The Cobb Board of Commissioners will be asked on Tuesday to consider spending nearly $6.5 million in federal funding earmarked for rental assistance related to those impacted by COVID-19 shutdowns. 
The item is to come up on the board’s regular agenda during its business meeting that starts at 7 p.m. Tuesday.
According to the agenda item (you can read it here) five local non-profits would get $1.15 million each in American Rescue Plan funding, plus $115,000 each for administrative costs.
Those groups are STAR-C, HomeFree, Sweetwater Mission, MUST Ministries, and the Center for Family Resources, which have previously disbursed federal rental assistance in cobb under the CARES Act.
The second Emergency Rental Assistance plan (ERA2) would provide up to 18 months of rental, utilities and home heating costs for those adversely effected by COVID-related actions, including job losses.
Those qualifying for the program include people who’ve been eligible for unemployment and have had a reduction in income due to the COVID restrictions, those who are at risk for homelessness and have a household income at or below 80 percent of the area median.
More about what the new program will entail can be found here; the full meeting agenda can be found here.
If you’re planning to be in attendance (second floor board room of the Cobb government building, 100 Cherokee St., downtown Marietta) you will be required to wear a mask.
The meeting also will be live-streamed on the county’s website, cable TV channel (Channel 24 on Comcast) and Youtube page. Visit cobbcounty.org/CobbTV for other streaming options.
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