DEPARTMENT: Social Services
FILE TYPE: Consent Action
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Authorization To Execute Contracts With Hearth Connection For Rental Assistance Administration
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RESOLUTION
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WHEREAS, Dakota County issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) for rental assistance administration services on July 2, 2018, to secure a vendor to provide rental assistance administration program services on behalf of Dakota County Social Services, Housing Section, and Hearth Connection was selected as the provider for this service; and
WHEREAS, by Resolution No. 18-425 (August 21, 2018), the Board authorized the Community Services Director to contract with Hearth Connection for rental assistance administration and by Resolution Nos. 19-850 (November 26, 2019), 20-238 (May 12, 2020), and 21-258 (May 18, 2021), the Dakota County Board of Commissioners authorized the Community Services Director to execute renewal contracts with Hearth Connection to provide rental assistance; and
WHEREAS, rental assistance resources included in the RFP are U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Continuum of Care Rapid Re-Housing (CoC RRH) and HUD Emergency Solutions Grant Rapid Re-Housing (ESG RRH); and
WHEREAS, Dakota County is the grant recipient for the CoC RRH program and the administrator on behalf of the CDA for the ESG RRH program and these relationships will remain in place with the contract for a Rental Assistance Administrator; and
WHEREAS, the HUD CoC RRH funds are secured annually through a competitive grant process and the grant year runs from June 1 through May 31 of each year and is anticipated to renew, serving 48 family households at a time with total rental assistance, application fee, security deposit and administration funds currently available of $643,770 for the grant year, all of which must be spent within the grant period; and
WHEREAS, the HUD ESG RRH funds are secured annually through a formula allocation and the grant year runs from July 1 through June 30...
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