TITLE
Title
APPROVAL TO APPLY FOR CITY OF GREENSBORO HOMELESS GRANT OPPORTUNITY
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SPONSOR
Sponsor
Sheriff Danny H. Rogers (Capt. Wes Mecham)
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BACKGROUND
Background
The City of Greensboro (“City”) seeks to use its 2024 federal Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and local Nussbaum Housing Partnership (NHP) funds to address the needs of residents, who are homeless or at imminent risk of homelessness. Federal U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) regulations specify that CDBG funds be used, in combination with other federal, state and local funds, as part of a community-wide system of homelessness services. Under the HEARTH Act, homeless service organizations work closely with other community programs that, taken together, provide an array of housing opportunities intended to prevent and end homelessness for each household in need. HUD, along with the City and its community partners, expects that this system of service will make steady progress toward making homelessness rare, brief and non-recurring.
The Guilford County Sheriff's Office (GCSO) Re-Entry/Diversion Program is seeking permission to apply for funding from this City of Greensboro grant opportunity in order to assist persons who are being released from the Greensboro Detention Center, either as part of diversion or after serving their sentence, who are diagnosed with serious mental illness and/or have a substance use disorder. This group of Guilford County citizens are a unique population who are in desperate need of housing assistance. They meet the HUD homelessness definition under 24 CFR 576.2 (iii)(F), which states, "Is exiting a publicly funded institution, or system of care (such as a health care facility, a mental health facility, foster care or other youth facility, or correction program or institution.)"
The GCSO Re-Entry/Diversion Program anticipates serving ten (10) individuals in the upcoming year, ensuring manageable caseloads for adequate support and mon...
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