ORDINANCE approving and authorizing Subrecipient Agreement between City of Houston and SPRING BRANCH COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER to provide up to $668,071.00 in Emergency Solutions Grant Coronavirus Response Funds and $66,807.00 in Community Development Block Grant Coronavirus Response Funds for providing Rapid Rehousing Case Management Services to households impacted by the COVID-19 Pandemic
The Housing and Community Development Department (HCDD) recommends Council approval of an Ordinance authorizing a Subrecipient Agreement between the City of Houston and Spring Branch Community Health Center (SBCHC), providing up to $734,878.00 in Emergency Solutions Grant -Coronavirus (ESG-CV) funds and Community Development Block Grant - Coronavirus (CDBG-CV)fundsto help prevent and respond to the impacts of COVID-19.
SBCHC will provide Rapid Rehousing case management services to a minimum of 100 households that have been impacted by COVID-19.
FUNDING SOURCE
AMOUNT
Percent
ESG-CV (Direct Services)
$668,071.00
90.91%
CDBG-CV (Indirect – Administration)
$66,807.00
9.09%
Total
$734,878.00
100%
The Way Home developed the COVID CARES Housing Plan (CCHP) to support Houston’s most vulnerable residents impacted by COVID-19 – people experiencing homelessness. Through The Way Home a collaborative partnership was developed specifically to support CCHP, which includes: City of Houston’s HCDD, Harris County’s Community Services Department, and the Coalition for the Homeless of Houston and Harris County. Applications for Request for Expression of Interest (REI) from qualified agencies were accepted by the three partners in July 2020. SBCHC was one of the applicants recommended by the CCHP partners in the first round of funding.
This agreement provides funding from October 1, 2020 – March 31, 2022. This is SBCHC’s first agreement with the City.
*On March 27, 2020, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act), Public Law 116-136, authorized a special allocation of funds from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to states and local jurisdictions to prevent, prepare for and respond to the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19).
No Fiscal Note is required on grant items.
The Housing and Community Affairs Committee reviewed this item on September 15, 2020.
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Tom McCasland, Director
Roxanne Lawson