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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Adopt Budget Resolution 2025-138 amending the Fiscal Year 2024-25 budget to accept and appropriate funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for Marion County's Continuum of Care Coordinated Entry 2022-2023 program year grant in the amount of $71,023
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OCALA'S RELEVANT STRATEGIC GOALS:
Fiscally Sustainable, Operational Excellence
PROOF OF PUBLICATION:
N/A
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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 supportive services such as annual assessment of services, moving costs, case management, housing search and counseling services, transportation, utility deposits and other outreach services.
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 Continuum of Care's coordinated entry process. As the HMIS Lead Agency, the City would be responsible for submitting a grant application on behalf of and in support of the Ocala/Marion County Continuum of Care's supportive services which directly relate to carrying out coordinated entry activities.
FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS:
On August 23, 2023, in re...
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