Award of Calendar Year 2023 Family Self Sufficiency Coordinator Grant Copyrighted
February 6, 2023
City of Dubuque Consent Items # 025.
City Council Meeting
ITEM TITLE: Award of Calendar Year 2023 Family Self Sufficiency Coordinator Grant
SUM MARY: City Manager recommending City Council approval to accept and submit
the Notice of Award in Grant Solutions and the attached resolution in
order to obtain federal funds through the Family Self-Sufficiency(FSS)
Program Coordinators grant in the amount of$181,020.
RESOLUTION Authorizing the Director of Housing and Community
Development to execute the Acceptance of the Notice of Award for the
HUD Family Self-Sufficiency Program Grant
SUGGESTED Suggested Disposition: Receive and File;Adopt Resolution(s)
DISPOSITION:
ATTACHMENTS:
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Resolution Resolutions
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TO: The Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
FROM: Michael C. Van Milligen, City Manager
SUBJECT: Award of CY2023 Family Self Sufficiency Coordinator Grant
DATE: February 2, 2023
Housing & Community Development Director Alexis Steger is recommending City
Council approval to accept and submit the Notice of Award in Grant Solutions and the
attached resolution in order to obtain federal funds through the Family Self-Sufficiency
(FSS) Program Coordinators grant in the amount of $181,020.
I concur with the recommendation and respectfully request Mayor and City Council
approval.
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TO: Michael C. Van Milligen, City Manager
FROM: Alexis Steger, Housing and Community Development Director
DATE: February 2, 2023
RE: Award of CY2023 Family Self Sufficiency Coordinator Grant
INTRODUCTION
The City of Dubuque Housing & Community Development Department was awarded the
Family Self-Sufficiency (FSS) Program Coordinator grant for HUD's Fiscal Year 2022. This
awarded grant runs from January 1, 2023 thru December 31, 2023.
BACKGROUND
The FSS Program Coordinator grant provides funding for salary, benefits, education & training
for City of Dubuque Housing Department staff dedicated to the execution of the program. The
purpose of the FSS Program is to promote the development of local strategies to coordinate
the use of assistance within the Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program with public and
private resources. The resources will enable participating families to increase earned income,
financial literacy, reduce or eliminate the need for welfare assistance, and make progress
toward economic independence and self-sufficiency. The FSS program supports HUD's
strategic goal of utilizing housing as a platform for improving quality of life by helping HUD-
assisted renters increase their economic security and self-sufficiency. The FSS program also
supports the City's goals for a Partnership for a Better Dubuque by helping families achieve
their economic goals while increasing opportunities and community partnerships. The FSS
program provides critical tools that can be used by communities to help families develop new
skills that will lead to economic self-sufficiency.
HUD has awarded the City of Dubuque the full amount of funds requested in the September
2022 application submission. To complete the receipt of the renewal grant, the City of
Dubuque, specifically Housing & CD Director, Alexis Steger, will need to login and accept the
Notice of Award (HUD Form 1044) in Grant Solutions (the software platform HUD utilizes for
execution), on behalf of the City Organization as soon as documents become available.
RECOMMENDATION
I respectfully request approval to accept and submit the Notice of Award in Grant Solutions
and the attached resolution in order to obtain federal funds through the Family Self-Sufficiency
(FSS) Program Coordinators grant in the amount of$181,020.
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Prepared by Gina Hodgson Assisted Housing Spvsr, 350 W 611 Street. #312, Dubuque. IA 52001, (563) 690-6096
Return to Adrienne N. Breitfelder, City Clerk, 50 W. 1SI St., Dubuque, IA 52001, (563) 5894100
RESOLUTION NO. 29-23
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE DIRECTOR OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT TO EXECUTE THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE NOTICE OF AWARD
FOR THE HUD FAMILY SELF-SUFFICIENCY PROGRAM GRANT
Whereas, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has
published a Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) for the Family Self -Sufficiency
Program to be utilized for the salaries of program coordinators combining the funding for
the FSS coordinators that serve Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) participants and/or
Public Housing (PH) participants for Calendar Year 2023; and
Whereas, the City of Dubuque has administered Project Self -Sufficiency since
September 1987 that became the Family Self -Sufficiency (FSS) Program in July 1994;
and
Whereas, the City of Dubuque has received funding for an FSS coordinator
continuously from 1994 thru 2019, 2021 and 2022, and
Whereas, the City of Dubuque proposes to continue administering the FSS
program.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF DUBUQUE, IOWA THAT:
Section 1: That the Director of Housing and Community Development is hereby
authorized and directed to execute the Notice of Award (HUD Form 1044) for the HUD
FSS program grant.
Section 2: That the Director of Housing & Community Development is hereby
authorized and directed to forward said grant award and resulting standard executed
contract to the respective agencies in a timely fashion and as required by the U. S.
Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Passed, approved, and adopted this 6th day of February 2023.
Attest:
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Adrienne N. Breitfelder, City Clerk