Explanation
This legislation authorizes the Director of Development to modify a non-profit service agreement with the IMPACT Community Action Agency (IMPACT) to add up to $9,500,000.00 of federal Emergency Rental Assistance 1 (ERA 1) funds and to reclassify the type of agreement from “non-profit service agreement” to “subaward grant agreement”.
Ordinances 0284-2021 and 0858-2022 authorized the City of Columbus to accept and appropriated $26,822,803.20 and $12,513,379.24 of federal Emergency Rental Assistance 1 (ERA 1) program funds, respectively, as passed by the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021. Of this amount, $9,500,000.00 will be used to modify a non-profit service agreement/subaward grant agreement with IMPACT to provide rental and utility assistance (as defined by U. S. Treasury) to qualifying residents of the local community for up to 12 months plus an additional three months, if necessary, to ensure housing stability.
IMPACT has successfully deployed $10.8 million in Columbus CARES Act funding, $10 million of ERA 1 funding, and nearly $2.5 million of ERA 2 funding to our community by providing rental, mortgage, and utility assistance to central Ohio residents.
Original $10,000,000.00 Ord. 0408-2021 PO265739
Modification 1 $ 500,000.00 Mayor’s Emergency
Modification 2 $ 9,500,000.00
Total amount $20,000,000.00
Emergency action is requested to provide continuation of services and expend the grant funds before December 31, 2022.
FISCAL IMPACT: Funding of $9,500,000.00 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’s vendor number is 001447 and expires 11/17/2023
Title
To authorize the Director of Development modify a non-profit service agreement with the IMPACT Community Action Agency to add up to $9,500,000.00 of federal Emergency Rental Assistance 1 (ERA 1) funds and to reclassify the type of agre...
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