SIOUX CITY — The Sioux City Council will be asked Monday to approve an application to the Iowa Finance Authority for a $50,000 grant to provide street outreach to the homeless.
Each year, the city is required to hold “listening sessions” with local nonprofits before Community Development Block Grant and HOME Investment Partnership funds are released. During those meetings, homelessness was a major area of concern identified, according to city documents.
“City staff also attends various community meetings each week; homelessness continues to be brought up as a serious community issue,” the documents stated.
The city would apply for $50,000 in Iowa Finance Authority Emergency Solutions Grant program funding, which would be used for “street outreach.”
“This would allow for more intensive casework and follow-up to be completed to ensure that those that are homeless are connected to the services they need,” the documents stated. “The position would be staffed …