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HOLD a public hearing and consider an ordinance amending the PY 2021/FY 2022 Community Development Department Annual Action Plan associated with the supplemental funding from HUD known as the HOME Investment Partnerships American Rescue Plan (HOME-ARP) program funds and adopt the Killeen HOME-ARP Allocation Plan.
Summary
DATE: January 17, 2023
TO: Kent Cagle, City Manager
FROM: Leslie Hinkle, Executive Director of Community Development
SUBJECT: Amendment to the Community Development PY 2021/FY 2022 Annual Action Plan associated with the supplemental HOME-ARP funding from HUD and adopting the HOME-ARP Allocation Plan
BACKGROUND AND FINDINGS:
On March 11, 2021, President Biden signed the American Rescue Plan (ARP) into law where Congress appropriated $5 billion in ARP funds to address the need for homelessness assistance and supportive services, to be administered through HOME to perform four activities that must primarily benefit qualifying individuals and families who are homeless, at risk of homelessness, or in other vulnerable populations. The City of Killeen was allocated $1,778,641 of funds from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) with council acceptance of the funding January 25, 2022, via resolution.
CD Staff was required to follow the special funding regulatory and statutory requirements associated with the special funding to develop the HOME-ARP Allocation Plan. Consultations with local entities and providers helped identify the HOME-ARP defined qualifying populations (Qualifying Populations/QPs) who meet one the following: (1) persons or families who are homeless, as defined in section 103(a) of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 11302(a)) ("McKinney-Vento"); (2) at risk of homelessness, as defined in section 401 of McKinney-Vento; (3) fleeing, or attempting to flee domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, or human trafficking; (4) part of other populations wh...
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