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Approve the substantial amendment to the 2025 - 2029 Consolidated Plan and the FY 2025/2026 Annual Action Plan as it pertains to the Rapid Unsheltered Survivor Housing (RUSH) grant and authorize the Chairman to execute all corresponding documents, certification and signature pages, the Standard Form-SF424 and SF-424D, Subrecipient Agreements, and subsequent Grant Agreements with HUD; and authorize Community Services Department staff to submit amendments to HUD for approval; and approve and authorize the Chairman to execute a Resolution implementing the Budget Amendment Request (BAR) #26-035 in the Emergency Solutions Grants (ESG) fund to appropriate funding in the amount of $113,022.00 for the additional ESG allocation. Countywide (Allison Thall, Community Services Director)
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Community Services - Community Assistance
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Authorized By:
Allison Thall, Community Services Director
Contact/Phone Number:
Carrie Longsworth/407-665-2389
Background:
Seminole County is an entitlement community that receives direct allocations of Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), HOME Investment Partnerships (HOME) and Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) funds from the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Seminole County submitted the 2025-2029 Consolidated Plan which outlines the priorities and uses of these federal grants for five years. The Consolidated Plan was approved by the Seminole Board of County Commissioners on July 25, 2025, and subsequently submitted and approved by HUD.
Each year, Seminole County develops an Annual Action Plan to describe the goals and projects that will be implemented. Seminole County Community Services is currently implementing the FY 2025/2026 Action Plan, which was approved with the Consolidated Plan on July 25, 2025. Since the time of the plan approval, Seminole County has been notified of an additional funding allocation.
In the fall of 2024, Florida was impacted by Hurricane Helene and Milton. Seminole County, along with other impacted communities across the state, experienced economic and housing impacts as a result. As authorized by 42 U.S.C 113654a(c)(1), HUD has determined to make a special allocation of ESG funding to Seminole County to address the needs of homeless individuals or families or individuals or families at risk of homelessness in areas affected by a major disaster declared pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) on or after December 20, 2019, whose needs are not otherwise served or fully met by existing Federal disaster relief programs, including the Transitional Sheltering Assistance (TSA) program under such Act (42 U.S.C. 5170b).
Seminole County is slated to receive $113,022.00 in special ESG Rapid Unsheltered Survivor Housing (RUSH) funds in response to Hurricane Helene and Hurricane Milton. A substantial amendment is necessary in order to receive the RUSH funding from HUD.
The proposed amendment is as follows:
1. Programming $113,022.00 in RUSH Funds made available through disaster relief
RUSH -$113,022.00
RUSH Funds may be used for:
• Shelter Operations-Maintaining a sanitary shelter environment will
help to keep staff and participants healthy
• Street Outreach-Materials to assist unsheltered homeless
• Rapid-Rehousing-Rapid-Rehousing assistance
• HMIS/Data Collection
• Grant Administration
• Homelessness Prevention
The Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) Program budget will be amended to:
Include a special allocation of ESG funding to address the needs of literally homeless individuals and families or individuals and families at risk of homelessness in areas affected by a major disaster.
ESG-RUSH funding will be allocated as follows: Rapid Re-Housing ($97,046), Emergency Shelter ($7,500), and Admin/Planning ($8,476)
The proposed BAR 26-035 will appropriate grant revenue in the amount of $113,022.00. There is no match requirement.
Requested Action:
Staff requests the Board approve the substantial amendment to the 2025 - 2029 Consolidated Plan and the FY 2025/2026 Annual Action Plan as it pertains to the Rapid Unsheltered Survivor Housing (RUSH) grant and authorize the Chairman to execute all corresponding documents, certification and signature pages, the Standard Form-SF424 and SF-424D, Subrecipient Agreements, and subsequent Grant Agreements with HUD; and authorize Community Services Department staff to submit amendments to HUD for approval; and approve and authorize the Chairman to execute a Resolution implementing the Budget Amendment Request (BAR) #26-035 in the Emergency Solutions Grants (ESG) fund to appropriate funding in the amount of $113,022.00 for the additional ESG allocation.