Explanation
Background: This legislation authorizes the Director of Development to enter into a grant agreement with the Human Service Chamber of Franklin County (HSC) in an amount up to $100,000.00 to add needed capacity to HSC’s COVID-19 specific services to HSC member organizations and the nonprofit community in general.
Founded in 2010, the Human Service Chamber of Franklin County (HSC) was conceived by nonprofit leaders who believed that working together and coming together with one voice would improve services to the people they served, and to the community as a whole. The Human Service Chamber serves and represents 84 member organizations in the Columbus region.
The COVID-19 pandemic is causing unforeseen needs within the nonprofit sector and HSC members have personal protective equipment (PPE) needs; legal, public relations, accounting and other business support needs; and needs for technology (hardware and software). The HSC has been and will continue to assist its members and others in the nonprofit sector with access to resources to meet those needs.
The services included in this contract cannot be provided by existing city employees because these services are beyond the City’s current staffing capacity to provide.
Emergency Designation: Emergency action is requested to ensure that Human Service Chamber of Franklin County can begin providing additional services as soon as possible.
Fiscal Impact: Funding is provided to the City of Columbus from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act passed by Congress and signed into law March 27, 2020.
Contract Compliance: the vendor’s vendor number is 028003 and is valid from 12/17/2018-12/17/2020
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To authorize the Director of Development to enter into a grant agreement with the Human Service Chamber of Franklin County in an amount up to $100,000.00 to add needed capacity to HSC’s COVID-19 specific services to its members and the nonprofit sector; to authorize an expenditure u...
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