. If there are any questions on the Plan and its adoption by your jurisdiction, contact Nate Wiberg, Five County Community Planner, at (435) 673-3548 ext. 105, or via e-mail to nwiberg@fivecounty.utah.gov Click on this link: https://hazardmitigationplan.org to go to the special web site developed to present the Plan to the cities, towns, counties and the public.
The popular Community Services
Resource Directory for southwestern Utah is available. The Directory,
published with Community Services Block Grant funding, is distributed
through the Community Action Partnership of the Five County Association
of Governments. While the Directory is targeted primarily to the under
served population, many services apply to all levels of income and
need. The Directory is available to view online or may be purchased.
To view the Directory, please visit the H.E.A.T. and Community Action website at this link: http://fivecountycap.wordpress.com
The updated Comprehensive
Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) document for the Five County Association
of Governments economic development region was submitted to U.S. Department of Commerce, Economic Development Administration
Denver Region and was approved by that federal agency. For more information on the CEDS document,
please contact Bryan Thiriot, Executive Director, Five County
Association of Governments, via e-mail: bthiriot@fivecounty.utah.gov
or by telephone: (435) 673-3548.
The Five County Association of Governments
has a Revolving Loan Fund. The purpose of the Revolving Loan
Fund (RLF) is to create permanent, long-term jobs within the southwestern
region of Utah by providing gap financing to qualified businesses
for eligible activities. Loans made through the Revolving
Loan Fund are intended to help bridge the gap created by shortfalls
in commercial financing. Funds are repaid into the program and recycled
to other businesses, thus allowing an on-going job creation program.
Funds are available in Beaver, Garfield, Iron, Kane and Washington County,
Utah.
The Five County Microloan Program focuses on loans of $50,000 or less. The importance of these loans lies in their ability to offset the difficulty that businesses experience in receiving traditional bank financing. If a business loan candidate needs more than $50,000 they are encouraged to apply through the regular Five County Revolving Loan Fund which can provide gap financing in conjunction with a primary commercial lender. In most circumstances we can fund up to 50% of an eligible business capital need with up to approximately $200,000 of RLF fund participation. To
find out more about these two loan funds, please contact Garz
Zabriskie, Director of Community and Economic Development at:
gzabriskie@fivecounty.utah.gov , or
phone (435) 673-3548 ext. 126
As required by
Utah Code the Five County Association of Governments publishes
all of its public meetings on the "Utah Public Meeting Notice"
(UPMN) web site. You can search for
our meetings by date or subject keyword. To locate all
of the meeting announcement postings published on the UPMN site
by the Five County Association of Governments you can use this link and use the "Advanced Search"
tab. You will need to
type in the word five into the "Entity" box, highlight
the "Five County Association of Governments" link that comes up, select
a date range you want to view and then click on the "Submit" button. It
will then show all upcoming meetings scheduled by the Five County
AOG in the date range you selected.
Alternatively, you
can use this LINK, choose to Find a Notice, and
select "Associations of Governments" for Government type, choose "Five County Association of
Governments" for the Entity, and you will see the Public
Body list with links to each of them.
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