R92-23 AUTHORIZING APPLICATION FOR SHELTER PLUS PROGRAM

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., . COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT MEMORANDUM NO. 92-35 February 13, 1992 TO: Honorable Mayor Erik C. Brechnitz and City Council Members FROM: James C. Bacon, Jr. , City Manager David A. Clark, Director of Community Development SUBJECT: Shelter Plus Care Within recent weeks, City staff has received information regarding the availability of funds to provide housing assistance for homeless persons with disabilities (primarily those who are seriously mentally ill, have chronic problems with alcohol, drugs or both, or have AIDS and related diseases) ) and their families. The program requires that supportive services be provided locally by other program funds and that deteriorating housing units be utilized in the development of these housing facilities. Since the Notification of Funding Availability, the City staff has worked with local service providers to determine if any application could be formulated that would be of benefit to the Decatur community, meet necessary matching requirements, and be competitive in a national funding competition. The City, Housing Authority, 708 Board and Woodford Homes have worked jointly to produce an application that proposes to provide 8 to 10 rental units, in the form of a group home. In addition, the application proposes transitional housing for up to 15 persons in an apartment setting. It is the opinion of the program co-applicants that the application would stand a better chance of being funded if , the City of Decatur was the applicant for the grant, rather than the Housing Authority or 708 Board. Therefore, the City staff is requesting Council authorization to serve as a grant application and recipient. our role, in addition to the time that has been spent to date, will include drawing I down funds and passing those funds on to the appropriate agencies who are joining the City in this application. ' Staff will be available to answer any questions you may have I regarding the application. II