Submitted By: James Haynes
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Presentation By: James Haynes
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Department: Community Development Services
STAFF RECOMMENDATION (Motion Ready):
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Ratify the signature of the City Manager on the 2023 U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Continuum of Care Program Funding Competition Grant Agreement for Homeless Management Information System software and personnel totaling $209,173
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OCALA'S RELEVANT STRATEGIC GOALS:
Quality of Place, Operational Excellence
PROOF OF PUBLICATION:
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BACKGROUND:
The Continuum of Care (CoC) Program is designed, among other things, to promote community-wide commitment to the goal of ending homelessness and provide funding for efforts by local governments to quickly house homeless individuals and families while minimizing the trauma and dislocation caused to homeless individuals, families, and communities by homeless. CoC Program grant funds may be used for a range of eligible activities including paying for Homeless Management Information Systems (HMIS).
On February 4, 2020, the City of Ocala ("City") and Marion County entered into an interlocal agreement for the creation of the Ocala/Marion County Joint Office on Homelessness. The City subsequently entered into a separate Memorandum of Understanding with the FL-514 Ocala/Marion County Continuum of Care Board to enable the City to serve as the Lead Agency and assume oversight of the duties and responsibilities of the HMIS and coordinated entry system. As the HMIS Lead Agency, the City would be responsible for submitting an HMIS grant application on behalf of and in support of the Ocala/Marion County Continuum of Care.
FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS:
On August 23, 2023, in response to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) Notice of Funding Opportunity for the FY2023 Continuum of Care (CoC) Competition Award, the City submitted a New Project Application for HMIS Software and Personnel for the benefit of the Ocala/Mar...
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