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November 9,
2009
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Agenda
Item No. 26 Roll
Call No. 09-
Communication No. 09-766 Submitted by: Chris M. Johansen, Assistant City
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AGENDA
HEADING:
Approval
of 2008 Supportive Housing Program (SHP) Renewal Grant Agreements with the United
States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
SYNOPSIS:
Recommend
approval to renew the SHP grant agreements for Primary Health Care’s (PHC)
Street Outreach Team and Enhancement Projects.
FISCAL
IMPACT:
Amount: $84,999 (Street Outreach Team) and $256,913 (Enhancement
Project)
Funding Source: 2008 HUD Supportive
Housing Program
ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION
The City Council approved the 2008 SHP application
on September 22, 2008 by Roll Call No. 08-1660. Included in the application were one year
renewals of the Primary Health Care Street Outreach Team ($84,999) and the
Enhancement Project ($256,913).
The Street Outreach Team consists of a licensed
Mental Health Counselor and an Outreach Worker.
They make regular contact with homeless individuals who live on the
streets, under bridges or in riverside camps.
They served 91 individuals in 2008 and 68% moved to either transitional
or permanent housing.
The Enhancement Project is a combined initiative of
case management, substance abuse assessment and referral, and health care for
148 homeless adults and children.
PREVIOUS
COUNCIL ACTION(S):
Date: September 22, 2008
Roll
Call Number:
08-1660
Action:
Continuum of Care
Program Application to be submitted to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
Development (HUD). (Council
Communication No. 08-587) Moved by Hensley to adopt.
Motion Carried 7-0.
BOARD/COMMISSION
ACTION(S):
Date: September 10, 2008
Roll
Call Number: N/A
Action:
The Polk County Housing Continuum Board recommended adoption of the Continuum
of Care Committee’s recommendations for the 2008 Supportive Housing Program.
ANTICIPATED
ACTIONS AND FUTURE COMMITMENTS: NONE
For more information on this and other agenda items,
please call the City Clerk’s Office at 515-283-4209 or visit the Clerk’s Office
on the second floor of City Hall,