Fiscal Note
The 2014 adopted operating budget of the Community Development Division authorizes expenditures of $200,000 for the Emerging Opportunities Program. This Resolution allocates $100,000 of the authorized funding. No additional appropriation is required.
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Approving the provision of up to $100,000 in 2014 Emerging Opportunities Program (EOP) funds to agencies and authorizing the Mayor and the City Clerk to enter into agreements with those agencies to implement the designated projects.
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The adopted 2014 Community Development Division (CDD) Operating Budget included $200,000 in Community Agency Contracts expenditures for projects to be funded with Emerging Opportunities Program funds in two cycles, as established in RES-13-00574 (Legistar # 30635, 7/22/2013). This Resolution allocates half of those funds.
WHEREAS, the adopted 2014 CD Division Operating Budget included $200,000 in program expenditures for EOP-funded Community Agency Contracts; and,
WHEREAS, the CD Division subsequently issued a Spring Request for Proposals for $100,000 in Emerging Opportunities Program funds, with an application due date of February 17, 2014; and,
WHEREAS, the Community Development Division Conference Committee reviewed the submitted EOP proposals (which included over $900,000 in total funding requests), and finalized its recommendations for the following program allocations at its meeting on March 19, 2014:
· 100state: up to $5,000 for youth engagement in an Entrepreneurship Summer Camp.
· ARC Community Services Inc: up to $5,000 for a south Madison program to promote healthy relationships and support victims of domestic violence.
· Black Male Collaborative: up to $8,000 for efforts to engage black males in community action.
· Brentwood Community Action Coalition: up to $5,000 for offering basic child care training to support parents in learning about child development.
· Centro Hispano of Dane County: up to $8,000 for Latina youth and families programming...
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