PUBLIC NOTICE
CORONAVIRUS AID, RELIEF, AND ECONOMIC SECURITY ACT (CARES ACT)
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT (CDBG) PROGRAM
Through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) passed by the United States Congress on March 27, 2020, as Public Law 116-136, the City was awarded $4,872,982.00 in CDBG Funds. Subsequently, the City has also been awarded two additional CDBG CARES Act allotments of $3,089,159.00 and $6,445,350.00, respectively.
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 are 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 – CDBG Project Description and Allocation Revisions
REDUCTION IN AWARD OF $135,138.00
Hawaii HomeOwnership Center – Housing Stability through Housing
Counseling and Legal Assistance
Project Description: Provision of grant funds to provide new or quantifiably increased public services, such as providing services that will help affected parties with housing counseling and legal assistance ranging from crisis budgeting, identifying local resources, foreclosure and eviction prevention services, and addressing consumer issues (e.g., predatory lending).
Funding Source: CDBG CVII & CVIII
Proposed Amount: $0.00 (previously $135,138.00)
Location: 1259 A’ala Street, Honolulu, Hawai’i 96817
REDUCTION IN AWARD OF $148,934.97
Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement (CNHA) – Hale Manako
Affordable Housing
Project Description: Acquisition of a property to provide housing for low- and moderate-income households affected economically, or otherwise, by the coronavirus.
Funding Source: CDBG CVII & CVIII
Proposed Amount: $2,251,065.03 (previously $2,400,000.00)
Location: 105 Mango Street, Wahiawa, Hawai’i 96786
REDUCTION IN AWARD OF $102,707.70
Domestic Violence Action Center – Hale Wahine Domestic Violence
Survivor Housing
Project Description: Acquisition of a property to provide housing for low- and moderate-income households that include domestic violence survivors during a time when the coronavirus has exacerbated intimate partner violence and created barriers to accessing safe housing.
Funding Source: CDBG CVII & CVIII
Proposed Amount: $1,197,292.30 (previously $1,300,000.00)
Location: Address Suppressed for Safety, City and County of
Honolulu
REDUCTION IN AWARD OF $1,541,352.00
Family Promise of Hawai’i – ‘Ohana Navigation Center and Shelter
Project Description: Support the acquisition and rehabilitation of a property to provide non-congregate shelter space and additional support services in response to the coronavirus and to support households at risk of or experiencing
homelessness.
Funding Source: CDBG CVII & CVIII
Proposed Amount: $0.00 (previously $1,541,352.00)
Location: 1234 N. King Street, Honolulu, Hawai’i 96817
INCREASE IN AWARD OF $292,994.67
DCS, Community Based Development Division (CBDD) – Administration
Project Description: Provision of grant funds for administrative support of the DCS CBDD.
Funding Source: CDBG CV
Proposed Amount: $1,135,071.35 (previously $842,076.70)
Location: 925 Dillingham Boulevard, Suite 200, Honolulu,
Hawai’i 96817
INCREASE IN AWARD OF $500,000.00
DCS, TEAM WorkHawaii – Outreach Program for Unemployed, and Early
Release Detainees
Project Description: DCS will operate the Team WorkHawaii program which includes the provision of grant funds for case management services and emergency payments on behalf of individual or families for up to six consecutive months for low- to moderate-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, or having difficulty finding employment because of COVID.
Funding Source: CDBG CV
Proposed Amount: $2,310,000.00 (previously $1,810,000.00)
Location: 85-670 Farrington Highway, Wai’anae, Hawai’i 96792
INCREASE IN AWARD OF $150,000.00
DCS Eviction Prevention – CDBG Public Service/Increased Capacity
Project Description: Provision of grant funds for an eviction/homeless prevention program for households impacted by the coronavirus, which includes financial assistance, including rental assistance and utility assistance for up to six (6) months.
Funding Source: CDBG CVI, CVII, & CVIII
Proposed Amount: $650,000.00 (previously $500,000.00)
Location: 925 Dillingham Boulevard, Suite 200, Honolulu,
Hawai’i 96817
INCREASE IN AWARD OF $750,000.00
Hawaii Public Health Institute – CDBG Public Service/Food and Meal
Access
Project Description: Provision of grant or contract funds for a new service to provide or support access to food or meals for elderly persons, including quarantined elderly individuals and/or elderly individuals that need to maintain social distancing due to medical vulnerabilities as a result of the coronavirus.
Funding Source: CDBG CVI, CVII, & CVIII
Proposed Amount: $2,107,380.30 (previously $1,357,380.30)
Location: Citywide, City and County of Honolulu
INCREASE IN AWARD OF $135,138,000.00
Hale Kipa, Inc. – Emergency Shelter and Family Assessment Center
Project Description: Support the rehabilitation of a property to provide non- congregate shelter space and additional support services in response to the coronavirus and to support households at risk of or experiencing homelessness.
Funding Source: CDBG CVII & CVIII
Proposed Amount: $135,138.00 (previously $0.00)
Location: 91-2128 Old Fort Weaver Road, ‘Ewa Beach, Hawai’i
96706
INCREASE IN AWARD OF $100,000.00
Family Promise of Hawai’i – Emergency Non-Congregate Shelter and
Wraparound Services
Project Description: Provision of grant funds to rent underutilized structures such as hotel rooms to create shelter for people experiencing homelessness and for individuals and households unable to practice social distancing due to overcrowding or shared living spaces. In addition to rent, funds will also be used to pay for labor, supplies, and material as well as to operate and/or maintain the portion of a facility in which the public service is located.
Funding Source: CDBG CV
Proposed Amount: $100,000.00 (previously $0.00)
Location: 245 N. Kukui Street, Suite 101, Honolulu, Hawai’i
96817
Interested parties may submit written comments by May 12, 2023, to: the City and County of Honolulu, Department of Community Services, Community Based Development Division, 925 Dillingham Boulevard, Suite 200, Honolulu, Hawai’i 96817 or by email to dcscbdd2@honolulu.gov.
By order of RICK BLANGIARDI, MAYOR
City and County of Honolulu
Anton C. Krucky, Director
Department of Community Services
(SA1411015 4/12/23)