Explanation
BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Director of the Department of Development to enter into grant agreements with various social service agencies for the provision of services for a nine-month period that begins on March 1, 2020, and terminates on November 30, 2020. The total amount of these grants is $14,249,853.00 and will be funded from CARES Act funds.
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused unforeseen needs among Columbus and Franklin County residents. In addition, human service agencies working to meet those needs have been impacted by unforeseen and unbudgeted costs. As a result, many residents and nonprofit human service providers are experiencing economic instability. It is essential for the City of Columbus to invest in ways that increase their resilience and stability. The Resilience Initiative was implemented to increase the capacity of human service providers to recover quickly and meet the increasing demands of residents for goods and services.
To support the City’s regional vision for economic security and resilience for all, the City, in partnership with the Franklin County Board of Commissioners, conducted a competitive funding process in July and August 2020 from which the City and County received 247 proposals representing 247 agencies with over $91 million in requests. From those proposals, 110 agencies were selected for funding. Eighty (80) agencies will enter into agreements with the City of Columbus and thirty (30) with Franklin County. This ordinance is one of four ordinances seeking approval to award these grants. See attached list for list of agencies and amount of each award.
The services provided by these agencies cannot be provided by existing city employees because these services are beyond the City’s current staffing capacity to provide.
Emergency Designation: Emergency action is requested to ensure that the organizations can begin providing additional services as soon as possible.
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