Explanation
BACKGROUND: This ordinance authorizes the Director of the Department of Development to modify a grant agreement (Modification No. 2) with the Tony R Wells Foundation dba The Wells Foundation in an amount up to $15,000.00 to assist individuals served by the Columbus Violence Reduction (CVR) program with funding for temporary accommodations. As it was authorized with the original agreement, this grant modification will include advancement of funds per a pre-determined schedule.
Original $ 65,000.00 Ord. 1686-2023 PO467735
Mod 1 $ 150,000.00 Ord. 3360-2024 PO485707
Mod 2 $ 15,000.00
Total $ 230,000.00
The Tony R Wells Foundation will partner with a City-selected partner operating as the Vacated Tenant Services (VTS) Temporary Housing Coordinator for eligible vacated tenants. The Tony R Wells Foundation will act as the Temporary Housing Coordinator’s fiscal manager to dispense funding to enable temporary accommodations. Assistance may include temporary housing costs and essential relocation assistance expenses.
The VTS partners make program eligibility determinations to qualify residents for funding to ensure housing stability and the Temporary Housing Coordinator will, in turn, inform the Tony R Wells Foundation which temporary accommodations are approved for funding and how much.
The Columbus Violence Reduction (CVR) program will coordinate with the VTS program to provide emergency temporary housing units for CVR participants when there is a time sensitive situation that requires individuals or households to be relocated for public safety related concerns.
Funding for this program focuses on assisting displaced tenants from unsafe, unsanitary or inhabitable housing conditions. The Tony R Wells Foundation will make the payments directly to the recipients or other entities on their behalf. As such, f...
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