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ACCEPTANCE OF AMENDMENT ONE TO EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS GRANT (ESG-CR-2020-NORMAN-CI-00021) IN THE AMOUNT OF $40,810 FOR A TOTAL AWARD OF $188,502 FROM THE OKLAHOMA DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE TO BE USED TO OPERATE A STREET OUTREACH PROGRAM, APPROVAL OF AMENDMENT NO. ONE TO CONTRACT K-2021-42, AND ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION R-2021-67 APPROPRIATING FUNDS.
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BACKGROUND: The Oklahoma Department of Commerce (ODOC) received $5,743,528 of Emergency Solutions Grant - Corona Virus (ESG-CR) Funds as a result of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act. The City of Norman is not an Entitlement Community for Emergency Solutions Grant funding, including the ESG-CR allocations, and all funding is passed through the Oklahoma Department of Commerce to the seven rural Continuum's of Care. Oklahoma City and the City of Tulsa, as Entitlement Communities, receive a direct formula allocation from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The ESG-CR funds were allocated to these seven rural Continuum of Care entities utilizing a formula which included the number of COVID-19 cases, the unemployment rate, the number of uninsured, as well as population. With the first allocation, the Norman/Cleveland County Continuum of Care was allocated a total of $326,657. Contract K-2021-42 (17924 ESG-CR 20) appropriated a total of $147,692 to the City of Norman for the operation of a Winter Warming Shelter. The remaining funds ($178,965) were awarded to Food and Shelter, Inc. and Thunderbird Clubhouse, Inc. to assist their agencies in addressing the COVID-19 crisis.
During the initial allocation process, several CoC's declined or reduced their acceptance of funding which resulted in an additional $439,190 being available. The Norman/Cleveland County CoC applied and was awarded the full amount of these funds. Again, in addition to the City of Norman, Food and Shelter, Inc. and Thunderbird Clubhouse, Inc. successfully applied for funding. Each application for fun...
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