To: Harris County Commissioners Court
Through: Adrienne M. Holloway, Ph.D., Executive Director, Community Services
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Prepared By: Rene Martinez, Assistant Director, Community Services Department
Subject: Commissioner Court Agreement and Order for the Harris County Resources for Children and Adults Department - HAY Center Agreement
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Purpose and Request:
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Request for approval of an agreement between Harris County Community Services Department and the Harris County Resources for Children and Adults Department in connection with the HAY Center project in Precinct 1.
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Background and Discussion:
On July 14, 2020, Harris County Commissioners Court approved funding for the Harris County Resources for Children and Adults Department in connect with the HAY Center Project and submission of the Project to GLO. Further, on February 9, 2021, GLO notified Harris County that it conditionally approved the HAY Center project (D2017-086), including the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) review. The Harris County Resources for Children and Adults Department, will construct HAY Center, a 50-unit permanent supportive housing project for homeless youth aging out of foster care with wraparound supportive services on site, of which 50 units will be CDBG-DR-assisted units. The proposed project is located at 3131 Gulf Freeway, Houston, TX 77003, Precinct 1. The project is jointly funded by the City of Houston with Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery Harvey Funds (CDBG-DR) in the amount of $5,000,000. Total Harris County project funding will be $20,000,000.00, with a total of all project funding being $27,817,605.00.
The HAY Center project was selected via a project application process, which opened on November 6, 2019; and closed January 22, 2020.
Fiscal Impact:
The HAY Center project is funded with $20M in CDBG-DR Harvey Funds as awarded by GLO and administered by the Community Services D...
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