Legislation Details

Reference No. CR-018-2009    Draft No. 1
Type: Resolution Status: Adopted
Meeting Body County Council
Meeting Date 5/12/2009
Introduced Date 5/12/2009 Public Hearing Date
Effective date: 5/12/2009    
Title: A Resolution amending the Prince George’s County “Annual Action Plan: FY 2009” to serve as the application for funding under the Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program.
Proposers/Sponsors: Marilynn Bland, Samuel H. Dean, County Executive
Code sections: None - None
Attachments: 1. ACTION SUMMARY T2009018, 2. R2009018.pdf
Contact: James E. Johnson, DHCD
Title A Resolution amending the Prince George’s County “Annual Action Plan: FY 2009” to serve as the application for funding under the Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program. Background This resolution approves an amendment to the “Annual Action Plan: FY 2009” to enable the County to receive $2,512,242 in Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program (HPRP) funding. The HPRP is established under Title XII of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, which appropriates funding to provide homelessness prevention assistance to households who would otherwise become homeless – many due to the economic crisis – and to provide assistance to rapidly re-house persons who are homeless as defined by section 103 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11302). It also provides that, with certain exceptions, HPRP grants are to be treated as Emergency Shelter Grant funds. To expedite the award of HPRP funding, HUD Notice, Docket No. FR-5307-N-01 (March 19, 2009) allows a comment period of no fewer than 12-days for substantial amendments, waiving the 30-day comment period requirement.