City of Columbus - File #: 1826-2023

• File #: 1826-2023
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 6/12/2023
• In control: Health & Human Services Committee
• On agenda: 7/17/2023
• Final action: 7/21/2023
• Title: To authorize the Director of the Department of Development to enter into a Grant Agreement with Dress for Success Columbus for Year 2 of the department’s Elevate 1.0 program to support and increase the organizational capacity of the non-profit organizations that experienced revenue losses such as cancelled fundraising events, decreases in donor support, and increased expenditures such as PPE, virtual meeting licenses, and related hardware caused by the COVID-19 pandemic; to authorize the expenditure of up to $150,000.00 of General Fund monies; to authorize the transfer of $150,000.00 from Object Class 03 to Object Class 05 in the Department of Development’s 2023 General Fund budget; to authorize an agreement start date of July 1, 2023; to authorize payment for reasonable food and non-alcoholic beverages for participants of programs included in the Grant Agreement; and to authorize the advancement of funds on a pre-determined schedule during the term of the agreement. ($150,000.00) (AME...

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
7/21/2023	1	CITY CLERK	Attest
7/20/2023	1	ACTING MAYOR	Signed
7/17/2023	1	COUNCIL PRESIDENT	Signed
7/17/2023	1	Columbus City Council	Approved	Pass
7/10/2023	1	Columbus City Council	Read for the First Time

Explanation

BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Director of the Department of Development to enter into a Grant Agreement with Dress for Success Columbus for Year 2 of the department’s Elevate 1.0 program, in an amount up to $150,000.00. The term of the Grant Agreement shall be from July 1, 2023, to June 30, 2024.

In 2022, the department executed Beneficiary Agreements using American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds to a number social service agencies to support and increase the organizational capacity of non-profit organizations that experienced revenue losses such as cancelled fundraising events, decreases in donor support, and increased expenditures such as PPE, virtual meeting licenses, and related hardware caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. 2022 was the first year of the three year Elevate 1.0 program. The grant awarded under this legislation is known as Elevate 1.0, Year 2.

Because the funding source for Year 2 is general fund dollars, the agreement type to be used is a Grant Agreement, not a Beneficiary Agreement. The Grant Agreement will be an original agreement as the terms and conditions for Year 2 will be different from Year 1, although the purpose remains the same. Pending general fund funding availability for Year 3, this Grant Agreement will be modified in 2024.

The Notice of Financial Award (NOFA) was advertised from April 22, 2022, through May 13, 2022, on the City’s Website (Department of Development webpage), the Human Service Chamber of Franklin County’s website, and by press release. The City received 86 proposals for $9,875,000.00 in requests. Forty-eight community agencies were recommended for the $5,000,000.00 in available funding. One organization is listed in this ordinance with funding for 47 agencies is included in two other ordinances (Ordinances 1825-2023 and 1827-2023).

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