Office of Housing and Community Empowerment
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Legislative threads where Office of Housing and Community Empowerment is mentioned
Citizen Homelessness Commission Update (26-273A)
Proposed Housing and Homelessness Policy Framework (26-270A)
6950 North Stemmons Freeway (File 26-877A)
Case File 26-1163A
Dallas Housing Resource Catalog Amendment (26-984A)
The Henley Affordable Housing Development (26-698A)
Good Homes Dallas Mixed-Income Development (26-522A)
Dallas Homebuyer Assistance Program Amendment (26-255A)
Dallas Housing Resource Catalog Amendment (26-697A)
Trinity Basin Mixed-Income Housing (26-259A)
Housing Tax Credits for Pivotal Housing Partners (26-337A)
Mockingbird Corner at West Mockingbird Lane (26-256A)
Belt Line Flats Affordable Housing (26-114A)
The Henley 228-Unit Affordable Housing (26-257A)
Huntington Place Affordable Housing (26-318A)
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Showing 101–125 of 125October 2025
Briefing on an upcoming Office of Procurement Services agenda item related to Financial Empowerment Centers operated through the Office of Housing and Community Empowerment.
Upcoming Office of Procurement Services Agenda Item for Housing and Community Empowerment - Financial Empowerment Centers [Thor Erickson, Director, Office of Housing and Community Empowerment; Jessica
September 2025
Authorizes contracts with licensed childcare providers under the Early Childhood and Out-of-School Time Services (ECOSTS) Program for low-to-moderate income families, covering October 2025 through September 2026, and approves the program statement and policy/procedures. Total not to exceed $550,000 funded by CDBG.
Authorize (1) execution of contracts with fully-licensed childcare providers (see Exhibit A), and with any other fully-licensed childcare providers, pursuant to the Early Childhood and Out-of-School T
Authorization of one-year subrecipient agreements (with two renewal options) with three organizations to deliver Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) programs—including emergency/tenant rental assistance, facility-based housing, master leasing, and housing information services—totaling not to exceed $4,166,538, funded by FY 2024-25 and FY 2025-26 HOPWA Grant Funds.
Authorize one-year subrecipient agreement(s), with two one-year renewal options, contingent on available funding, with a term beginning on October 1, 2025, approved as to form by the City Attorney, wi
Authorizes an Interlocal Agreement with Dallas County Health and Human Services for up to $3,074,600 to provide scattered-site housing assistance for persons with HIV/AIDS from October 2025 through September 2026, financed by FY 2024-25 and FY 2025-26 HOPWA grant funds.
Authorize an Interlocal Agreement with Dallas County on behalf of Dallas County Health and Human Services in the amount of $3,074,600.00 to provide scattered site housing assistance for persons with h
An ordinance amending city code to rename the Department of Housing and Community Development to Department of Housing and Community Empowerment, rename the Department of Dallas Municipal Court to Department of Municipal Court and Detention Services, and transfer the Office of the City Marshal to that department.
…the Department of Municipal Court and Detention Services; (3) transferring the Office of the City Marshal to the Department of Municipal Court and Detention Services…
August 2025
Authorizes a one-year sole-source service agreement with Pacify Health, LLC to continue providing 24-hour on-demand lactation support to city residents through the Office of Community Care and Empowerment, funded by state lactation support hotline funds.
…sidents with access to twenty-four-hour on demand lactation support through the Office of Community Care and Empowerment for a term of one year from September 1, 2025…
June 2025
Authorizes the first amendment to a contract with the Texas Department of State Health Services to extend and increase funding for the Texas Lactation Support After-Hours Hotline Program, accepting an additional $400,000 in grant funds for FY2026 and extending the contract through August 31, 2026.
Authorize (1) the first amendment to Contract No. HHS001465500001, with the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) for the Texas Lactation Support After-Hours Hotline Program in the amount o
Authorizes subrecipient agreements totaling $350,000 with Housing Connector ($250,000) and Volunteers of America Texas ($100,000) to provide housing navigation, placement, and wraparound case management services for reentry and justice-impacted residents, funded through the TDCJ Re-Entry Services Program Fund.
…financial coaching for reentry and justice-impacted residents, on behalf of the Office of Community Care and Empowerment, beginning on June 11, 2025, with all terms,…
Authorization of a three-year cooperative purchasing agreement with Carahsoft Technology Corporation through TIPS for application hosting and technical support for the GovTechCloud and KinetechCloud Program and Claims Management System for the Office of Community Care and Empowerment, not to exceed $343,263.06.
…the GovTechCloud and KinetechCloud Program and Claims Management System for the Office of Community Care and Empowerment with Carahsoft Technology Corporation through…
May 2025
Authorizes acceptance of a $50,000 grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (via MIT subaward) to fund the J-PAL North America LEVER Evaluation design for the city's Digital Navigators Program, and establishes corresponding appropriations.
Authorize the (1) acceptance of a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation through the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Subaward Agreement No. S6566, in the amount of $50,000.00 for t