PUBLIC NOTICE
CORONAVIRUS AID, RELIEF, AND ECONOMIC SECURITY ACT (CARES ACT)
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT (CDBG) PROGRAM
Pursuant to the City and County of Honolulu’s (City) Citizen Participation Plan, the proposed amendments to the City’s Twenty-Fifth (25th) Year Action Plan is provided for your information. The City desires to reprogram CARES Act funds to projects that can utilize the funds immediately in order to achieve CARES Act CDBG goals more efficiently and expediently. The proposed revisions to the CARES Act CDBG projects are provided for your information and use.
CARES ACT – COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT (CDBG) PROGRAM
AWARD REDUCTION OF $750,000
Department of Community Services – Outreach and Re-Employment Program due to COVID
Project Description: Provision of grant funds to provide employment, child care, health care, drug abuse services, education, fair housing counseling, energy conservation, and welfare services, eligible under 24 CFR §570.201(e), and will meet the national objective described in 24 CFR §570.208(a)(2).
Fiscal Year: 2020 (25th Year Action Plan)
Funding Source: CDBG CV
Proposed Amount: $0 (originally $750,000)
Location: 1505 Dillingham Boulevard, Room 216, Honolulu, Hawai’i 96817
CONSOLIDATION OF PROJECTS, ADJUSTMENT OF PROJECT DESCRIPTION and NEW AWARD OF $750,000
Department of Community Services – Team WorkHawaii
Project Description: Provision of grant funds for street outreach and homelessness prevention program for low to moderate low income persons experiencing homelessness or at-risk of becoming homeless, specifically targeting the unemployed or early-released detainees, who were either released early because of COVID, unemployed because of COVID, or having difficulty finding employment because of COVID. Services include case management and navigation into emergency or transitional shelter, special needs group home, health care facility or permanent supportive housing as fits each client on a case by case basis. In addition, services will include partnerships with businesses and employers to encourage placement of these clients that have been adversely impacted by COVID-19. CDBG funds will be used to provide health care services, drug abuse services, education training, fair housing counseling, and welfare services, eligible under 24 CFR §570.201(e), and will meet the CDBG national objective described in 24 CFR 570.208(a)(2)(i)(B).
Fiscal Year: 2020 (25th Year Action Plan)
Funding Source: CDBG CV
Proposed Amount: $1,510,000 (originally $760,000)
Location: 1505 Dillingham Boulevard, Room 216, Honolulu, Hawai’i 96817
CARES ACT – Alternate CDBG Projects
DELETION OF ALTERNATE AWARD OF $1,000,000
Department of Community Services – Outreach and Re-Employment Program due to COVID
Project Description: Provision of grant funds to provide employment, child care, health care, drug abuse services, education, fair housing counseling, energy conservation, and welfare services, eligible under 24 CFR §570.201(e), and will meet the national objective described in 24 CFR §570.208(a)(2).
Fiscal Year: 2020 (25th Year Action Plan)
Funding Source: CDBG CV
Proposed Amount: $0 (originally $1,000,000 pending availability of funds)
Location: 1505 Dillingham Boulevard, Room 216, Honolulu, Hawai’i 96817
CONSOLIDATION OF ALTERNATE PROJECTS, ADJUSTMENT OF PROJECT DESCRIPTION and NEW AWARD OF $1,000,000 (Pending availability of funds)
Department of Community Services – Team WorkHawaii
Project Description: Provision of grant funds for street outreach and homelessness prevention program for low to moderate low income persons experiencing homelessness or at-risk of becoming homeless, specifically targeting the unemployed or early-released detainees, who were either released early because of COVID, unemployed because of COVID, or having difficulty finding employment because of COVID. Services include case management and navigation into emergency or transitional shelter, special needs group home, health care facility or permanent supportive housing as fits each client on a case by case basis. In addition, services will include partnerships with businesses and employers to encourage placement of these clients that have been adversely impacted by COVID-19. CDBG funds will be used to provide health care services, drug abuse services, education training, fair housing counseling, and welfare services, eligible under 24 CFR §570.201(e), and will meet the CDBG national objective described in 24 CFR 570.208(a)(2)(i)(B).
Fiscal Year: 2020 (25th Year Action Plan)
Funding Source: CDBG CV
Proposed Amount: $2,000,000 (originally $1,000,000 pending availability of funds)
Location: 1505 Dillingham Boulevard, Room 216, Honolulu, Hawai’i 96817
Interested parties may submit written comments by April 22, 2021, to: the City & County of Honolulu, Department of Community Services, Community Based Development Division, 925 Dillingham Boulevard, Suite 200, Honolulu, Hawai’i 96817 or by email to dcscbdd@honolulu.gov.
Sarah Allen, Director
Department of Community Services
By order of RICK BLANGIARDI, MAYOR
City and County of Honolulu
(SA1323415 4/16/21)
