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AUTHORIZATION OF APPLICATIONS FOR
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUNDING AND EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS GRANT FOR PY27
(Under the administrative direction of the Department of Community Services)
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WHEREAS, the County Board of DuPage County, Illinois entered in an Agreement with Municipalities lying within DuPage County, on February 18, 1975 by Resolution IR-131-75, to create the DuPage Community Development Commission to administer Federal Grants under Public Law 93-383; and
WHEREAS, under said Law, the County of DuPage is entitled to a Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), of approximately $3,900,000 annually, under the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974; and
WHEREAS, the DuPage County Department of Community Services, is developing an application to receive $160,000 annually in CDBG funding to support housing-related services in the Housing Supports and Self-Sufficiency Unit; and
WHEREAS, the DuPage County Department of Community Services is developing an application to receive a total of $96,596; $50,000 in Emergency Shelter Grant Funds for emergency rental and utility assistance to prevent homelessness; and $46,596 to operate a Homeless Management Information System to meet federal data collection and reporting requirements and to provide technical support to agencies awarded funds from this grant.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the County Board of DuPage County authorizes said application to be submitted by the DuPage County Department of Community Services for PY 2027; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Director of Community Services be and is hereby authorized and directed to submit said applications to the DuPage Community Development Commission, together with such additional or revised information, data and reports as may be required.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the County Clerk be directed to send a certified copy of this Resolution to the Community Services Department.
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