Department: County Administration
Department Head/Elected Official: David Berry, County Administrator
Regular or Supplemental RCA: Regular RCA
Type of Request: Grant
Project ID (if applicable): N/A
Vendor/Entity Legal Name (if applicable): N/A
MWDBE Contracted Goal (if applicable): N/A
MWDBE Current Participation (if applicable): N/A
Justification for 0% MWDBE Participation Goal: N/A - Goal not applicable to request
Request Summary (Agenda Caption):
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Request by the Office of County Administration for approval to accept supplemental funding from the U.S. Department of the Treasury for grant funds in the amount of $1,548,275.63, with no required match, for the Emergency Rental Assistance Program-Supplemental.
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Background and Discussion:
The U.S. Treasury Emergency Rental Assistance Program was established via the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021. Jurisdictions were required to meet specific performance targets by September 2021. Those unable to meet targets or who chose to voluntarily relinquish a portion of their award returned funds to Treasury. Harris County met performance targets and was therefore eligible to receive reallocation of funds from other jurisdictions.
Harris County was awarded a total of $17.5M in Rounds 1 and 2 of ERA1 reallocation. Treasury offered a third opportunity to apply for reallocated funds in May 2022. We were informed of our Round 3 award on July 18th, 2022 (attached) and expect to receive notice of payment in a few weeks.
Expected Impact: Eviction prevention for approximately 260 families.
Alternative Options: Return funding to U.S. Treasury
Alignment with Goal(s):
_ Justice and Safety
X Economic Opportunity
X Housing
X Public Health
_ Transportation
_ Flooding
_ Environment
_ Governance and Customer Service
Prior Court Action (if any):
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Date |
Agenda Item # |
Action Taken |
|
05/10/2022 |
22-3005 |
Approval to submit an application to the U.S. Department of the Treasury Emergency Rental Assistance for additional grant funds in the amount of $16,000,000, with no required match, for the Emergency Rental Assistance Program-Supplemental |
|
04/05/2022 |
22-2404 |
Approval to accept an amendment to an agreement with the U.S. Department of the Treasury to increase the grant award in the amount of $8,937,245.90, with no required match, for the Emergency Rental Assistance Program-Supplemental |
|
03/08/2022 |
22-1675 |
Approval to accept from the U.S. Department of the Treasury grant funds in the amount of $8,619,210, with no required match, for the Emergency Rental Assistance Program-Supplemental |
|
11/30/2021 |
21-6578 |
Transmittal of application for supplemental rental assistance funds submitted on 11/17/2021 |
Location:
Address (if applicable): N/A
Precinct(s): Countywide
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Fiscal and Personnel Summary |
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Service Name |
Housing Stability Services |
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SFY 22 |
FY 23 |
Next 3 FYs |
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Incremental Expenditures (do NOT write values in thousands or millions) |
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Labor Expenditures |
$ |
$ |
$ |
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Non-Labor Expenditures |
$1,548,275.63 |
$ |
$ |
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Total Incremental Expenditures |
$1,548,275.63 |
$ |
$ |
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Funding Sources (do NOT write values in thousands or millions) |
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Existing Budget |
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$ |
$ |
$ |
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$ |
$ |
$ |
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$ |
$ |
$ |
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Total Current Budget |
$ |
$ |
$ |
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Additional Budget Requested |
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Grant |
$1,548,275.63 |
$ |
$ |
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$ |
$ |
$ |
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$ |
$ |
$ |
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Total Additional Budget Requested |
$1,548,275.63 |
$ |
$ |
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Total Funding Sources |
$1,548,275.63 |
$ |
$ |
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Personnel (Fill out section only if requesting new PCNs) |
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Current Position Count for Service |
- |
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Additional Positions Requested |
- |
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Total Personnel |
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Anticipated Court Date: August 2nd, 2022
Anticipated Implementation Date (if different from Court date):
Emergency/Disaster Recovery Note: COVID-19 related item
Contact(s) name, title, department:
Leah Barton, Managing Director Strategic Initiatives, Office of County Administration
Janet Gonzalez, Director, Budget and Performance, Office of Management and Budget
Attachments (if applicable): Conveyance, Court Order, ERA1 Round 3 Reallocation Notice