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Glendale receives $3M more in COVID relief funds for homeless

Posted 6/10/20

Glendale received an additional $3 million in congressional relief funds to combat homelessness in the city while also working to curb the spread of the coronavirus, City Manager Kevin Phelps said …

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Glendale receives $3M more in COVID relief funds for homeless

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Glendale received an additional $3 million in congressional relief funds to combat homelessness in the city while also working to curb the spread of the coronavirus, City Manager Kevin Phelps said Tuesday.

Congress passed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act or CARES Act, which pumped $2 trillion dollars into various parts of the U.S. economy to combat business shutdowns deemed necessary to stop the spread of the coronavirus. U.S. Cities were given $4 billion in Emergency Solutions Grants to split up to keep homeless people safe from the virus.

In the first round of ESG funding, Glendale’s share of that $4 billion was $749,000, but Mr. Phelps told City Council Tuesday that the federal government had awarded Glendale an additional $2.977 million in the second round of funding, bringing the city’s total ESG funding to $3.7 million.

“This is excellent news. It comes at a time when our at-risk populations most need our support,” Mr. Phelps said.

ESG funds are designed to keep people out of homeless shelters if possible and to operate the shelters in a safe way through social distancing to prevent COVID-19 from spreading. Funds are used to keep people in their homes through rental assistance, find public housing solutions to rehouse homeless individuals and families and to expand and deconcentrate homeless shelters to adhere to social distancing recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Glendale’s Community Development Advisory Commission will discuss the specifics of how the city will use the additional plans in its 6:30 p.m. meeting Thursday, June 18 at the Glendale Civic Center, 5750 W. Glenn Drive.