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CITY OF HOUSTON - CITY COUNCIL
Meeting Date: 10/28/2025
ALL
Item Creation Date: 6/27/2025
HCD25-74 The Salvation Army
Agenda Item#: 11.
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| | | | | | | | Summary:
ORDINANCE approving and authorizing fourth amendment to Subrecipient Agreement between City of Houston and THE SALVATION ARMY to extend term of agreement and provide additional Community Development Block Grant – Cares Act Funds for the continuing administration and operation of Diversion Services to households who are at risk of immediate homelessness and provide Emergency Shelter and Homeless Prevention Services - Through April 30, 2026 - $622,747.41 - Grant Fund |
| | | | | | | | Background:
The Housing and Community Development Department (HCD) recommends Council approval of an Ordinance authorizing a Fourth Amendment to the Subrecipient Agreement between the City of Houston (City) and The Salvation Army (TSA), extending the term of the Agreement and providing up to an additional $622,747.41 in Community Development Block Grant – CARES Act (CDBG-CV) funds to continue the provision of diversion, homeless prevention, and homeless services to a minimum of 266 additional households who are currently experiencing or are at-risk of immediate homelessness. Diversion activities assist clients in crisis to identify immediate alternative housing arrangements to avoid emergency shelter or unsheltered living. Diversion can include but is not limited to flexible direct financial assistance, family mediation, and counseling services.
The Way Home, a collaborative partnership between the City of Houston, Harris County, and the Coalition for the Homeless of Houston and Harris County (Coalition), developed the Community COVID Housing Program (CCHP) to specifically respond to COVID-19’s impacts on the homeless. For CCHP Phase 2, a joint Request for Expression of Interest from qualified agencies was released in March 2022 by the Coalition. TSA was one of the qualified agencies selected to receive funding for Diversion services. The additional funds are derived from balances remaining in closed-out CCHP Agreements.
The initial Agreement term was from October 1, 2022, through September 30, 2023, and was administratively extended through September 30, 2024. It was later amended through January 31, 2025, and amended again through January 31, 2026. This Fourth Amendment will provide funding through April 30, 2026.
As of June 2025, TSA achieved 85.40% of its client goal and expended approximately 84.51% of their funding. TSA first received funding through the City of Houston in 2012, and had no findings on their most recent annual compliance monitoring review.
No Fiscal Note is required on grant items.
This item was presented to the Quality of Life Committee on July 24, 2025.
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Michael Nichols, Director
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| | | | | | | | Prior Council Action:
9/28/2022 (O) 2022-0717; 11/08/2023 (O) 2023-954; 09/11/2024 (O) 2024-657; 02/26/2025 (O) 2025-119
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| | | | | | | | Amount and Source of Funding:
$622,747.41 Federal Government - Grant Funded (5000) |
| | | | | | | | Contact Information:
Roxanne Lawson,
(832) 394-6307 |
| ATTACHMENTS: | | Description | Type | | Cover Sheet | Signed Cover sheet |
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