2020-896-E Housing - NC Dept of Health and Human Services CARES Act funding

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DocuSign Envelope ID: BOFE06B7-7OC7-44D2-A46C-D41E904EED9B i CRF Award Scope of Work This agreement is entered into the aforementioned Effective date, by and between NCDHHS E and Subrecipient. i Whereas, on March 13, 2020, the President of the United States issued a Proclamation on Declaring a National Public Health Emergency as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak; and I Whereas, on March 27, 2020, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (the i "CARES Act") (Public Law 116- 136), was signed Into law; and Whereas, the CARES Act established the Coronavirus Relief Fund ("CRF"), which provides aid to State and local governments to address necessary expenditures due to the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency; and Whereas, NCDHHS received CRF funding from the U.S. Department of Treasury by way of the North Carolina General Assembly appropriation; and I Whereas, Section 601(d) of the Social Security Act, as added by section 5001 of the CARES Act requires that the CRF funds cover only those costs that are (1) are necessary expenditures incurred due to the public health emergency with respect to the COVID-19; (2)were not accounted for in the budget most recently approved as of March 27, 2020 (the date of the enactment of the CARES Act)for the state or local government; and (3)were incurred during i the period that begins on March 1, 2020, and ends on December 30, 2020. i Whereas, NCDHHS is using the CRF funding source for the purpose of providing street outreach, emergency shelter, rapid rehousing, homelessness prevention, or other services and/or building community capacity to respond and recover from the COVID-19 pandemic and serving individuals experiencing or at risk of experiencing homelessness and has selected the Subrecipient to serve as a partner in effectuating the program. Now, therefore, the Parties mutually agree as follows: i i Activities 1. The Agreement shall become effective on the date of execution and end on December 30, 2020. The Subrecipient hereby acknowledges that this Agreement is subject to the availability of federal funds. 4 2. CRF awards will be used to serve individuals that are experiencing homelessness or at risk of homelessness (by ESG-CV eligibility). E 3. CRF awards may be used for all ESG-CV eligible activities including Street Outreach, Emergency Shelter, Rapid Rehousing and Homelessness Prevention. i 4. CRF awards may also be used for other eligible activities including hotel/motel, essential move-in goods, unit upfits, landlord incentives, and other durable goods (see Appendix A). 5. NCDHHS will reimburse and/or provide funding to Subrecipient for"Eligible Expenses" as described in Appendix B. I 6. Agencies participating in Back@Home-CV for Rapid Rehousing and Homelessness Prevention will use Back@Home infrastructure and workflows when using CRF funds. Reporting and Billing I