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Charlottesville outlines HOPS and CAF recommendations as requests far outstrip available $575,000
Summary
Staff and the CAF committee recommended stretching $575,000 in Housing Operations and Program Support (HOPS) funding across 16 applications; staff told council recommended awards would range from 15% to 73% of requested amounts and that final approvals are subject to council and executive review.
Charlottesville staff told the City Council that the Housing Operations and Program Support (HOPS) program received 16 FY26 applications requesting about $1.47 million while only $575,000 is budgeted for HOPS in the Community Assistance Fund (CAF).
Misty Graves, director of the Department of Human Services, and staff described the HOPS application process: a NOFA published in August, workshops, a committee review and a multi-stage scoring system. Applications were first screened for completeness; only A and B groupings advanced to…
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