Explanation
BACKGROUND: This ordinance authorizes the Executive Director of CelebrateOne on behalf of the Office of the Mayor to enter into a contract with The Homeless Families Foundation to continue providing services to clients who were enrolled in the Healthy Beginnings at Home research project, and authorizes funding in the amount of $677,160.00 from the Emergency Rental Assistance (ERA) program, which was established by the Consolidated Appropriations Act 2021 and is administered by the U.S. Treasury.
The ERA program provides direct financial assistance to eligible households for expenses including rent, rental arrears, utilities and home energy costs, utilities and home energy costs arrears, and other expenses related to housing. Additionally, funds are available for housing stability services, including case management and other services intended to keep households stably housed, and other administrative costs.
Funds will be used by The Homeless Families Foundation to help eligible families served cover the costs of rent, utilities, and other housing-related expenses approved by the U.S. Treasury, both in arrears and to be incurred. Specifically, funding will assist as many as 57 of the study's 100 participants still demonstrating a need for housing-related support even though the formal study has concluded.
Emergency action is requested to allow program services to be provided for this much needed assistance at the earliest available time.
Fiscal Impact: $677,160.00 funding will be provided from the Emergency Rental Assistance Fund, Fund 2208, which was established by Ordinance 0284-2021 and funded by the U.S. Treasury.
Title
To authorize the Executive Director of CelebrateOne on behalf of the Office of the Mayor to enter into a contract with The Homeless Families Foundation; to authorize the expenditure of up to $677,160.00 of Emergency Rental Assistance Funds to provide rental, utility, and other housing-related assistance to eligible familie...
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