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i INDIAN RIVER HOMELESS SERVICES COUNCIL9 INC. 2525 ST. LUCIE AVENUE 561 -567- 7790 VERO BEACH, FL 32960 c0aliti0n_lh (a),yah00. c0m Caroline D . Ginn, Chair Indian River Board of County Commissioners 1840 25th Street Vero Beach, FL 32960 Dear Chairman Ginn and Commissioners : May 7, 2001 Attached you will find the three projects that will be submitted for this year' s HUD Continuum of Care submission under the Mc-Kinney Vento Act homeless funds . These projects are being submitted on behalf of the thirty-five member agencies of the Indian River Homeless Services Council, Inc . Continuum of Care. The Indian River Homeless Services Council, Inc . would appreciate your review and approval of these three projects at your County Commission meeting to be held on May 15 . We are asking the Indian River County Board of Commissioners to be the applicant for these projects as you were for the HUD grant last year. The application and certifications require the signature of the Indian River County Board of Commissioners' Chairman. You will be pleased to note that the Indian River Homeless Services Council will be providing the required match for the projects this year. No matching funds will be required from the County . There is also no new construction being requested this year. A brief description of the projects follows : Project 1 : Shelter Plus Care - provides fair market rental assistance to help 14 clients pay rent in apartments for a period of five years . SafeSpace and the Indian River Public Housing Authority will be co-sponsors of this projects and screen and select the applicants . Proiect 2 : Transitional Housing Staffing Project - provides professional staff to serve the families who will reside at 720 4`h Street . Project 3 : Homeless Management Information System -provides for the purchase of software and hardware to link services providers in the Continuum together to avoid costly duplication of effort and services . MAY 159 2001 - 79 -