STRATEGIC PRIORITY: Human and Social Needs
AGENDA DATE: October 23, 2019
COUNCIL DISTRICT(S): All
DEPARTMENT: Office of Homeless Solutions
EXECUTIVE: Nadia Chandler-Hardy
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SUBJECT
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Authorize a twelve-month contract, with two twelve-month renewal options contingent on available funding, with Health Services of North Texas, Inc. to provide scattered site housing assistance for persons with HIV/AIDS for the period October 1, 2019 through September 30, 2020 - Not to exceed $616,734.00 - Financing: 2019-20 Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS Grant Funds
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BACKGROUND
On June 12, 2019, City Council adopted the FY 2019-20 HUD Consolidated Plan Budget for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (“HUD”) Grant Funds by Resolution No. 19-0886. The FY 2019-20 HUD Consolidated Plan Budget includes the Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (“HOPWA”) Grant Funds, which are available beginning October 1, 2019, contingent upon HUD’s approval of the City’s Five-Year Consolidated Plan and FY 2019-20 Action Plan (which is based on the approved HUD Consolidated Plan Budget, submitted on August 15, 2019) and execution of the grant agreements with HUD. 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.
The City of Dallas has applied for and received 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.
On June 20, 2019, the City of Dallas Office of Procurement Services issued and solicited and received Requests for Proposals (#BRZ19-00010793) for the HOPWA Program. Health Services of North Texas, Inc. (“HSNT”) submitted a proposal for scattered site housing assistance and was recommended for funding.
HSNT is a non-profit agency located in Denton, with offices also located in Plano, providing quality medical and support services to persons living with HIV/AIDS in the rural and outer urban communities of North Texas. The agency was founded in 1988 and has been providing HOPWA scattered site housing assistance since 1996.
HSNT will provide HOPWA assistance to persons with HIV/AIDS residing primarily in the rural/suburban counties within the Dallas EMSA. To ensure eligible persons across the Dallas EMSA have access to the full continuum of HOPWA eligible activities, the City intends to enter into additional project sponsor agreements with entities that provide additional eligible activities (e.g., facility based housing, housing information services, and support services) or that provide scattered site housing assistance to eligible individuals primarily in Dallas County.
Under the HOPWA Program, HSNT provides short-term emergency assistance and long-term tenant based rental assistance to low income persons living with HIV/AIDS primarily in Collin, Denton, Hunt, Kaufman, and Rockwall counties. The emergency assistance program includes short-term rent, mortgage, and utility payments, for up to 21 weeks in any 52-week period, to prevent the homelessness of the client. The tenant-based rental assistance program includes rent assistance (with a utility allowance) similar to the Section 8 voucher program. In addition to housing assistance, HOPWA clients also receive supportive services through case managers who ensure that clients have access to needed services.
All HOPWA projects use the local Homeless Management Information System (“HMIS”) to collect client-level data for service coordination and reporting/evaluation purposes. HSNT staff must input client-level data into the local HMIS with applicable written consent. HSNT must also submit monthly financial reports (including supporting documentation) and performance reports (including demographic data, outputs, and outcomes) to the City. These reports are compiled at year end into the City’s annual report to HUD.
PERFORMANCE MEASURES
Number of Persons Assisted
2019-20
Goal
Emergency-unduplicated clients served 38
Tenant-based-unduplicated clients served 47
Total-unduplicated clients served 85
OUTCOME MEASURES
Housing Stability
2019-20
Goal
Emergency - percent in stable/temp housing 97%
Tenant-based - percent in stable housing 95%
PRIOR ACTION/REVIEW (COUNCIL, BOARDS, COMMISSIONS)
On June 12, 2019, City Council adopted the FY 2019-20 HUD Consolidated Plan Budget for the HUD Grant Funds by Resolution No. 19-0886.
FISCAL INFORMATION
2019-20 Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS Grant Funds - $616,734.00
M/WBE INFORMATION
In accordance with the City’s Business Inclusion and Development Plan adopted on October 22, 2008, by Resolution No. 08-2826, as amended, the M/WBE participation on this contract is as follows:
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Contract Amount |
Category |
M/WBE Goal |
M/WBE % |
M/WBE $ |
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$616,734.00 |
Other Services |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
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• The Business Inclusion and Development Plan does not apply to 501C3 Non-Profit contracts. |
OWNER
Health Services of North Texas, Inc.
Board of Directors
Honorable David Garcia, President
Trang Dang-Le, Vice President
Michael Foster, Treasurer
Gloria Herron, Secretary
Derrell Bulls
James Henderson
M. Dean Perkins
Clara Sanchez
Howard Shaw
Dale Tampke
Melissa Ann Winans