The Housing and Community Development Department (HCD) recommends Council approval of an Ordinance authorizing a First Amendment to Subrecipient Agreement between the City of Houston (City) and Career and Recovery Resources, Inc. (Career and Recovery), extending the term of the Agreement to continue providing rapid rehousing case management and housing navigation services to a minimum of 17 households as they exit from the Community COVID Housing Program (CCHP). No additional funding is being provided.
The CCHP was developed specifically to prevent and respond to COVID-19’s impacts on the homeless by The Way Home, a collaborative partnership between the City of Houston, Harris County, and the Coalition for the Homeless of Houston/Harris County (Coalition). 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 CCHP partners to receive funding for rapid re-housing case management and housing navigation services.
The initial Agreement period was from October 15, 2022, to September 30, 2023, and was administratively extended to September 30, 2024. This First Amendment would extend the term of the Agreement through January 31, 2025.
As of June 2024, Career and Recovery achieved 90% of its goal and expended approximately 73% of its funding. Career and Recovery began receiving funding through the City of Houston in 2006. There were no findings during their most recent annual compliance monitoring review.
This item was reviewed by the Housing and Affordability Committee on August 26, 2024.
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Michael Nichols, Director