Explanation
BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Director of the Department of Development to enter a beneficiary agreement with the Ohio Hispanic Coalition in an amount up to $122,146.06 of Federal American Rescue Plan Act Funds to provide continued support of human service programs
Ordinance Number 1201-2021 authorized the City of Columbus to accept and appropriate approximately $187,030,138.00 of federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds as signed into law by the President of the United States on March 11, 2021.
Ordinance Number 0280-2022, passed by Columbus City Council on January 31, 2022, authorized the Director of the Department of Development to enter into a grant agreement with Ohio Hispanic Coalition in support of human service programs. The funds for the program were authorized from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA).
Ohio Hispanic Coalition used the funds to renovate the Youth and Education Community Center for the purpose of after school and summer enrichment camp programming targeting City of Columbus Latino/Hispanic youth residents between the ages of 5 to 17 years of age. Due to renovation delays, the renovation of the center was not completed before the grant end date and only $104,169.94, of the $226,316.00 grant, was used for the project.
The agreement ended with a remaining balance of $122,146.06 from the ARPA funds. Ohio Hispanic Coalition would like to enter into a new agreement and use the remaining funds to complete the renovation of the Youth and Education Community Center.
This legislation allows for reimbursement of expenses beginning October 1, 2023.
FISCAL IMPACT: Funding is provided to the City of Columbus from the American Rescue Plan Act passed by Congress and signed into law March 11, 2021.
CONTRACT COMPLIANCE: The vendor’s contract compliance number is 005476 and it expires on 5/31/25.
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To authorize the Director of the Department of Development to enter into a b...
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