Explanation
The purpose of this ordinance is to authorize the City Clerk to enter into a grant agreement with the Fund The Climb Foundation, a non-profit corporation, in support of their Peaceful Living United + Sober (PLUS) Housing Program.
The mission of Fund The Climb Foundation is to remove barriers that stand in the way of patients seeking treatment for the brain disease of addiction. Donations are used to advance education and prevention of substance use disorder as well as to assist with housing, transportation, nutrition and personal hygiene needs for those courageous enough to break the cycle of addiction and enter treatment.
One of the ways that Fund The Climb Foundation supports patients seeking treatment for the disease of addiction is to provide housing to those who have no safe, sober place to live while in treatment. This could be due to homelessness, human trafficking, domestic violence, and/or various unsafe conditions, making it extremely difficult for patients to focus on their recovery. Fund The Climb, through its P.L.U.S. (Peaceful Living United + Sober) Housing Program, and also in collaboration with housing partners, provides safe accommodations to patients in need while in treatment. Funds are needed for rent, utilities, basic furnishings, supplies, and maintenance.
This agreement will assist in covering utilities for patients, as well as increasing the capacity to house patients during recovery and ensure high-quality living spaces.
FISCAL IMPACT: The funding of $33,500.00 is available within the Neighborhood Initiatives subfund.
EMERGENCY ACTION is requested in order to immediately meet housing needs for patients currently in treatment for substance use disorder.
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To authorize the City Clerk to enter into a grant agreement with the Fund The Climb Foundation in support of their Peaceful Living United + Sober (PLUS) Housing Program; to authorize the appropriation and expenditure of $33,500.00 within the Neighborhoods Initiatives subfund; and to declare an emergency. ($33,500.00)
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WHEREAS, the mission of Fund The Climb Foundation is to remove barriers that stand in the way of patients seeking treatment for the brain disease of addiction; and
WHEREAS, one of the ways that Fund The Climb Foundation supports patients seeking treatment for the disease of addiction is to provide housing to those who have no safe, sober place to live while in treatment; and
WHEREAS, funds are needed for rent, utilities, basic furnishings, supplies, and maintenance; and
WHEREAS, Columbus City Council is proposing funding for this effort through the Peaceful Living United + Sober (PLUS) Housing Program; and
WHEREAS, $33,500.00 is available within the Neighborhood Initiatives subfund for this purpose; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the City Clerk's Office in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the Clerk to enter into a grant agreement with Fund the Climb Foundation to support current patients with urgent housing needs, all for the immediate preservation of the public health, peace, property, safety and welfare; and now, therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the City Clerk is hereby authorized to enter into a grant agreement with the Fund The Climb Foundation in support of their Peaceful Living United + Sober (PLUS) Housing Program.
SECTION 2. That the City Auditor is hereby authorized and directed to appropriate $33,500.00 in the Neighborhood Initiatives subfund, fund 1000, subfund 100018, to Columbus City Council per the accounting codes in the attachment to this ordinance.
SECTION 3. That the expenditure of $33,500.00 or so much thereof as may be needed pursuant to the action authorized in SECTION 1, is hereby authorized in the Neighborhood Initiatives subfund, fund 1000, subfund 100018, per the accounting codes in the attachment to this ordinance.
SECTION 4. That the funds necessary to carry out the purpose of this ordinance are hereby deemed appropriated, and the City Auditor shall establish such accounting codes as necessary.
SECTION 5. That the City Auditor is authorized to make any accounting changes to revise the funding source for all contracts or contract modifications associated with this ordinance.
SECTION 6. That for the reasons stated in the preamble hereto, which is hereby made a part hereof, this ordinance is hereby declared to be an emergency measure and shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and approval by the Mayor, or ten days after passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.