Treasure Coast Homeless Services Council

The Council develops and maintains the continuum of care for Homeless Services and qualifies county service agencies for hud and dcf funded programs. The Council prepares funding and grant applications on behalf of service agencies, survey Homeless, and prepare strategies to serve the Homeless. The Council operates naomi's house, quadplex housing acquired for the purpose of providing rapid rehousing for Homeless women without children (12 individuals served). The Council is responsible for the administration and Services of the st. lucie county housing hub. The Council provides ongoing rental subsides for individuals and families. In addition to other nonprofit Homeless service agencies served by the Council, 4,414 individuals in families were provided direct Services during the current year.

The department of community affairs awarded a neighborhood stabilization program community development block grant (nsp) to indian river county to acquire, rehabilitate, and accept title to and manage housing unit rentals, for which the Council entered into a contract with indian river county to serve as developer. As a result, the Council acquired and rehabilitated, in cooperation with indian river county, sixteen houses debt free. Eleven houses serve the purpose of benefitting households with household incomes not exceeding 50 percent of the area median income. The additional five houses benefit households with household incomes not exceeding 120 percent of the area median income. Beginning in 2014, the Council entered into a subrecipient contract with st. lucie county to serve as the owner and manager of rental properties under an nsp grant awarded to st. lucie county by the department of community affairs. As a result, st. lucie county transferred ownership of 11 properties in st. lucie county to the Council debt free. All eleven properties serve the purpose of benefitting households with household incomes not exceeding 50 percent of the area median income.