STRATEGIC PRIORITY: Workforce, Education, & Equity
AGENDA DATE: September 13, 2023
COUNCIL DISTRICT(S): All
DEPARTMENT: Office of Community Care
EXECUTIVE: M. Elizabeth Cedillo-Pereira
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SUBJECT
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Authorize an Interlocal Agreement in the amount of $2,824,600.00 with Dallas County on behalf of the Dallas County Health and Human Services to provide scattered site housing assistance for persons with HIV/AIDS for the period October 1, 2023 through September 30, 2024 - Not to exceed $2,824,600.00 - Financing: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS Grant Funds
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BACKGROUND
The City of Dallas has applied for and received Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) funds since 1993 to support eligible activities within the Dallas Eligible Metropolitan Statistical Area (Dallas EMSA) which includes the counties of Dallas, Collin, Denton, Ellis, Hunt, Kaufman, and Rockwall. HOPWA Grant Funds are to assist grantees in meeting the housing needs of low-income persons with HIV/AIDS and HIV-related illness and their families.
On June 22, 2022, the City Council adopted the FY 2022-23 HUD Consolidated Plan Budget for HUD Grant Funds by Resolution No. 22-1339.
On June 14, 2023, the City Council adopted the FY 2023-24 HUD Consolidated Plan Budget for U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Grant Funds by Resolution No. 23-0765. The FY 2023-24 HUD Consolidated Plan Budget includes HOPWA Grant Funds, which are available beginning October 1, 2023, contingent upon HUD's approval of the City's FY 2023-24 Action Plan (which is based on the approved HUD Consolidated Plan Budget, submitted on or about August 15, 2023) and execution of the grant agreements with HUD.
Because HOPWA Grant Funds may be expended for eligible purposes within three years of HUD's award, remaining FY 2022-23 funds are included in this year's Interlocal Agr...
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