Department: Community Services
Department Head/Elected Official: Dr. Adrienne M. Holloway, Executive Director
Regular or Supplemental RCA: Regular RCA
Type of Request: Position
Project ID (if applicable): N/A
Vendor/Entity Legal Name (if applicable): N/A
MWDBE Contracted Goal (if applicable):
MWDBE Current Participation (if applicable):
Justification for 0% MWDBE Participation Goal: N/A - Goal not applicable to request
Request Summary (Agenda Caption):
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Request by Community Services for approval of five positions effective September 24, 2022, for ARPA-Affordable Housing and ARPA-Homelessness grant administration in the amount of $1,102,208 in ARPA funds.
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Background and Discussion:
This item requests $1.1M for resources to support execution of ARPA Homeless and Housing Programs over a 4-year period.
• For Homelessness Program support (~2.5 years), the following positions are requested: (1) Project Monitor, (1) Grant Accountant;
• For Affordable Housing and agency-level resources for the duration of all programming (through 2026), the following additional positions are needed: (1) Project Monitor, (1) Grant Accountant, (1) Part-time Program Analyst ARPA.
Harris County CSD programmatic expertise and project management support for ARPA-funded projects continue to have increased grant obligations to the agreements funded by those sources. Temporary agency-level resources are necessary through the life of the grant to manage the substantial increase in activity that this investment will bring. The staff will be responsible for the fiscal monitoring of service provider contracts and that subaward performance goals are achieved.
Expected Impact:
The fiscal impact to the County is anticipated to be approximately $1.1 million in American Rescue Plan Act funds. An additional five positions are requested with this item.
Alternative Options:
N/A
Alignment with Goal(s):
_ Justice and Safety
_ Economic Opportunity
_X Housing
_ Public Health
_ Transportation
_ Flooding
_ Environment
_ Governance and Customer Service
Prior Court Action (if any):
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Date |
Agenda Item # |
Action Taken |
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1/4/2022 |
12 |
Court approved creation of 5 grant positions |
Location:
Address (if applicable):
Precinct(s): Countywide
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Fiscal and Personnel Summary |
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Service Name |
Housing Development, Homelessness Response |
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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 |
$82,950 |
$303,912 |
$686,578 |
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Non-Labor Expenditures |
$11,621 |
$1,298 |
$15,849 |
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Total Incremental Expenditures |
$94,571 |
$305,210 |
702,427 |
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Funding Sources (do NOT write values in thousands or millions) |
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Total Current Budget |
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Additional Budget Requested |
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2651 - American Rescue Plan 2021 |
$94,571 |
$305,210 |
$702,427 |
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Total Additional Budget Requested |
$94,571 |
$305,210 |
$702,427 |
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Total Funding Sources |
$94,571 |
$305,210 |
$702,427 |
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Personnel (Fill out section only if requesting new PCNs) |
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Current Position Count for Service |
5 |
10 |
10 |
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Additional Positions Requested |
5 |
0 |
0 |
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Total Personnel |
10 |
10 |
10 |
Anticipated Court Date: September 13, 2022
Anticipated Implementation Date (if different from Court date): September 24, 2022
Emergency/Disaster Recovery Note: COVID-19 related item
Contact(s) name, title, department: Dr. Adrienne M. Holloway, Executive Director, CSD
Attachments (if applicable): 3441’s