REPORT TO HOUSING AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION
SUBJECT
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CDBG-CV Evaluations and Funding Recommendations
Report
BACKGROUND
Sunnyvale receives an annual allocation of Community Development Block Grants (CDBG) and Home Investment Partnership Program (HOME) from the federal government to be used for community development programs and local housing strategies designed to increase opportunities for low and very low-income residents. As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, on March 27, 2020 the Federal Government signed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The CARES Act provides up to $5 billion in CDBG supplemental funding. Of that amount, $2 billion are being distributed to states and entitlement jurisdictions using the same statutory formula used to distribute the annual CDBG allocations.
The City has received about $1.7 million from HUD in CDBG CARES ("CDBG-CV") funds through the CARES Act, in addition to its previously received and allocated entitlement grant and accrued Program Income (PI), during FY 2019/20. To date, HUD has released three rounds of CDBG-CV funding, and the City received a funding allocation during rounds one and three, as round two was primarily dedicated to non-entitlement jurisdictions. The CARES Act funds are designed to provide emergency assistance and healthcare response for individuals, families and businesses affected by the 2020 Coronavirus pandemic. Of those funds, $350,000 have already been awarded to Sunnyvale Community Services (SCS) for rent relief.
Since the beginning of the 2020 Coronavirus pandemic, the City, County and other local jurisdictions with CDBG programs have been coordinating on bi-weekly conference calls to discuss priority needs in each community, specific to the 2020 Coronavirus response, and coordination around utilization of CDBG-CV funds. Several priority needs have been identified including, but not limited to: rent relief, financial assi...
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