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CATHOLIC CHARITIES, DIOCESE OF JOLIET COMBINED
CDBG PUBLIC SERVICE APPLICATION
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WHEREAS, DuPage County has participated in the Housing and Community Development Program since 1975; and
WHEREAS, Catholic Charities, Diocese of Joliet, submitted Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Public Service applications for Emergency Services/Homeless Prevention & Daybreak Transitional Housing and Tenant Based Rental Assistance on 09/30/2024; and
WHEREAS, CDBG funding in the amount of $65,000 was approved for the Tenant Based Rental Assistance project and CDBG funding in the amount of $100,000 was approved for the Emergency Services/Homeless Prevention & Daybreak Transitional Housing project under Resolution HS-R-0004-25 on February 11, 2025 as part of the 2025-2029 Consolidated Plan and 2025 Action Plan element of the 2025-2029 Consolidated Plan; and
WHEREAS, Catholic Charities, Diocese of Joliet has requested to combine the two CDBG Public Service applications into one, to be known as the Emergency Services/Homeless Prevention/Rapid Rehousing and Daybreak Transitional Housing project, to ensure the project is comprehensive and includes all housing navigation/rental assistance case management that will be provided; and
WHEREAS, Catholic Charities, Diocese of Joliet has submitted an updated combined CDBG Public Service application dated 05/02/2025, requesting a total of $165,000 in CDBG funding, for the project known as Emergency Services/Homeless Prevention/Rapid Rehousing and Daybreak Transitional Housing; and
WHEREAS, the combined application does not trigger an amendment to the Consolidated Plan or Annual Action Plan, as recommended CDBG public service funding has not changed; and
WHEREAS, the combined application request has been approved by the DuPage County Community Development Commission Executive Committee on June 3, 2025 and the DuPage County Human Services Committee on June 17, 2025; and
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the DuPage County Board hereby approves the combined applications and CDBG funding request, for the Catholic Charities, Diocese of Joliet public service project to be known as Emergency Services/Homeless Prevention/Rapid Rehousing and Daybreak Transitional Housing; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Chair of the DuPage County Board was previously authorized and directed to sign each individual Agreement on behalf of DuPage County with municipalities and non-profit entities implementing specific projects identified in said Consolidated Plan and Annual Action Plan, under Resolution HS-R-0004-25 dated February 11, 2025; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the County Clerk was previously authorized and directed to attest to such execution of each individual Agreement on behalf of DuPage County with municipalities and non-profit entities implementing specific projects identified in said Consolidated Plan and Annual Action Plan and affix the official seal thereto under Resolution HS-R-0004-25 dated February 11, 2025; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the County Clerk was previously directed to send copies of each individual Agreement on behalf of DuPage County to each of the respective municipalities and non-profit entities implementing specific projects identified in said Consolidated Plan and Annual Action Plan and to the DuPage Community Development Commission under Resolution HS-R-0004-25 dated February 11, 2025; and
BE IT FURHTER RESOLVED that the County Clerk be directed to send copies of this Resolution to Community Development Commission.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the County Clerk be directed to send copies of this Resolution to Amy Van Plen, Chief Executive Officer, Bridge Communities, Inc. at 500 Roosevelt Road, Glen Ellyn, IL 60137, and one copy to the Community Development Commission.
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Enacted and approved on this 24th day of June, 2025 at Wheaton, Illinois.
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DEBORAH A. CONROY, CHAIR
DU PAGE COUNTY BOARD
Attest: ___________________________________
JEAN KACZMAREK, COUNTY CLERK