City of Madison - File #: 15151

• File #: 15151
• Version: 2
• Name: Authorizing the City to accept Emergency Shelter Grant (ESG), Transitional Housing Program (THP), Homeless Prevention Program (HPP), and Interest Bearing Real Estate Trust Account (IBRETA) fund allocation from the State of Wisconsin, authorizing the Mayor
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 6/18/2009
• In control: BOARD OF ESTIMATES (ended 4/2017)
• On agenda: 9/1/2009
• Final action: 9/1/2009
• Enactment date: 9/3/2009
• Enactment #: RES-09-00724
• Title: SUBSTITUTE - Authorizing the City to accept Emergency Shelter Grant (ESG), Transitional Housing Program (THP), Homeless Prevention Program (HPP), and Interest Bearing Real Estate Trust Account (IBRETA) fund allocation from the State of Wisconsin, and authorize the Mayor and the City Clerk to enter into a grant agreement with the State and sign agreements with partner Homeless Services Consortium agencies with these funds to implement projects.
• Sponsors: Shiva Bidar, Tim Bruer, Marsha A. Rummel

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
9/1/2009	2	COMMON COUNCIL	Adopt As Substituted	Pass
8/24/2009	2	BOARD OF ESTIMATES (ended 4/2017)	RECOMMEND TO COUNCIL TO ADOPT - REPORT OF OFFICER	Pass
8/4/2009	1	COMMON COUNCIL	Referred
7/16/2009	1	COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT COMMITTEE	Referred for Introduction	Pass

Fiscal Note
The Resolution authorizes specific grant agreements with various Homeless Services providers totaling $278,387, plus $3,367 in administrative fees. Authorization for the expenditures is included in the CDBG 2009 Adopted Operating Budget, project #31, “City CDBG Commission."

Title
SUBSTITUTE - Authorizing the City to accept Emergency Shelter Grant (ESG), Transitional Housing Program (THP), Homeless Prevention Program (HPP), and Interest Bearing Real Estate Trust Account (IBRETA) fund allocation from the State of Wisconsin, and authorize the Mayor and the City Clerk to enter into a grant agreement with the State and sign agreements with partner Homeless Services Consortium agencies with these funds to implement projects.

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BACKGROUND
The City of Madison has worked 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, education, legal advocacy, and mediation. The grant is a competitive one, open to all Wisconsin communities. This year, the City was awarded $278,387 for 15 projects administrated by 13 agencies plus $13,919 $3,367 administrative fee.

AGENCIES
The 13 cooperating agencies each 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. These agencies include:

Youth Services of Southern Wisconsin-Briarpatch Division; Community Action Coalition for South Central WI; Society of St. Vincent de Paul; Tellurian, UCAN; Tenant Resource Center, Porchlight, Dane County Parent Council; YWCA of Madison; Th...