Department: County Administration
Department Head/Elected Official: David Berry
Regular or Supplemental RCA: Regular RCA
Type of Request: Contract - Amendment
Project ID (if applicable): pending
Vendor/Entity Legal Name (if applicable): The Alliance for Multicultural Community Services
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 of an amendment to the rental assistance (ERA1) agreement with The Alliance to extend the term and provide $29,516 to continue case management services for the Houston-Harris County Emergency Rental Assistance Program, funded by reallocation of U.S. Treasury Emergency Rental Assistance funds from other jurisdictions.
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Background and Discussion:
In January 2021, the U.S. Treasury Department established the Emergency Rental Assistance (ERA) program to provide funding to state and local governments to assist eligible renter households impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, funded via the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021. Commissioners Court established the 2021 Houston-Harris County Emergency Rental Assistance Program on February 9, 2021, in collaboration with the City of Houston. The program administrators are BakerRipley, Catholic Charities, and The Alliance.
Commissioners Court approved the ERA1 contract with The Alliance in March 2022, which currently provides for application processing, rental assistance disbursement, and case management services through September 30, 2022. Case management services include outreach to tenants and landlords in eviction proceedings at the Justice of the Peace courts, application assistance, and resource referrals. In August 2022, the U.S. Dept. of the Treasury extended the grant term for ERA1 reallocated funds to December 29, 2022. This amendment will allow The Alliance to (1) process applications and disburse all remaining rental assistance funds throughout the grant term and (2) continue providing case management services through this period.
Expected Impact:
This amendment will align The Alliance’s ERA1 agreement with the grant term. This amendment will also provide case management services to support eligible Harris County tenants in active eviction proceedings through the end of the grant term. Funding for this amendment will be fully provided by the U.S. Dept. of the Treasury CAA ERA1 Funds.
Alternative Options: N/A
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 |
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3/08/2022 |
22-1722 |
Approval of ERA1 Contract with The Alliance |
|
5/24/2022 |
22-3167 |
First amendment of ERA1 Contract with The Alliance |
|
8/23/2022 |
22-4779 |
Amendment to extend ERA1 Treasury agreement end date |
Location:
Address (if applicable):
Precinct(s): Countywide
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Fiscal and Personnel Summary |
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Service Name |
Emergency Rental Assistance |
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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 |
$ |
$29,516 |
$ |
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Total Incremental Expenditures |
$ |
$29,516 |
$ |
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Funding Sources (do NOT write values in thousands or millions) |
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Existing Budget |
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Grant |
$ |
$29,516 |
$ |
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$ |
$ |
$ |
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$ |
$ |
$ |
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Total Current Budget |
$ |
$29,516 |
$ |
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Additional Budget Requested |
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$ |
$ |
$ |
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$ |
$ |
$ |
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$ |
$ |
$ |
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Total Additional Budget Requested |
$ |
$ |
$ |
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Total Funding Sources |
$ |
$29,516 |
$ |
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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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- |
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Additional Positions Requested |
- |
- |
- |
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Total Personnel |
- |
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Anticipated Court Date: September 13th, 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 of Budget and Performance, Office of Management and Budget
Attachments (if applicable): Contract amendment to follow