Explanation
BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Director of the Department of Development to enter into a grant agreement with Community Mediation Services for the Housing Stability and Homeless Prevention Program. The total amount of the grant agreement is $70,000.00.
Funding for Community Mediation Services’ (CMS) Housing Stability and Homeless Prevention Program will assist individuals and families who are currently homeless or at imminent risk of becoming homeless in order to help them obtain or maintain stable housing for the long term. Tenants targeted by this program are those that have already received a 3 Day Notice to vacate their rental housing from their landlord or an eviction summons from the Franklin County Municipal Court.
Emergency action is necessary to avoid causing interruptions in the delivery of program services.
Fiscal Impact: Funding for these expenditures is available in the Neighborhood Initiatives subfund.
Title
To authorize the Director of the Department of Development to enter into a grant agreement with Community Mediation Services in support of their Housing Stability and Homeless Prevention Program; to authorize an appropriation and expenditure of $70,000.00 within the Neighborhood Initiatives subfund; and to declare an emergency. ($70,000.00)
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WHEREAS, Community Mediation Services has submitted a grant application seeking financial assistance; and
WHEREAS, City Council is authorized to allocate funds annually to assist social service agencies in the city with the operating costs of delivering programs; and
WHEREAS, the Director of the Department of Development desires to enter into a grant agreement with Community Mediation Services for the continued provision of social services; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Development in that it is immediately necessary to enter into a grant agreement with Community Mediation Services to avoid causing interruptions i...
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