The Housing and Community Development Department (HCD) department recommends Council approval of an Ordinance authorizing a First Amendment to the Subrecipient Agreement between the City of Houston (City) and Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston (Catholic Charities). The Amendment will extend the reimbursement term that originally ended on March 31, 2022 through September 30, 2022 for Emergency Solutions Grant - CARES Act (ESG-CV), allowing Catholic Charities to request reimbursement for expenditures incurred during the new extended period. Catholic Charities provides case management services paired with Rapid Rehousing services for a minimum of 400 households that have been impacted by COVID-19.
This Amendment makes no changes to funding amounts or sources. The Agreement provides funding from October 1, 2020, to September 30, 2022, for CDBG-CV funding, and ESG-CV reimbursements are allowed from October 1, 2020, to March 31, 2022. The First Amendment will extend the ESG-CV reimbursement period to September 30, 2022.
The Way Home developed the Community COVID 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 HCD, 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. Catholic Charities was one of the applicants recommended by the CCHP partners in the first round of funding for Rapid Rehousing case management services.
Catholic Charities began receiving grant funds for various activities through the City in 2003. As of June 2022, Catholic Charities achieved 100% of their goal and expended approximately 71% of funding and there were no findings resulting from the annual compliance monitoring.
No Fiscal Note is required on grant items.
This item was sent to Housing and Community Affairs Chair for review on August 9, 2022.
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Keith W. Bynam, Director