The agreements, which were awarded in the second quarter of 2020, support the agency's technical assistance and capacity building program Community Compass. Under two of them, which were awarded under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, ICF will provide training and technical assistance to strengthen community efforts to prevent, prepare and respond to the spread of COVID-19 in their populations, including those experiencing homelessness or receiving homeless assistance.
ICF will also support HUD's pilot Recovery Housing Program, which will help eligible grantees provide stable housing to individuals in recovery from substance-abuse disorder. Additionally, ICF will continue to provide capacity building assistance to CDBG-DR grantees on how to design, implement and monitor their disaster management and recovery programs.
"Communities are tasked with providing key services to their residents, which has become increasingly more difficult due to COVID-19," said
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