The Housing and Community Development (HCD) Department recommends Council approval of an Ordinance authorizing a Subrecipient Agreement between the City of Houston and Career and Recovery Resources, Inc. (Career and Recovery), providing up to $1,038,759.00 in Community Development Block Grant – CARES Act (CDBG-CV) funds to help prevent and respond to the impacts of COVID-19.
The Way Home developed the Community COVID Housing Program (CCHP) – Phase 2 to continue supporting Houston’s most vulnerable residents impacted by COVID-19 – people experiencing homelessness. As part of the CCHP Phase 2, Career and Recovery will provide rapid re-housing case management and housing navigation services to a minimum of 200 households that have been impacted by COVID-19.
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Category
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Agreement Amount
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Percent
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Program Services
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$944,326.00
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90.91%
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Administration
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$94,433.00
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9.09%
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Total
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$1,038,759.00
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100%
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Through The Way Home, a collaborative partnership between the City of Houston, Harris County, and the Coalition for the Homeless of Houston/Harris County (Coalition), the CCHP was developed specifically to prevent and respond to COVID-19’s impacts on the homeless. For CCHP Phase 2, a joint Request for Expression of Interest (REI) from qualified agencies was released in March 2022 by the Coalition. Career and Recovery was one of the applicants selected by the CCHP partners to receive funding for rapid re-housing case management and housing navigation services.
The Agreement term will provide funding from October 15, 2022 – September 30, 2023, with the option for a renewal of one year. There were no findings during the most recent annual compliance monitoring.
No Fiscal Note is required on grant items.
This item was reviewed by the Housing and Community Affairs Committee on September 28, 2022.
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Keith W. Bynam, Director