Fiscal Note
The 2017 Adopted Operating Budget includes $400,000 within the Community Development Division to support purchased service contracts for violence prevention. The proposed resolution authorizes utilizing $75,000 for services to individuals impacted by violence.
$50,000 from this appropriation is for a purchased services contract with Nehemiah and the Focused Interruption Coalition to provide peer support services to persons or households impacted by acts of violence. $25,000 will be used for direct aid and rapid response efforts for individuals impacted by violence. This resolution transfers $25,000 from purchased services to supplies within the CDD budget to provide such assistance. No additional appropriation is required.
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SUBSTITUTE - Authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to enter into a $50,000 contract with Nehemiah Community Development Corporation for short term peer support and crisis response services, who shall subcontract with Focused Interruption Coalition, with Boys and Girls Club of Dane County, Inc. as fiscal agent for the subcontractor; and transfer $25,000 from supplies to purchased services to be used for peer support services.
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WHEREAS, the City of Madison Common Council designated $400,000 in the 2017 budget in order to strategically reduce violence in our community through implementing the evidence based practice of peer support programming; and
WHEREAS, this peer support programming is a component of the community led 15-point plan to reduce violence and recidivism that was presented to the city; and
WHEREAS, the Community Development Division is developing a request for proposals to have service providers contracted for these adopted Peer Support efforts in Fall 2017; and
WHEREAS, violence, effects of violence, threats of violence, and trauma in our community need to be responded to with appropriate urgency as a critical public safety and public health concern; and
WHEREAS, it has been demonstrated that indi...
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