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Grant No.: S09 -MY -13 -0004
Official Contact Person: Chester Wheeler
Telephone No.: 706 -821 -1797
FAX: 706- 821 -1.784
E -mail Address: cwheeler @auaustaga.aov
Tax ID No.: 58- 600051.3
Unit of Government No. (if applicable): 130192/00001
DUNS No.: 073438418
GRANT AGREEMENT
HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION AND RAPID RE- HOUSING PROGRAM
This Grant Agreement is made by and between the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
Development (.HUD) and Augusta - Richmond County, Georgia (Grantee), for the Homelessness
Prevention and Rapid Re- Housing Program (HPRP) in the amount of $927,319 pursuant to the
provisions under the Homelessness Prevention Fund heading of Division A, Title XII of the
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Public Law 11.1 -5, 123 Stat. 115 (Feb. 1.7,
2009) (Recovery Act). The requirements set forth in the Notice of Allocations, Application
Procedures, and Requirements for Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re- Housing Program
Grantees under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, dated on March 19, 2009,
and as may be amended (the Notice), the requirements set forth under the Homelessness
Prevention Fund heading of Title XII, and sections t 512, 1515, and 1553 of the Recovery Act, and
the Grantee's submissions pursuant to the Notice are incorporated as part of this Agreement.
In reliance upon the Grantee's submissions pursuant to the Notice, HUD agrees, upon
execution of this Grant Agreement, to provide the Grantee with the agreed HPRP grant funds. The
Grantee agrees to distribute and use its HPRP grant funds as specified in the submission to HUD
that HUD approved pursuant to the Notice.
The Grantee is responsible for ensuring that each entity that administers all or a portion of
the Grantee's HPRP grant funds or receives all or a portion of the Grantee's HPRP grant funds to
carry out HPRP activities fully complies with the HPRP requirements.
The period of this Grant Agreement begins on the date the HUD official signs this Grant
Agreement (Availability Date) and ends on the date that is three years after the Availability Date.
The Grantee authorizes HUD to increase the amount of HPRP grant funds available to the
Grantee pursuant to this Grant Agreement by execution of an amendment by HUD, without the
Grantee's execution of the amendment or other consent. If the Grantee fails to expend 60 percent
of the grant within 2 years of the Availability Date HUD may, by its execution of an amendment,
deobligate the funds required to be expended without the Grantee's execution of the amendment
or other consent.
The following parties execute this Grant Agreement on the dates set forth below as follows:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
By: l6 U
Signature an Date
Mary D. Presley
Typed or Written Name of Authorized Official
Director. Office of Community Planning and Development
Title
GRANTEE
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Signature and Date
David S. Cmmnhaver
Typed or Written Name of Authorized Official
Mayor
Title
� YOG U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
* J OIL -6 Regional Director
Region IV
9 iN DEVE
JUL 18 2000
The Honorable Deke Copenhaver `
Mayor
Augusta - Richmond County Consolidated Government
Municipal Building
530 Greene Street, Room 806
Augusta, GA 30911
Dear Mayor Copenhaver:
Congratulations! I am pleased to inform you that Homelessness Prevention and Rapid
Re- Housing Program (HPRP) Substantial Amendment to your jurisdiction's Consolidated Plan
2008 Action Plan has been approved for funding in the amount of $927,319. The amount
indicated is the amount originally allocated by HUD and as stipulated in the HPRP Notice,
published March 19, 2009. Enclosed are three signed Grant Agreements, which together with
your approved HPRP Substantial Amendment and the HPRP Notice constitute a contract
between HUD and Augusta- Richmond County and other information, needed to expedite the
implementation of this grant.
Please be reminded that although the signed grant agreement is effective as of the date of
HUD's signature, your jurisdiction's authorized. representative must sign and return two of the
three grant agreements within 15 days of the date that HUD signed the grant agreement, per
Section N.F.4 of the HPRP Notice. Also, note that the statutory 2 -.and 3 7year deadlines for
expenditure of funds begin on the date that the grant agreement is signed by HUD. Please
respond to any conditions /issues incorporated into the grant agreement. and within the timeframes
indicated. The execution :cif all subgrantee contracts must be completed by September 3
Significant changes to programs after the grant execution date should be discusseith the
Atlanta Office of Community Planning and Development to ensure consistency with HPRP
standards and guidelines.
HPRP, as authorized under Title XII of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of
2009 (ARRA), provides financial assistance and services to prevent individuals and families
from becoming homeless and help those who are experiencing homelessness to be quickly re-
housed and stabilized. As a recipient of HPRP funding, HUD encourages your jurisdiction to
collaborate with eligible entities to maximize the expeditious and coordinated use of other
ARRA funds. HUD further encourages grantees to take advantage of the technical assistance
that has been made available by the Department. See http: / /www.htid.gov /recovery or
http: / /www.hudhre.info for more information.
HUD's mission is to increase homeownership, support community
development and increase access to affordable housing free from discrimination.
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