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PROPOSED GRANT AWARD AMENDMENT
Department: Department of Planning and Development
Grantee: Cook County Bureau of Economic Development
Grantor: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
Request: Authorization to increase the 2017 Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG)
Purpose: To support homeless services in suburban Cook County
Supplemental Grant Amount: $502,889.00
Grant Period: 10/1/17-9/30/19
Extension Period: N/A
Fiscal Impact: None
Accounts: 9411701
Date of Previous Board Authorization for Grant: 7/19/2017
Previous Grant Amount: $833,221.00
Concurrences:
Budget and Management Services has received all requisite documents, and determined the fiscal impact on Cook County, if any.
Summary: In the Federal FY 2017 budget, Congress appropriated an additional $40 million in Supplemental ESG funds. HUD made the supplemental funds available through a formula allocation, and Cook County was notified about this additional ESG funding after our initial ESG grant amount was released in June. The supplemental funds can be used for rapid rehousing and all other critical eligible ESG activities. This is a one-time allocation, with no expectation of future supplemental funding. Recipients will track these funds with its annual formula allocation. The County will be working with our agency partners to determine the process for programming these supplemental funds.
I respectfully request approval of this ESG grant amendment; and that the Bureau Chief of Economic Development or his/her designee be authorized to execute, on behalf of the County of Cook, any and all documents necessary to further the approval herein, including but not limited to, subrecipient agreements, intergovernmental agreements, amendments, and modifications thereto.
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