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Amd 1 to JPA A2311668 with City of Minneapolis for HUD CDBG funding for shelter operations, amending to extend the end term to 12/31/26; $1,200,000 (recv)
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Resolution:
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BE IT RESOLVED, that Amendment 1 to Agreement A2311668 with the City of Minneapolis accepting that a sub grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development of Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds in the receivable amount of $1,200,000 for operations of Avivo Village emergency shelter, extending the period of the agreement from the term of January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2025 to the term of January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2026, be approved; that the Chair of the Board be authorized to sign the amendment on behalf of the county; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that sponsorship and acceptance of grant funding for this program by the Hennepin County Board of Commissioners does not imply a continuing funding commitment by Hennepin County for this program if these grant funds are not made available or when grant funds are no longer available.
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Background:
Hennepin County and the City of Minneapolis jointly work together to make homelessness rare, brief, and nonrecurring. Hennepin County acts as the lead entity in setting strategy and providing services, while the City supports the effort by working to build permanent supportive housing, supporting shelter capital improvements, and directing federal funds that it receives for responding to homelessness in consultation with Hennepin County and community partners. The County and City, together with State, nonprofit and philanthropic partners, have fundamentally reshaped the homelessness response system since March 2020. These requests will serve to streamline homelessness response activities to enable the County to oversee funds and services that are best match for the County’s expertise and where it is best situated to do so.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the County and City received significant COVID response funds from the federal government to assist with responding to these conditions. Together, the County and City invested more than $200 million in the homelessness response system to improve the physical conditions of shelter programs, expand opening hours to 24 hours a day where practicable, add case management to help people move on to permanent housing, and support two new, low-barrier shelters.
Avivo Village is one of the new, low-barrier shelters. It has 100 private dwelling units and targets people experiencing unsheltered homelessness. These funds will support shelter operations for Avivo Village.
Authorization for this Joint Powers Agreement with the City of Minneapolis, A2311668, and acceptance of the funding was approved by the County Board on November 1, 2022 (Resolution 22-0425).
Current Action: Amend agreement A2311668 with the City of Minneapolis for HUD CDBG funding for emergency shelter operations at Avivo Village shelter to extend the term from January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2025 to January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2026. This amendment also includes an update of the provision that program expenses will all be incurred by December 31, 2025, rather than December 31, 2024, as was specified in the original agreement.
Disparity Reduction: This request reduces disparities in the housing domain by coordinating funding assistance and services for people experiencing homelessness. Most often these are people who are members of groups disparately impacted by homelessness and housing instability.
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Recommendation from County Administrator: Recommend Approval