Funding sources for Rental Assistance

I appreciate the memo from PBO about funding for rental assistance.  I'd like to amend the recommendation to leave intact the Court's prior decision of ARPA allocation to HHS for the much need purposes of contracting with non-profit organizations and instead draw that additional amount from the remaining unallocated ARPA funds. 

HHS has been waiting to increase capacity to partner with local organizations and this is an opportunity to do so.  Our local non-profits have pivoted in many ways to meet the needs of people impacted by the pandemic and to stay afloat duing the pandemic.

For newer organizations, this could be an opportunity for the County to support capacity building so that young organizations are in a stronger position to further partnership with the County. 

I hope we will not reduce the amount we already allocated to HHS for contracting with non-profit organizations.