CLARK COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
AGENDA ITEM
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Petitioner: |
Abigail Frierson, Deputy County Manager |
Recommendation:
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Approve and authorize the Deputy County Manager, or her designee, to accept the grant award from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for the Southern Nevada Continuum of Care (CoC) Planning Project, by Clark County Social Service (CCSS), in the new amount of $821,550 (increased from $467,415) to provide planning activities toward implementation of the Homeless Emergency and Rapid Transition to Housing (HEARTH) Act of 2009. (For possible action)
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FISCAL IMPACT:
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Fund #: |
2031.000 |
Fund Name: |
County Grants |
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Fund Center: |
1270111160 |
Funded PGM/Grant: |
TBD |
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Amount: |
$821,550 from HUD; $205,338 CCSS Match |
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Description: |
CoC Planning 2023 |
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Additional Comments: |
N/A |
BACKGROUND:
Clark County Social Service requests that the Board of County Commissioners (Board) authorize the Deputy County Manager to accept the grant award from HUD for the Southern Nevada CoC Planning Project. Approval of the submission of the grant application and authorization for the Deputy County Manager to accept grant funds and create a full-time management analyst position was previously accepted on July 18, 2023 under agenda item #36, but it was for a lower anticipated amount ($467,415) before the notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) was posted.
The HEARTH Act of 2009 is the reauthorization of the McKinney-Vento Act, the Federal legislation that is funding homeless services under HUD. With the implementation of the HEARTH Act, there is an opportunity to request funds to expand regional coordination efforts to support efforts to end homelessness. The Southern Nevada CoC 2023 Planning Project intends to provide support towards improving measurement and evaluation of regional responses towards ending homelessness, analyzing gaps, monitoring of funded projects, facilitating the CoC competition, implementing best practices in services, and incorporating the feedback of those experiencing homelessness in decision-making processes. This will be the 11th grant Clark County Social Service has received for this activity as the collaborative applicant for the local CoC.
Clark County will provide a 25% match of approximately $205,338. The grant application was incorporated into the 2023 Southern Nevada CoC consolidated application that was submitted to HUD in September of 2023. The costs for personnel for a grant-funded Management Analyst II (Data Analyst) are included, which provides the support for evaluating regional efforts related to data collection, measurement, and analysis. This is a 12-month grant that will be awarded during the current fiscal year.
The item has been approved as to form by the District Attorney’s office.