Bloomington's Housing and Redevelopment Authority got a report on how $175,000 in American Rescue Plan money handed out to three nonprofits actually got used, and the short version is: all of it, on time. Staff told the HRA that grants to Homeline ($45,990.90), Touchstone Mental Health ($65,826) and Oasis for Youth ($63,250) for eviction prevention, rental assistance and tenant legal services were fully spent by June 30.
Staff reported on 2025-26 American Rescue Plan-funded grants to Homeline ($45,990.90), Touchstone Mental Health ($65,826) and Oasis for Youth ($63,250) for eviction prevention, rental assistance and tenant legal services; all funds were fully spent by June 30.
Homeline, which focuses on tenant legal help and rental assistance, served 712 Bloomington households with its share of the money, per the city.
The grants were part of the city's broader use of American Rescue Plan Act dollars to shore up housing stability after the pandemic strained renters' finances. Routing the money through Homeline, Touchstone Mental Health and Oasis for Youth let the city lean on organizations already doing eviction-prevention, mental-health and youth-housing work rather than building new programs from scratch.