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CITY OF HOUSTON - CITY COUNCIL
Meeting Date: 9/15/2020
ALL
Item Creation Date: 8/25/2020
HCD20-121 Career and Recovery Resources, Inc
Agenda Item#: 17.
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| | | | | | | | Summary:
ORDINANCE approving and authorizing Subrecipient Agreement between City of Houston and CAREER AND RECOVERY RESOURCES, INC to provide up to $1,254,731.00 in Emergency Solutions Grant Coronavirus Response Funds and $125,473.00 in Community Development Block Grant Coronavirus Response Funds for providing Rapid Rehousing Case Management Services to households impacted by the COVID-19 Pandemic |
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The Housing and Community Development Department (HCDD) recommends Council approval of an Ordinance authorizing a Subrecipient Agreement between the City of Houston and Career and Recovery Resources, Inc. (CRR), providing up to $1,380,204.00 in Emergency Solutions Grants Coronavirus (ESG-CV) and Community Development Block Grant Coronavirus (CDBG-CV) funds to help prevent and respond to the impacts of COVID-19.
CRR will provide Rapid Rehousing case management services to a minimum of 75 households that have been impacted by COVID-19.Case Management services include vocational training and job placement support, transportation, referrals to health care providers, behavioral health, and household management so that households can obtain economic stability.
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CDBG-CV (Indirect – Administration)
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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. CRR 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 CRR’s first Cares Act 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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| | | | | | | | Amount and Source of Funding:
$1,380,204.00 Federal Government - Grant Fund (5000) |
| | | | | | | | Contact Information:
Roxanne Lawson
832-394-6307 |
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