Description
Recommend approval of a Resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute contracts with homeless service agencies for the provision of services which prevent, prepare for and respond to the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19).
The City of Savannah received supplemental allocations of $2,796,877 in Emergency Solutions Grants (ESG-CV) funds as authorized by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES). These special ESG-CV funds can to be used to prevent, prepare for, and respond to COVID-19 among homeless individuals and families who are receiving assistance; and to support additional homeless assistance and homelessness prevention activities to mitigate the impacts of COVID-19. Funding recommendations are as follows:
| 2020 ESG-CV Programs |
Requested |
Recommended |
| Family Promise of the Coastal Empire, Inc. Homeless Prevention Program: Housing relocation and stabilization, tenant-based rental assistance, and case management to prevent homelessness. |
$1,000,000
|
$ 1,000,000 |
| Family Promise of the Coastal Empire, Inc. Emergency Shelter Program: Emergency temporary shelter, food, case management and other essential services to homeless families experiencing homelessness. |
$ 422,500 |
$ 422,500 |
| Inner City Night Shelter Emergency Shelter Program: Emergency shelter, food, and other essential services to homeless men with chronic substance abuse or mental illness. |
$ 314,120 |
$ 314,120 |
| Park Place Outreach, Inc. Emergency Shelter Program: Emergency shelter, food, case management and other essential services to homeless males experiencing homelessness. |
$ 55,000 |
$ 55,000 |
| Park Place Outreach, Inc. Emergency Shelter Program: Emergency shelter, food, case management and other essential services to homeless youth experiencing homelessness. |
$ 40,000 |
$ 40,000 |
| Park Place Outreach, Inc. Street Outreach Program: Engagement services to connect with and assist unsheltered homeless youth with needs such as meals, blankets, clothes, toiletries and transportation. |
$ 50,000 |
$ 50,000 |
| Salvation Army Savannah Emergency Shelter Program: Emergency temporary shelter, food, transportation, case management and other essential services to homeless families experiencing homelessness. |
$ 500,000 |
$ 500,000 |
| Union Mission, Inc. Emergency Shelter Program: Emergency temporary shelter, food, case management and other essential services to homeless single, unaccompanied women experiencing homelessness. |
$ 310,000 |
$ 310,000 |
| HMIS: Chatham-Savannah Authority for the Homeless Eligible costs for HMIS participants to collect client data on the provision of housing and services to homeless individuals and families and persons at risk of homelessness. |
$ 105,257 |
$ 105,257 |
| Total 2020 ESG-CV Program Recommendations |
$2,796,877 |
$2,796,877 |
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