Submitted By: James Haynes
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Presentation By: James Haynes
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Department: Community Housing Services
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FORMAL TITLE:
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Budget Resolution 2027-107 to amend the Fiscal Year 2026-27 budget to accept and appropriate funds from the U.S. Department of Housing and Development for Marion County’s Continuum of Care Homeless Information System 2024-2025 Program Year Grant in the amount of $237,244
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OCALA’S RELEVANT STRATEGIC GOALS:
Operational Excellence, Fiscally Sustainable
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PROOF OF PUBLICATION:
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BACKGROUND:
The Continuum of Care (CoC) Program promotes a community-wide commitment to ending homelessness and funds local governments' efforts to quickly house homeless individuals and families while minimizing the trauma and dislocation homelessness causes. CoC Program grant funds may be used for a range of eligible activities, including the Homeless Management Information System (HMIS).
On February 4, 2020, the City of Ocala (the City) and Marion County entered into an interlocal agreement to create the Ocala/Marion County Joint Office on Homelessness. The City later entered into a separate memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the FL-514 Ocala/Marion County CoC Board, allowing the City to serve as the lead agency and assume oversight of the HMIS and coordinated entry system. As the HMIS lead agency, the City would submit an HMIS grant application on behalf of, and in support of, the Ocala/Marion CoC.
FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS:
In response to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Notice of Funding Opportunity for the Fiscal Year 2024 Continuum of Care (CoC) Competition Award, the City submitted a new project application for HMIS software and personnel for the benefit of the Ocala/Marion County CoC. City Manager Pete Lee was identified as the CoC Program's authorized certifying official.
On July 31, 2026, HUD awarded the City of Ocala CoC Program Project Grant No. FL1026L4H142401 in the amount of $237,2...
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