ACTION REQUESTED:
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Communication from the City Manager and Community Development Director with a Request to CONCUR with the Recommendation from the HEART OF ILLINOIS HOMELESS CONTINUUM OF CARE (CONTINUUM), for the Funding Allocations of the 2016-2017 EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS GRANT (ESG) to Specified Agencies.
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BACKGROUND:
On Tuesday, September 22, 2015 (Item # 15-317) City Council approved a request from the Heart of Illinois Homeless Continuum of Care (Continuum) to be the entity to review applications and make ESG funding recommendations to City Council. With this action, City Council also approved the eligible ESG program components for funding (Shelter Operations, Rapid Rehousing and Homeless Management Information Systems) and a two year award beginning January 1, 2016 and ending December 31, 2017.
In 2015 the City received $141,005 in ESG funds from the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to be allocated in 2016. Of the possible seven and a half (7.5) percent allocated for administrative costs, the City reserved approximately six (6) percent, leaving approximately ninety four (94) percent, or $132,005 to be distributed as 2016 ESG funds.
For the 2016 program year, the Continuum recommends funding for six (6) ESG programs from five (5) agencies:
Agency
Program
Funding Recommendation
Percent (%) of the Total Available Funds
Peoria Friendship House of Christian Service
Rapid Rehousing Program
$26,005
19.70%
South Side Office of Concern
Heart of Illinois Rapid Rehousing Program
$29,000
21.96%
Dream Center Peoria
Emergency Overnight Shelter
$24,500
18.55%
The Center for Prevention of Abuse
Emergency Safe Shelter for Families Made Homeless by Domestic Violence
$24,000
18.18%
The Salvation Army
Safety Net - Men's Emergency Shelter
$12,250
9.30%
The Salvation Army
Family Shelter
$16,250
12.31%
TOTAL
$132,005
100%
The following describes the application process:
* On Wednesday, October 14, 2015, t...
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