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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 amend the grant
Purpose: To support various community development, homeless and social services, housing, and economic development activities in suburban Cook County to respond to the coronavirus (COVID-19)
Supplemental Grant Amount: Community Development Block Grant Coronavirus (CDBG-CV): $9,597,914.00
Grant Period: 3/27/2020-3/27/2026
Extension Period: N/A
Fiscal Impact: None
Accounts: 11900.1013.54026.580171 and 11900.1013.54026.501010
Date of Previous Board Authorization for Grant: 4/23/2020
Previous Grant Amount: $6,420,182.00
Concurrences:
The Budget Department has received all requisite documents and determined the fiscal impact on Cook County, if any
Summary: The Community Development Block Grant Coronavirus (CDBG-CV) funding is provided to Cook County via a formula grant through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) authorized by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) to respond to the growing effects of this historic public health crisis. These funds are restricted for use within suburban Cook County.
HUD made an initial allocation of $6,420,182 of CDBG-CV funding to Cook County immediately after the CARES Act was enacted, which was accepted by the Cook County Board of Commissioners in April 2020. A second allocation of $9,597,914 of CDBG-CV funding to Cook County was announced by HUD in September 2020. This amendment accepts this additional CDBG-CV funding, bringing the total amount of CDBG-CV funding to $16,018,096.
I respectfully request approval of an amendment to increase the CDBG-CV grant amount as outlined above. I further request that the FY2021 appropriation be amended to include carryover funds in the amount of $6,420,182 (the f...
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