Title
Resolution to Amend the Fiscal Year 2019 Council Approved Budget and Accept and Approve the 2019 Virginia Homeless Reduction Grant awarded by the Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development to the City of Hampton, Virginia
Purpose
PURPOSE/BACKGROUND:
The Virginia Housing Trust Fund Homeless Reduction Grant program goal is to reduce homelessness in the Commonwealth of Virginia. The Department of Housing and Community Developemtn (DHCD) will support Continuum of Care (CoC) and balance of state Local Planning Group (LGP) strategies, for homeless service projects that are a part of an effective emergency crisis response system in communities to ensure that homelessness is rare, brief and non-recurring.
The Homeless Reduction Grant program must be coordinated with other community-based activities. The homeless services grantee use a local centralized or coordinated assessment/entry system. A local centralized or coordinated assessment/entry system is the best practice for a housing-focused approach targeted to helping households experiencing homelessness quickly regain stability in permanent housing. This project proposes to serve the residents of Hampton and Newport News, which can include the service areas of James City and York Counties and the Cities of Poquoson and Williamsburg. Services will be provided through the Hampton and Newport News Department of Human Services in conjunction with both Hampton and Newport News School systems. The Hampton and Newport News School systems were awarded a Homeless Children and Youth Program grant (IMPACT) for the period of July 2017 to June 2020. This grant was written as the first step in a collaborative effort to target students (18 to 24) and families experiencing homelessness, or at risk of experiencing homelessness. The local Workforce development has also agreed to participate as a lead partner.
The Homeless Reduction Grants are funded through Virginia's Housing Trust Funds, a state appropriatio...
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