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Consideration of a grant in the amount of $56,310 for COMCARE's Samaritan Housing Program.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve the application for the grant, authorize the Chairman to sign all necessary application documents. Per County Resolution 64-2013, this will be submitted to the County Manager for final approval and signature when award is received.
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Grant Renewal: Yes
Never Applied: No
Applied; not awarded: No
Grant Background:
The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has issued a Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) for the 2014 Continuum of Care Homeless Assistance Program. This NOFA makes funds available for Homeless Assistance Grants which include transitional housing, supportive services for homeless persons, and permanent supportive housing. The community application will be submitted to HUD by October 30th, 2014.
One of the programs included in the community application has been the Samaritan Housing initiative. COMCARE took ownership of this program from the United Way in the beginning of 2014. The program will provide 8 apartment units for chronically homeless individuals who have a mental illness and/or substance use disorder. The project's goal is to effectively address the complex needs of the chronically homeless by offering integrated treatment services to improve housing stability and increase access to mainstream resources. These 8 apartments will be scattered-sites and COMCARE will lease them from community landlords. This program is considered permanent housing, and accordingly residents may stay in the program as long as needed to stabilize their housing situation and address their mental health and substance use disorder needs in order to maintain long term recovery.
COMCARE is applying for $56,310 from HUD to operate the Samaritan Housing program in Sedgwick County. The majority of these dollars will be used for leasing, with a small amount for administration and operating costs (primarily bed bug prevention...
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