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Executive Director of the Treasure Coast Homeless Services Council and Item 13.A., <br />Discussion on Suggested Joint Meeting with the Indian River Hospital District Board of <br />Trustees. <br />ON MOTION by Commissioner Adams, SECONDED BY <br />Commissioner Lowther, the Board unanimously made the <br />above additions to the agenda. <br />5.A. PRESENTATION BY LOUISE HUBBARD, EXECUTIVE <br />DIRECTOR OF THE TREASURE COAST HOMELESS <br />SERVICES COUNCIL (formerly Indian River Homeless Services <br />Council) <br />Ms. Louise Hubbard advised of this agency=s largest single award by the <br />Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) under SUPERNOFA in the <br />amount of $872,998 for Acontinuum@ which means that Indian River County will continue <br />to administer this grant for rental housing assistance for disabled families on SSDI (Social <br />Security Disability Insurance) who are eligible. She anticipated this grant will house <br />approximately 16 homeless families per year for up to 5 years. During that time the <br />TCHSC will empower the families to make different arrangements for housing and find <br />ways to contribute to this community. A stipend of $77,000 for their homeless <br />management information system in Indian River County was also received. It will <br />consolidate work for all agency services in our county, enable them to electronically <br />communicate and share information with each other, and enable additional service <br />providers to help with the work of the resource center. They currently have 6 other <br />agencies co -located in the resource center. Last year they served 463 families and 265 <br />December 23, 2003 <br />1 <br />