Lake County, IL
File #: 20-1428    Version: Name: Joint resolution - Approval the Proposed Fourth Amendment to the Program Year 2019 Annual Action Plan (AAP).
Type: resolution Status: Passed
File created: 10/9/2020 In control: Health and Community Services Committee
On agenda: Final action: 11/10/2020
Title: Joint resolution approving a fourth amendment to the 2019 United States Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Annual Action Plan (AAP).
Attachments: 1. Homelessness ARC Memo September 2020, 2. DRAFT 2019 AAP 4th Amendment, 3. 2020-10 Emergency Appropriation - Grants
Title
Joint resolution approving a fourth amendment to the 2019 United States Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Annual Action Plan (AAP).

Staff Summary
* HUD announced a second allocation of Emergency Solutions Grant Program funding through the CARES Act to Lake County in the amount of $1,520,868.
* The Housing and Community Development Commission (HCDC) approved an open application round on July 15, 2020.
* Funding recommendations were reviewed and approved by the Homelessness Advisory and Recommendation Committee on September 25, 2020.

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RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, HUD requires the submission of an Annual Action Plan (AAP) and associated amendments to govern the expenditure of federal funding; and

WHEREAS, HUD announced a second allocation of Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG-CV2) Program funding through the CARES Act to Lake County in the amount of $1,520,868.00; and

WHEREAS, the purpose of the additional ESG-CV2 funding is to address community needs arising from the COVID-19 pandemic; and

WHEREAS, applications for ESG-CV2 funding were received on September 14, 2020; and

WHEREAS, applications were reviewed and approved by the Homelessness Advisory and Recommendation Committee on September 25, 2020; and

WHEREAS, the proposed fourth amendment to the Program Year 2019 (PY19) AAP allocates $1,520,868.00 (Catholic Charities - $212,539, A Safe Place - $400,000, Nicasa - $300,000, Kids Above All - $232,731, Lake County Haven - $20,000, PADS Lake County - $203,512 and Lake County Community Development - $152,086) of ESG-CV2 funding; and

WHEREAS, the allocation of these funds requires an amendment to the Program Year 2019 (PY 2019) AAP; and

WHEREAS, the HCDC, at its meeting on October 14, 2020, recommended approval of this amendment to the PY 2019 AAP; and

WHEREAS, it is necessary to establish a budget emergency appropriation for both the new revenue and offsetting expenses to execute the programs established in the AAP; and

WHEREAS, an emergency appropriation ...

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