Explanation
BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Director of the Department of Development to enter into a Grant Agreement in an amount up to $31,771.00 with The Homeless Families Foundation, DBA Home for Families, one of six not-for-profit social service agencies that were awarded within the 2024 Flourish Grant as part of the department’s Elevate! program. Additional ordinances will be forthcoming as part of this award for the other agencies. The total awarded to each agency is an amount up to $50,000.00 for a total award amount of $280,000.00 for the program. The term of each Grant Agreement shall be from January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2025.
On June 24, 2024, the Department of Development disseminated the Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) for the 2024 Flourish Grant, to the 112 Non-Profit agencies within the Elevate! Grant Program. The NOFA extended an invitation to these organizations to collaborate and apply for grants of up to $50,000.00 for fostering innovative partnerships to improve and strengthen the non-profits’ capacities which then will better serve their clients. The NOFA specified there was a total of $230,000.00 available. Later, $50,000.00 in additional funding was reallocated to the Department of Development, expanding the total funds available to $280,000.00.
In response, a total of fifteen proposals involving 32 non-profit organizations were received, collectively requesting $716,407.00. These submissions were subsequently narrowed down to 6, and each collaborating partner was invited to present their ideas during FlourishFest '24. This three-day event provided a platform for each collaboration to pitch their proposals and receive feedback from an audience comprising reviewers, fellow applicants, and guests. Each collaboration was instructed to incorporate that feedback into their final proposals, which were due on August 30, 2024. An eleven-member review team was assembled and tasked with evaluating and scoring these proposals....
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