Explanation
This legislation authorizes the Director of the Department of Finance and Management to appropriate Emergency Shelter Grant (ESG) funds in the amount of $286,322.00, received from the Department of Housing and Urban Development, for the provision of homeless services and to enter into a contract with the Community Shelter Board, Inc. (CSB) (Contract Compliance Number 31-1181284) for the administration of the City's Emergency Shelter Grant monies. The application for these funds was approved by council on November 6, 2006 as part of the 2007 City of Columbus Consolidated Plan Action Plan. The CSB will disburse the funds to various providers of services to the homeless, and will monitor those provider activities. The CSB has been selected because of their history with the city and the homeless community in the coordination of emergency shelter services as well as the CSB's established administrative procedures to effectively implement such services.
This legislation is submitted as an emergency so that the homeless services can be provided in an effective and timely manner.
The 2007 allocation is an increase of $1,804.00 over last years funding level. This represents the first increase in ESG funding to the City since 1998. The City also provides funding to the Community Shelter Board from the General Fund and Community Development Block Grant budgets.
Title
To authorize the Director of the Department of Finance and Management to appropriate $286,322.00 from the General Government Grant Fund, to enter into a contract with the Community Shelter Board for the provision of homeless services and to declare an emergency. ($286,322.00)
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WHEREAS, the City has received $286,322.00 in Emergency Shelter Grant funds from HUD under the Stewart-McKinney Act-Emergency Shelter Grant Program for the provision of support services to the homeless; and
WHEREAS, the Director of the Department of Finance and Management desires ...
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