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1200 COlJNT1--CITY BUILDING <br />227~JEFFERSONBOULEVARD <br />SOUTH BEND, INDIPNA 46601-1830 <br />PxoraE 574/ 235-9371 <br />Fay 574/235-9021 <br />TDD 574/ 235-5567 <br />CITY OF SOUTH BEND STEPHEN J. LUECKE, MAYOR <br />COMMUNITY ~L ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT <br />JEFFREY V. GIBNEY <br />E3CECUTIVE DIRECTOR <br />I'~j11 F~~-ll-~1 <br />September 18, 2009 <br />Mr. Derek Deiter <br />President, South Bend Common Council <br />227 W. Jefferson Blvd., Suite 400 <br />South Bend, IN 46601 <br />Dear President Deiter: <br />The attached bill for Council consideration and approval will appropriate $1,148,607 in <br />Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing (HPRP) funds. This action allocates new funds in <br />accordance with the 2008 Action Plan and Amendment of the Housing and Community Development Plan <br />submitted to the Department of Housing and Urban Development on May 20, 2009, and further amended <br />and resubmitted on July 7, 2009. The funds being made available are part of the American Recovery and <br />Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) and represent a one time formula allocation to South Bend as an <br />entitlement community. <br />As was provided to the Council in an Apri130 2009 memo, the HPRP funding is allocated for <br />communities to provide financial assistance and case management services to prevent individuals and <br />families from becoming homeless, and to help those who are experiencing homelessness to be quickly re- <br />housed and stabilized. Additionally, the memo indicated that the City would allocate to the appropriate <br />agencies working with its Continuum of Care. To that end South Bend's approved amendment indicated <br />the City would conduct an application process for the allocation of these funds. Four applications were <br />received with four.being recommended for funding. <br />Please know that there will be only one point of entry into this program related to the provision of <br />financial assistance. That point of entry will be the Center for the Homeless. For that reason the Center's <br />funding level includes the dollars for the financial assistance service. <br />F:\DATA\SHARE\COMA~EV\HOMELESSNESS PROGRAM\2009 HPRP LETTER FOR ORDINANCE.DOC <br />COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL & PROGRAM <br />PAT7ELA C. MEYEA DONALD E. INKS MANAGEMENT ~ n <br />574/235-9660 5741235-9371 EuzAEErx LEONARD <br />FAx: 574/235-9697 574/235-9371 , ~I/ <br />