Item Description:
title
Agmt A2513028 with MN Housing Finance Agency to accept grant funds from the FHPAP fund for the Homework Starts with Home program for unstably housed families with school-age children, 10/01/25-09/30/27 $1,500,000 (recv)
end
Resolution:
body
BE IT RESOLVED, that Agreement A2513028 with the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency for the Family Homeless Prevention and Assistance Program fund's Homework Starts with Home program, providing funds to secure stable housing for families with school-age children who have moved frequently and for unaccompanied youth in order to reduce school absenteeism, during the period October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2027, in the receivable amount of $1,500,000 be approved; that the Chair of the Board be authorized to sign the agreement on behalf of the county; and the Controller be authorized to accept and disburse the funds as directed; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOVLED, that a supplemental appropriation of $45,387 to the 2025 Human Services and Public Health budget, be approved;
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.
end
Background:
The Family Homeless Prevention and Assistance Program (FHPAP) was created by the Minnesota Legislature in 1993 as an outcome-oriented grant intended to address issues of homelessness for families with children, single adults, and youth. Hennepin County has been a grantee since 1993. In 2020, Minnesota Housing piloted the Homework Starts with Home (HSWH) program providing funds to secure stable housing for families with school-age children who have moved frequently and for unaccompanied youth in order to reduce school absenteeism.
Hennepin County has previously been a grantee on behalf of two different HSWH collabor...
Click here for full text