Interoffice Memorandum
DATE: February 13, 2025
TO: Mayor Jerry L. Demings and County Commissioners
THROUGH: N/A
FROM: Tanya Wilson, AICP, Director Planning, Environmental, and Development Services Department
CONTACT: Mitchell Glasser, Manager
PHONE: 407-836-5190
DIVISION: Housing and Community Development Division
ACTION REQUESTED:
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Approval and execution of Funding Approval/Agreement Emergency Solutions Grants Program - RUSH Funding Unique Federal Award Identification Number: E-25-UW-2-003 between Orange County, Florida and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Office of Community Planning and Development in the amount of $512,694 to address the needs of homeless individuals and families or individuals and families at risk of homelessness. All Districts. (Housing and Community Development Division)
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PROJECT: Emergency Solutions Grant - Rapid Unsheltered Survivor Housing (ESG-RUSH) Program - Grant Agreement
PURPOSE: On January 10, 2025, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) made a special allocation of $512,694 in Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) funds to Orange County. This special allocation of Rapid Unsheltered Survivor Housing (RUSH) funding is in response to the President's disaster declarations for Hurricane Helene (DR-4828-FL) and Hurricane Milton (DR-4834-FL). These funds will address the needs of homeless individuals and families or individuals and families at risk of homelessness in areas affected. These funds must benefit people whose needs are not otherwise served or met by existing federal disaster relief programs, including the Transitional Sheltering Assistance program under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act.
HUD approved an amendment to the FY 2024-2025 Annual Action Plan that covers federal funding for housing and community development programs to incorporate the RUSH funds. The next step in the process is to execute a grant agreement with HUD for th...
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