Title
Joint resolution approving the first amendment to the Program Year (PY) 2024 United States Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) Annual Action Plan (AAP).
Staff Summary
• HUD requires the submission of an AAP and associated amendments to govern expenditure of federal housing and community development funding for each program.
• This first amendment to the Program Year 2024 (PY24) Annual Action Plan (AAP) reallocates $20,000 of CDBG and $30,000 of ESG funds previously awarded to Catholic Charities for homelessness prevention and rapid rehousing services.
• The first amendment to the PY 2024 AAP makes the following changes:
o Allocation of $20,000 of Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds to YouthBuild Lake County for youth vocational training.
o Allocation of $10,000 of Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) funds to PADS Lake County for shelter.
o Allocation of $17,500 of ESG funds to Kids Above All for rapid rehousing.
o Allocation of $2,500 of ESG funds to Lake County for Homeless Management Information Services (HMIS).
Body
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) requires the submission of an Annual Action Plan (AAP) to govern the expenditure of federal entitlement funding; and
WHEREAS, an amendment to the AAP is required to substantially change the purpose, location, scope or beneficiaries of a project; and
WHEREAS, this first amendment to the Program Year 2024 (PY24) Annual Action Plan (AAP) reallocates $20,000 of CDBG and $30,000 of ESG funds previously awarded to Catholic Charities for homelessness prevention and rapid rehousing services; and
WHEREAS, the proposed first amendment to the Program Year 2024 AAP allocates $20,000 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds to YouthBuild Lake County for youth vocational training; and
WHEREAS, the proposed first amendment to the Program Year 2024 AAP allocates of $30,000 of Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) funds: $10,000 to PADS Lake County for shelter, $17,500 to Kids Above All for rapid rehousing, and $2,500 to Lake County for Homeless Management Information Services.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by this County Board of Lake County, Illinois, that first amendment to the Program Year 2024 AAP is hereby approved; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the chair of the Lake County Board or their designee is hereby authorized to execute the necessary documents to complete the submission of the amended Program Year 2024 AAP.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on September 10, 2024.