Fiscal Note
The adopted 2010 Operating Budget includes $28,975 in Community Resources funding to Neighborhood House for their youth program. After reimbursing the agency for a total of $15,547.62 in expenses for the period January through June, there is a balance available to be reallocated of $13,427.38. There is no net budgetary effect.
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Reallocating funds from the Neighborhood House youth program to a variety of currently funded youth programs within the Community Resources Program and authorizing the Mayor and the City Clerk to enter into amendments with those agencies to expand their 2010 currently funded youth programs.
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WHEREAS, the 2010 City of Madison Operating Budget provides $28,975.00 in the Community Development Division, Community Resource program for the Neighborhood House youth program; and
WHEREAS, staff from the Office of Community Services monitored, reviewed and provided technical assistance to the Neighborhood House youth program for several months and found a significant deficiency in the number of youth served; and
WHEREAS, the Community Development Division Director determined that the City would no longer fund the Neighborhood House youth program after it’s spring semester ended in June 2010; and
WHEREAS, $13,427 of the total 2010 City allocation to the Neighborhood House youth program is now available for reallocation; and
WHEREAS, in the Spring of 2010, the Community Development Division conducted an Request for Proposals process to allocate supplemental funds for the Community Resources program identified in the City of Madison 2010 budget; and
WHEREAS, after allocating the supplemental funding, there were several quality youth programs that did not receive any funding or no sufficient funding through that Request For Proposals process; and
WHEREAS, the Community Services Committee met on July 1, 2010 to review the supplemental funding applications that didn’t receive funding as a basis for reallocating the ava...
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