STRATEGIC PRIORITY: Human and Social Needs
AGENDA DATE: September 9, 2020
COUNCIL DISTRICT(S): All
DEPARTMENT: Office of Homeless Solutions
EXECUTIVE: Nadia Chandler-Hardy
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SUBJECT
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Authorize an Interlocal Agreement with Dallas County on behalf of Dallas County Health and Human Services in the amount of $2,216,515.00 to provide scattered site housing assistance for persons with HIV/AIDS for the period October 1, 2020 through September 30, 2021 - Not to exceed $2,216,515.00 - Financing:2019-20 Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS Grant Funds ($269,012.00), 2020-21 Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS Grant Funds ($1,759,488.00), and 2020 Cares Act Relief Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS #1 Fund ($188,015.00)
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BACKGROUND
On April 22, 2020, City Council adopted the FY 2020-21 HUD Consolidated Plan Budget for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development ("HUD") Grant Funds by Resolution No. 20-0655. The FY 2020-21 Consolidated Plan Budget includes the Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS ("HOPWA") Grant Funds, which are available beginning October 1, 2020, contingent upon HUD's approval of the City's FY 2020-21 Action Plan (which is based on the approved Consolidated Plan Budget and submitted on August 15, 2020), and execution of grant agreements with HUD.
Because HOPWA Grant Funds may be expended for eligible purposes within three years of HUD's award, remaining funds FY 2019-20 may be included in this year's Interlocal Agreement ("ILA") with Dallas County/Dallas County Health and Human Services ("County").
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.
Since approximately 1993, through ILA's with the City, the County has provi...
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