Fiscal Note
This Resolution authorizes the City to accept a grant award of $94,513 from HUD’s 2015 Continuum of Care (CoC) Program competition, which necessitates the amendment of the CDD's 2017 Adopted Operating Budget to include an additional $94,513 in grant revenues and commensurate expenditures. Funds will be used to hire and support 1.0 FTE Continuum of Care Coordinator.
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Authorizing the City to accept an award of $94,513 from HUD’s 2015 Continuum of Care (CoC) Program competition; amending the Community Development Division's 2017 Adopted Operating Budget as appropriate; and authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to enter into agreements necessary to accept the funds.
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BACKGROUND
As part of the local Continuum of Care’s 2015 federal application cycle, the City of Madison submitted an application to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for funds to hire and support a Dane County/Madison Continuum of Care Coordinator for one year. The primary goal of the position is to support implementation of a community-wide process to manage and coordinate the efforts of local homeless providers and related organizations working to meet the goals of preventing and ending homelessness in Dane County/Madison, Wisconsin.
ACTION
WHEREAS, the City of Madison has long been integrally involved in local efforts to end and prevent homelessness; and,
WHEREAS, the City of Madison is a member and active participant in the Dane County/Madison Continuum of Care: and,
WHEREAS, the City was recently awarded $94,513 in federal Continuum of Care planning funds from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to allow for the hiring and support of a Dane County/Madison Continuum (CoC) of Care Coordinator for one year; and,
WHEREAS, the CoC Coordinator will facilitate and oversee the annual CoC Homeless Assistance Grant application processes, working with agencies submitting renewals and agencies reallocating funds, and will also recruit new agencies to fill identified gaps in the local CoC; and,
WHEREAS, the CoC Coordinator will develop and oversee systematic program evaluations of CoC-funded programs and coordinate with City staff tasked with evaluating ESG-funded programs; and,
WHEREAS, the CoC Coordinator will also provide one-on-one technical assistance and facilitate contracting with outside technical experts as needed; and,
WHEREAS, the CoC Coordinator will manage the local CoC’s response to City of Madison and Dane County Consolidated Plan processes, provide input to the Community Plan to Prevent and End Homelessness, and provide guidance to City and County policy makers and elected officials around homeless issues;
NOW, THERFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Common Council hereby authorizes the Mayor and the City Clerk to execute a contract in the amount of $94,513 with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to allow for the hiring and support of a Dane County/Madison Continuum of Care Coordinator located within the Community Development Division’s CDBG unit; and,
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Common Council hereby amends the Community Development Division's 2017 Adopted Operating Budget as appropriate, to reflect the additional grant revenues and commensurate expenditures.