Title
Emergency Solutions Grant Funding Recommendations
Action
Action:
Approve the Housing and Neighborhood Development Committee's recommendation of Emergency Solutions Grant Fund allocations totaling $690,768 to the following agencies:
- Supportive Housing Communities, $118,594
- Salvation Army, $309,012
- Men's Shelter of Charlotte, $263,162
Body
Committee Chair:
LaWana Mayfield, Housing and Neighborhood Development
Staff Resource(s):
Pamela Wideman, Housing and Neighborhood Services
Warren Wooten, Housing and Neighborhood Services
Explanation
* The approval of the Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) Fund allocations for temporary shelter to support the City's efforts to end and prevent homelessness.
* On any given night, more than 700 individuals are sleeping in men's and women's homeless shelters.
* On May 8, 2017, City Council adopted the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) Annual Action Plan (Plan). The Plan:
* Identifies the need for affordable, safe, and decent housing and shelter for low-income and moderate-income families,
* Governs the use of funding for federal housing programs and identifies City housing goals, and
* Outlines a goal of supporting facilities and programs for the homeless with the ESG funds.
* The ESG program contains five components: Street Outreach, Emergency Shelter, Homeless Prevention, Rapid Re-Housing, and the Homeless Management Information System.
* ESG funds are allocated annually by HUD and must be used to:
* Engage homeless individuals and families living on the streets,
* Improve the quality and operation of emergency shelters,
* Provide essential services to shelter residents,
* Rapidly re-house homeless individuals and families, and
* Prevent families and individuals from becoming homeless.
Housing and Neighborhood Development Committee Discussion
* On August 23 2017, Housing and Neighborhood Services presented the proposed recommendations to the Housing and Neighborhood Development Committee...
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