Dona DeMarsh Butler, DirectorCitizens Academy 2013

Dona DeMarshDirector

Housing Choice Voucher Program (Section 8)Manager: Donna Carter

Human Services Manager: Pat James

Housing & Grants Administration

Manager: Diana Phillips

Support ServicesManager: Walt Lacey

Federal (64%) $21,250,843 State (4%) $ 1,165,593 County (32%) $10,578,232

Total $32,994,668

Includes estimated rollover budgets of:• Federal $12,883,192• State $ 544,804

4 locations – DeLand, Daytona Beach, New Smyrna, Orange City

Emergency assistance for:• Rent, mortgage• Utility payments• Prescription and medical• Dental• Transportation

Indigent burials Family self-sufficiency Summer food Indigent – hospital and nursing home

costs

Homeownership• Down payment assistance

Home rehabilitation• Minor and substantial

Neighborhood Stabilization Community development Homeless services Alcohol/drug abuse and mental health Children and families Anti-drug programs

Rehabilitation Home buyer assistance Community Development Disaster Recovery Foreclosures Unstable funding

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Housing Choice Voucher• Utilities

Family Self-sufficiency Homeownership

Fraud • Significant time in investigation and recovery• Zero/low-income clients

Waiting list• 2,500 applications in 2009

Reduction in HUD funding Rise in cost of housing assistance

payments Portability

219 families have safe, affordable rental housing.

4 Participants have their own business 3 Participants are responsible for their full rent

43 of our families have used the portability feature and live in housing outside of Volusia County.

90 families have utilized the portability feature to relocate to the County of Volusia.

21 families have entered into our Family Self Sufficiency program.• 14 Participants earned escrow• Average escrow $2,293

Our fraud investigation revealed $50,000 during the last fiscal year.