Explanation
This ordinance authorizes the City Clerk to enter into a grant agreement with Community Development for All People, a non profit entity, for the support of their ID for All People Program.
Millions of Americans do not have the proper forms of identification to access life’s necessities. Lack of ID, such as birth certificates, state identification cards and driver’s licenses, and social security cards jeopardizes access to employment, housing, food, healthcare, banking, education, and voting.
Lack of ID is most pronounced among seniors, people of color, domestic violence survivors, and those who are homeless, returning from incarceration, or living in poverty. These populations are also less likely to be able to afford access to the forms of identification they need. That is, residents’ financial constraints prevent them from obtaining documents that are themselves necessary for access to economic security.
Community Development for All people began a program in 2019 to remove the financial barrier standing between residents on the South Side and the identification they need by providing bus passes and vouchers for residents to receive their Ohio state IDs, driver’s licenses, and birth certificates. In 2019, the program demonstrated it was helping residents access resources that are the basis of economic wellbeing: 29 percent of participants utilized the program for employment, 21 percent for housing, 17 percent for their children, and 10 percent to be able to access social services.
Emergency action is necessary to ensure funding is available immediately for residents who without proper identifications cannot register children for school, get a job or an apartment, or apply for governmental assistance.
Fiscal Impact: Funding is available within the Neighborhood Initiatives subfund.
Title
To authorize the City Clerk to enter into a grant agreement with Community Development for All People in support of their ID for All People Program; to ...
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