Explanation
1. BACKGROUND
This ordinance authorizes the Director of Technology to enter into contract with FUSE Corps in the amount of up to $60,000.00 for various City departments.
FUSE Corps is a national nonprofit that partners with local government to help urban communities thrive. The intent of this contract is to provide the City of Columbus, additional resources in the following three areas:
· Assessing and Addressing Housing Insecurity
· Responding to Mental Health Needs
· Advancing Public Safety Sensor Technology
The City of Columbus recognizes that housing instability is an increasing challenge for many residents, but certain communities and neighborhoods face greater risks of evictions, displacements, and homelessness. To better understand the challenge and develop more proactive approaches to increasing housing stability, FUSE Corps Executive Fellow will collect and analyze data from a wide array of sources. This information will help inform a data-driven action plan that carefully incorporates community perspectives and is built to be dynamic and sustainable.
Vulnerable communities in the City are experiencing soaring rates of mental health issues, as is true throughout the country. Columbus Public Health currently provides a range of crucial mental health services and is considering additional strategies to expand high-quality care where it is most needed. The FUSE Corps Executive Fellow will help assess these opportunities and develop a strategic plan to expand mental health resources for thousands of currently under served residents.
The City of Columbus aims to promote public safety by leveraging real-time safety sensor data collection technologies to respond to and investigate criminal activity. Key is data-driven approaches, public transparency, and affiliated public agency stakeholder engagement in the process of selecting, siting, and utilizing new and existing sources and methods of safety sensor data collection. The FUSE Corps Executi...
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