Fiscal Note
Costs of the projects and portions of program administration will be covered by the grant, and administered through a segregated fund. Expenses will not be counted toward the State expenditure control limits.
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Authorizing the City to accept an Emergency Shelter Grant (ESG) award from the State of Wisconsin, authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to sign agreements with various agencies to implement projects as part of the ESG award. (2008/06-F)
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BACKGROUND
The City of Madison has worked closely for twenty-five years 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 Emergency Shelter Grant funds for various projects. The goals of these projects are
to help prevent homelessness, to provide essential services like case management or counseling, or to
improve housing and shelter operations. The grant is a competitive one, open to all Wisconsin communities.
This year, the City was able to obtain $397,413 for 12 projects plus an $8,200 administrative fee.
AGENCIES
The cooperating agencies include the following non-profits, each of which serve a particular homeless
population group or offer a specialized approach or set of services to strengthen the continuum of care for
homeless people within the community:
Youth Services of Southern Wisconsin-Briarpatch Division, Community Action Coalition, Interfaith Hospitality Network, The Salvation Army, Society of St. Vincent de Paul, Tellurian, Tenant Resource Center, Porchlight, Inc., Dane County Parent Council and the YWCA.
ACTION
Whereas, the Common Council has adopted a five-year Community and Neighborhood Development Plan
which identifies homelessness as a critical issue within the community, and outlines a set of strategies and
priorities to address those problems using communit...
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