HomeMy WebLinkAboutCONTINUUM OF CARE HOMELESS ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS RENEWAL GRANNT AGREEMENTRecipient: Augusta- Richmond County Consolidated Government
Address: 925 Laney Walker Boulevard, Augusta, Georgia 30901
Tax ID #: 58- 2204274
Project Location: 925 Laney Walker Boulevard, Augusta, Georgia 30901
2008 SUPPORTIVE HOUSING PROGRAM
RENEWAL GRANT AGREEMENT
This Grant Agreement is made by and between the United States Department of Housing
and Urban Development (HUD) and the Recipient, which is described in section 1 of
Attachment A, attached hereto and made a part hereof.
The assistance which is the subject of this Grant Agreement is authorized by the
McKinney -Vento Homeless Assistance Act 42 U.S.C. 11381 (hereafter "the Act "). The term
"grant:" or "grant funds" means the assistance provided under this Agreement. This grant
agreement will be governed by the Act, the Supportive Housing rule codified at 24 CFR 583,
which is attached hereto and made a part hereof as Attachment B, and the Notice of Funding
Availability (NOFA) that was published in two parts. The first part was the Policy Requirements
and General Section of the NOFA, which was published March 19, 2008 at 73 FR 14882, and the
second part was the Continuum of Care Homeless Assistance Programs NOFA Section of the
NOFA, which was published July 10, 2008 at 73 FR 39840. The term "Application" means the
original and renewal application submissions on the basis of which a Grant was approved by
HUD, including the certifications and assurances and any information or documentation required
to meet any grant award conditions. The Application is incorporated herein as part of this
Agreement, however, in the event of conflict between the provisions of those documents and any
provision contained herein, this Renewal Grant Agreement shall control. The Secretary agrees,
subject to the terms of the Grant Agreement, to provide the grant funds in the amount specified at
section 2 of Attachment A for the approved project described in the Application. The Recipient
agrees, subject to the terms of the Grant Agreement, to use the grant funds for eligible activities
during the grant term specified at section 3 of Attachment A.
The Recipient must provide a 25 percent cash match for supportive services.
The Recipient agrees to comply with all requirements of this Grant Agreement and to
accept responsibility for such compliance by any entities to which it makes grant funds available.
The Recipient agrees to participate in a local Homeless Management Information System
(HMIS) when implemented.
The Recipient and project sponsor, if any, will not knowingly allow illegal activities in
any unit assisted. with grant funds.
The Recipient agrees to draw grant funds at least quarterly.
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HUD notifications to the Recipient shall be to the address of the Recipient as written
above, unless HUD is otherwise advised in writing. Recipient notifications to HUD shall be to
the HUD Field Office executing the Grant Agreement. No right, benefit, or advantage of the
Recipient hereunder will be assigned without prior written approval of HUD.
For any project funded by this grant, which is also financed through the use of the Low
Income Housing Tax Credit, the following applies:
HUD recognizes that the Recipient or the project sponsor will or has financed this
project through the use of the Low- Income Housing Tax Credit. The Recipient or
project sponsor shall be the general partner of a limited partnership formed for
that purpose. If grant funds were used for acquisition, rehabilitation or
construction, then, throughout a period of twenty years from the date of initial
occupancy or the initial service provision, the Recipient or project sponsor shall .
continue as general partner and shall ensure that the project is operated in
accordance with the requirements of this Grant Agreement, the applicable
regulations and statutes. Further, the said limited partnership shall own the
project site throughout that twenty -year period. If grant funds were not used for
acquisition, rehabilitation or new construction, then the period shall not be twenty
years, but shall be for the term of the grant agreement and any renewal thereof.
Failure to comply with the terms of this paragraph shall constitute a default under
the Grant Agreement.
A default shall consist of any use of grant funds for a purpose'other than as authorized by
this Grant Agreement, failure in the Recipient's duty to provide the supportive housing for the
minimum term in accordance with the requirements of Attachment A, noncompliance with the
Act or Attachment. A provisions, any other material breach of the Grant Agreement, or
misrepresentations in the application submissions which, if known by HUD, would have resulted
in this grant not being provided. Upon due notice to the Recipient of the occurrence of any such
default and the provision of a reasonable opportunity to respond, HUD may take one or more of
the following actions:
(a) direct the Recipient to submit progress schedules for completing approved
activities; or
(b) issue a letter of warning advising the Recipient of the default, establishing
a date by which corrective actions must be completed and putting the Recipient
on notice that more serious actions will be taken if the default is not corrected or
is repeated; or
(c) direct the Recipient to establish and maintain a management plan that
assigns responsibilities for carrying out remedial actions; or
(d) direct the Recipient to suspend, discontinue or not incur costs for the
affected activity; or
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(e) reduce or recapture the grant; or
(f) direct the Recipient to reimburse the program accounts for costs
inappropriately charged to the program; or
(g) continue the grant with a substitute recipient of HUD's choosing; or
(h) other appropriate action including, but not limited to, any remedial action
Legally available, such as affirmative litigation seeking declaratory judgment,
specific performance, damages, temporary or permanent injunctions and any other
available remedies.
No delay or omission by HUD in exercising any right or remedy available to it under this
Grant Agreement shall impair any such right or remedy or constitute a waiver or acquiescence in
any Recipient default.
For each operating year in which funding is received, the Recipient shall file annual
certifications with HUD that the supportive housing has been provided in accordance with the
requirements of the Grant Agreement.
This Grant Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties hereto, and
may be amended only in writing executed by HUD and the Recipient. More specifically, the
Recipient shall not change recipients, location, services, or population to be served nor shift
more than 10 percent of funds from one approved type of eligible activity to another, or make
any other significant change, without the prior written approval of HUD.
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SIGNATURES
This Grant Agreement is hereby executed as follows:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
By:
Signature
Mary D. Presley, Director
Atlanta Office of Community
_Planning and Development
Typed Name and Title of Signatory
RECIPIENT
Aug is ta- Richmond Co u7 ty
Name of Organization
By: C. 4. 4.
Authorized Signature
David S. Copenhaver
Printed Name of Signatory
Mayor
Title
Chester A. Wheeler, III
Official Contact Person
(706)821 -1797 (706)821 -1784
Telephone and Fax Numbers
Date
to
Date
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ATTACHMENT A
1. The Recipient is Augusta- Richmond County Consolidated Government.
2. HUD's total fund obligation for this project is $181,027, which shall be allocated as
follows:
a. HMIS $172,407
b. Administration $ 8,620
3. Although this agreement will become effective only upon the execution hereof by
both parties, upon execution, the term of this agreement shall run from the end of the
Recipient's final operating year under the original Grant Agreement or, if the original
Grant Agreement was amended to extend its term, the term of this agreement shall
run from the end of the extension of the original Grant Agreement term for a period
of one year from October 1, 2009 to September 30, 2010. Eligible costs, as defined
by the Act and Attachment B, incurred between the end of Recipient's final operating
year under the original Grant Agreement, or extension thereof, and the execution of
this Renewal Grant Agreement may be paid with funds from the first operating year
of this Renewal Grant.
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