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Council briefed on housing funds; federal CDBG cap limits supportive-services spending
Summary
Officials said the city has limited federal flexibility for homeless-supportive services under CDBG rules, listed specific $25,000 allocations to local providers and reserved a $25,000 unencumbered county allocation in the budget for housing needs and public-private partnership authority in the CIP.
Fond du Lac staff told the City Council on Sept. 17 that federal Community Development Block Grant rules limit supportive-services spending to 15% of the program, and that the city has maximized that cap in its current consolidated plan allocations. Diane (staff) said the city used CDBG funds to provide $25,000 each to the Saint Catherine Drexel Center and to the warming shelter, and that the 15% supportive-services cap prevents additional…
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