ACTION REQUESTED:
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Communication from the City Manager and Director of Community Development with a Request to APPROVE the Funding Recommendations from the Home for All Continuum of Care for the 2022-2023 EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS GRANT (ESG).
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BACKGROUND: Each year, the City receives an allocation of Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) funding from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). This funding must be spent on eligible programs providing services to individuals and families experiencing homelessness.
Starting in 2016 the Home for All Continuum of Care Governing Board collaborated with the City of Peoria to review allocations and make funding recommendations for the Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) (Council Item No. 15-317). This change was due to changes in HUD regulations that required collaboration in making funding decisions.
The City received $157,667 in 2021 ESG funds to be spent in calendar year 2022. Of this, the City reserves $10,500.00 (6.7%) in administrative fees to cover staff time to administer and oversee the grants. This leaves $147,167.00 for allocation to agencies for eligible homeless service programs.
In September 2021, City Staff released a funding application. The applications were reviewed by a subcommittee of the Home for All Continuum of Care Governing Board and programs were evaluated according to past performance and outcomes, primarily looking at a program's success in getting clients into permanent housing (i.e. ending their situation of homelessness). The ESG funding also limits the amount of funding provided to overnight emergency shelter programs to 60%. A recommendation was then formulated and approved by the Board based on these considerations. Please see the attached recommendation from the Governing Board Chair.
The recommended funding allocations are as follows:
Agency
Program
Recommended Funding
% of Total Allocated ($147,176)
Center for Prevention of Abuse
Emergency Shelter for Families Made...
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