Fiscal Note
The substantial amendment to the 2012 Action Plan is a result of HUD awarding the City an additional $66,553 in Emergency Solution Grant (ESG) funds for 2012. A portion of this award, $3,100, is being set-aside to provide funding to the Division of Housing in their capacity as the state’s HMIS lead agency. The balance of the 2012 unspent funds will be combined with the unobligated 2011 ESG funds as part of an RFP for homeless prevention and rapid re-housing activities. The total amount available for the RFP will be $121,645.
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Approve substantial amendment to City’s Consolidated Plan 2012 Action Plan to include allowable ESG-funded activities; authorize the Mayor to sign the amendment; and authorize the CD Division to issue a request for proposals.
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Background: In 2009, the City received over $800,000 in stimulus funds that were used to provide financial assistance and housing stabilization services to eligible households to prevent them from becoming homeless or to help homeless households move from homelessness into housing. Through an RFP process, Community Action Coalition for South Central Wisconsin was selected as the lead agency for a consortium of local homeless service providers that assisted approximately 700 households with financial assistance (rent or utility payments in arrears, security deposits, and rent subsidies) and support services. Because of the success of the program and the unavailability of additional stimulus funds for this use, CDBG Committee recommends that the additional ESG funds be used for prevention and rapid re-housing.
The purpose for the 2012 ESG funds is to affect the number of homeless and at-risk households who need emergency shelter. The goals are to: 1) help households that are at-risk of homelessness remain in their housing while providing housing case management to increase the chance that they will remain stable; and 2) help households living in emergency shelter or in uninhabitable places to mov...
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