Specifications include, but are not limited to: Qualified firms to prepare the FY2024 to FY2028 Consolidated Plan, the FY2024 Action Plan, revise the Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice, and revise the Citizen Participation Plan as required for the City of Reading’s Community Development Block Grant Program, the Emergency Solutions Grant Program, the HOME Investment Partnerships Program, and the Section 108 Loan Guarantee Program. The selected consultant would be expected to confer with: 1. Public and private agencies that provide health services and social and fair housing services, including those focusing on services to children, elderly persons, persons with disabilities, persons with HIV/AIDS and their families, and homeless persons; 2. State or local health and child welfare agencies concerning lead-based paint hazards; 3. Adjacent municipalities regarding priority non-housing community development needs and agencies with planning responsibilities regarding problems and solutions that go beyond a single jurisdiction (e.g., transportation); 4. The Reading-Berks Continuum of Care that serves homeless and formerly homeless persons in Reading; 5. Business and civic leaders; 6. Various City Departments; 7. Mayor and City Council
