Primary Department: Housing and Community Development
Primary Department Head/Elected Official: Thao Costis
Secondary Department: County Administration
Secondary Department Head/Elected Official: Jesse Dickerman
Regular or Supplemental RCA: Regular RCA
Type of Request: Financial Authorization
Project ID (if applicable): N/A
Vendor/Entity Legal Name (if applicable): N/A
MWBE Contracted Goal (if applicable): N/A
MWBE Current Participation (if applicable): N/A
Justification for 0% MWBE Participation Goal: N/A - Goal not applicable to request
Grant Indirect Costs Rate (if applicable): N/A
Justification for 0% Grant Indirect Costs Rate (if applicable): N/A - Not a grant item
Request Summary (Agenda Caption):
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Request by Housing and Community Development for approval to allocate and authorize transfers of: $8,000,000 in FLEX Funds for the Community Resilience Rental Assistance and Eviction Defense Programs, and $8,000,000 in ARPA Interest Funds for Outreach and Rapid Re-housing Homeless Services, for a total allocation of $16,000,000.
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Background and Discussion:
In June, Commissioners Court approved the Office of County Administration to close out the Community Prosperity Program and to reallocate remaining funds to Rental Assistance, Homelessness, and Food & Nutrition programs. Housing & Community Development staff have since coordinated with partners to design appropriate usage of the $16,000,000 allocated to Rental Assistance and Homeless Services. At the end of July, the Steering Committee approved usage of these funds for the following activities:
Community Resilience Scope: ($8M, FLEX Funds)
* HCD proposes a refresh of eviction prevention & rental assistance approach for 2 years that will involve an approach directly with residents in need, in the courts, and outreach with relevant stakeholders.
* HCD recommends building capacity to be agile for the next 2 years in FLEX funding to move quickly to assist those in stability emergencies while l...
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