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Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute a Resolution implementing Budget Amendment Request (BAR) #23-015 in the Emergency Shelter Grant Fund to recognize the grant budget from the U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Rapid Unsheltered Survivor Housing award in the ESG Program (RUSH) in the amount of $386,784 for grant assistance to address the needs of homeless individuals or families impacted by Hurricane Ian. Countywide (Timothy Jecks, Deputy CFO/Budget Division Manager) Requesting Department: Community Services
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Resource Management - Budget
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Authorized By:
Lorie Bailey Brown, CFO/Resource Management Director
Contact/Phone Number:
George Woodring, Financial Grant Administrator - 407-665-7168
Background:
HUD has determined to make a special allocation of Emergency Solutions Grants (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, whose needs are not otherwise served or fully met by existing Federal disaster relief programs, including Transitional Sheltering Assistance (TSA) program from the Hurricane Ian disaster declaration.
HUD is calling this grant the Rapid Unsheltered Survivor Housing under the ESG Program (RUSH). Through RUSH, HUD is making available $386,784 in ESG disaster funding to Seminole County. There is no match requirement for this funding.
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Staff Recommendation:
Staff recommends the Board approve and authorize the Chairman to execute a Resolution implementing Budget Amendment Request (BAR) #23-015 in the Emergency Shelter Grant Fund to recognize the grant budget from the U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Rapid Unsheltered Survivor Housing award in the ESG Program (RUSH) in the amount of $386,784 for grant assistance to address the needs of homeless individuals or families impacted by Hurricane Ian.