Explanation
BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Director of Development to modify a grant agreement with Columbus Literary Council (a subrecipient) in an amount up to $513,379.24 to continue to provide rental and utility assistance using federal Emergency Rental Assistance 1 funds.
Original grant amount $425,000.00 Ord. 1818-2021 PO290451
Mod. 1 grant amount $513,379.24
Total grant amount $938,379.24
Ordinances 0248-2021 and 0858-2022 authorized the City of Columbus to accept and appropriate $29,336,182.44 of federal Emergency Rental Assistance 1 (ERA 1) program funds, as passed by the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021. Of this amount, $513,379.24 will be used for this agreement modification to continue to provide rental and utility assistance (as defined by U. S. Treasury) to qualifying residents of the local community to ensure housing stability.
Columbus Literacy Council is one of 26 organizations that received funding through the department’s Notice of Financial Award process in 2021. The purpose of the NOFA was to find and award funding to organizations who are able to provide outreach and intake services to hard-to-reach and vulnerable populations experiencing housing instability.
The terms of the grant agreement modification shall be the same as that of the original grant agreement.
Emergency action is requested in order to continue to services without interruption.
FISCAL IMPACT: Funding is provided to the City of Columbus from the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 passed by Congress and signed into law December 27, 2020.
CONTRACT COMPLIANCE: the vendor number is 001899 and expires 2/2/2024
Title
To authorize the Director of Development to modify a grant agreement with Columbus Literary Council in an amount up to $513,379.24 to continue to provide rental and utility assistance using federal Emergency Rental Assistance 1 funds; to authorize an expenditure of up to $513,379.24 of Emergency Rental Assistance 1 funds; an...
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