Fiscal Note
Cost of the projects and a portion of the program administration are covered by the grant and administered through a segregated fund. This Resolution authorizes specific grant agreements with various homeless services providers totaling $167,745, plus $4,933 in administrative fees for the City. These expenditures were authorized as part of the Community Development Division’s 2010 Adopted Operating Budget, within the program entitled “City CDBG Committee: Emergency Shelter Grant Services” (Enactment # RES-10-00062, Legistar ID # 17007).
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Accept $172,678 in Emergency Shelter Grant (ESG) funds from the WI Department of Commerce and authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to execute agreements with specific non-profit agencies providing housing and services for homeless persons.
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The City of Madison works closely with a group of community-based non-profit agencies that provide services and housing to homeless people and people at risk of becoming homeless. This cooperation involves City sponsorship and administration of an annual application to the State of Wisconsin for federal and state funds for various projects. The goals of these projects are to provide financial assistance to prevent homelessness, re-house homeless households and provide essential services like case management, tenant education, legal advocacy and mediation. The grant is a competitive one, open to all Wisconsin communities.
There are 11 cooperating agencies that serve specific homeless populations and/or offer a specialized approach or set of services to strengthen the continuum of care for homeless persons in the community. These agencies include: Community Action Coalition for South Central Wisconsin, Inc.; Dane County Parent Council, Inc.; Legal Action of Wisconsin, Inc.; Porchlight, Inc.; The Road Home Dane County, Inc.; The Salvation Army of Dane County, Inc.; Society of St. Vincent de Paul, Inc.; Tellurian UCAN, Inc.; Tenant Resource Center, Inc.; YWCA of Madison, I...
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