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Committee accepts FY2023 HUD Continuum of Care planning grant to support homelessness system
Summary
The committee accepted a HUD Continuum of Care planning grant (about $939,000) to support staffing, HMIS, coordinated entry and strategic planning for the city/county Continuum of Care; committee members pressed for more upstream work on Lincoln Avenue homelessness and AODA issues.
The Community and Economic Development Committee voted to accept and appropriate the fiscal-year-2023 Continuum of Care (CoC) planning grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for the city’s lead role in the Milwaukee Continuum of Care.
Mario Higgins, director of Community Development Grants Administration, told the committee the award (spoken in the meeting as about $939,649) pays for CoC planning work, staffing, consultants, improvements to the Homeless Management Information System (HMIS), coordinated entry, and strategic planning and gap analysis. The grant supports cross-agency…
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