Explanation
BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Director of the Department of Development to enter into a not-for-profit service contract with IMPACT Community Action in amount up to $312,956.00 for services starting January 1, 2022.
Each year, the Department’s Human Services Grant Program disburses between $4M and $5M to local, not-for-profit agencies to provide services to residents in need. In 2018, a request for proposals was issued via direct email to agencies (and City partners to send to their networks of agencies), by press release, and posting on the City’s website. The City received 142 proposals representing 101 agencies with over $19 million in requests. Of those, 44 programs were selected for funding in 2019 and agreements were authorized under ordinance 1170-2019. These agreements were renewed in 2020 under the authority of ordinance 0571-2020. Due to COVID-19 and its impact on the nonprofit sector and department priorities, the department had elected to extend these agreements in FY 2021 and FY2022 through an agreement modification, authorized by ordinances 0388-2021 and 0579-2022, respectively.
IMPACT was a recipient of these funds for their Build Up Program starting in 2019. Because of COVID 19, the program was put on hold for 2020 and 2021 and these modifications were not executed. The program has resumed in 2022. IMPACT will expand the program in 2022, with additional financial support that was not used in 2020 and 2021 along with a small amount of unused funds from 2019.
This ordinance will provide additional support in an amount up to $312,956.00 for expansion of the program in 2022. Planned funding for the 2022 program is authorized under ordinance 0579-2022.
The Build Up Program is a 5-week introductory construction trades training program using the National Center for Construction Education Research curriculum. Build Up also offers a 12 week Level I Carpentry career pathway in the construction trades. Central Ohio is ...
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