McHenry County staff report $2M senior-services fund, HOME/CDBG shortfalls and steps to fix Continuum of Care compliance
April 03, 2026 | McHenry County, Illinois
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County community development staff briefed the Public Health and Community Services committee on April 2 on grant allocations, staffing changes and compliance for homeless services.
Maria, the division community development specialist overseeing the senior services grant, said the program supports social and transportation services that help seniors remain independent and that the senior services fund totals about $2 million. She listed agencies that receive funding, including Home of the Sparrow, Senior Services Associates, Pioneer Center, Independence Health and Therapy, Habitat for Humanity, McHenry County Housing, Veterans Path to Hope, Prairie State Legal Services and the Harvard Community Senior Center.
Eric Seicon reported on HOME program requests: "there's three applications for HOME for $810,000 in requests. We're projected to receive around $538,000," creating a shortfall between asks and anticipated funding.
Janet Sanchez, who oversees the Continuum of Care, told the committee staff are addressing compliance with federal regulations and have engaged HUD technical assistance. "There's uh roughly about seven or eight federal regulations that we're in violations of," Janet said; staff described those as largely procedural items such as membership and monitoring that the team is correcting.
On CDBG funding, staff said available funds total about $1.3 million while requests initially exceeded $5 million; after asking applicants to prioritize and reduce requests the total stood at approximately $2.9 million. Commissioners scheduled two days of deliberations on April 14–15 to decide allocations.
Staff also described recent reorganization of the community development division intended to improve monitoring and grant administration. County staff said the changes are already improving program monitoring procedures and that the team will supply more detailed allocation and municipal engagement data at future meetings.
Maria, the division community development specialist overseeing the senior services grant, said the program supports social and transportation services that help seniors remain independent and that the senior services fund totals about $2 million. She listed agencies that receive funding, including Home of the Sparrow, Senior Services Associates, Pioneer Center, Independence Health and Therapy, Habitat for Humanity, McHenry County Housing, Veterans Path to Hope, Prairie State Legal Services and the Harvard Community Senior Center.
Eric Seicon reported on HOME program requests: "there's three applications for HOME for $810,000 in requests. We're projected to receive around $538,000," creating a shortfall between asks and anticipated funding.
Janet Sanchez, who oversees the Continuum of Care, told the committee staff are addressing compliance with federal regulations and have engaged HUD technical assistance. "There's uh roughly about seven or eight federal regulations that we're in violations of," Janet said; staff described those as largely procedural items such as membership and monitoring that the team is correcting.
On CDBG funding, staff said available funds total about $1.3 million while requests initially exceeded $5 million; after asking applicants to prioritize and reduce requests the total stood at approximately $2.9 million. Commissioners scheduled two days of deliberations on April 14–15 to decide allocations.
Staff also described recent reorganization of the community development division intended to improve monitoring and grant administration. County staff said the changes are already improving program monitoring procedures and that the team will supply more detailed allocation and municipal engagement data at future meetings.
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