Fiscal Note
The 2014 adopted operating budget of the Community Development Division authorizes expenditures of $200,000 annually for the Emerging Opportunities Program. The Spring 2014 EOP funding process allocated $100,000. Three agencies that were allocated funds in the Spring EOP process have declined their allocations totaling $38,000. Therefore, this Resolution allocates $138,000 in Emerging Opportunities funds. No additional appropriation is required.
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Approving the provision of up to $138,000 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 $138,000 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 completed a Spring Request for Proposals process in which $100,000 in Emerging Opportunities Program funds was allocated, and,
WHEREAS, three agencies receiving EOP allocations in Spring 2014 declined those funds. These agencies included WWBIC, Friends of Recovery and Zion City whose allocations totaled $38,000. Those funds have been made available for re-allocation.
WHEREAS, the CD Division subsequently issued a Fall Request for Proposals for at least $100,000 in Emerging Opportunities Program funds, with an application due date of August 29, 2014; and,
WHEREAS, the Community Development Division Conference Committee reviewed the submitted EOP proposals (which included about $700,000 in total funding requests), and finalized its recommendations for the following program allocations at its meeting on September 23, 2014:
-Allied Wellness Center as fiscal agent for Allied Brotherhood Group: up to $7000 for youth leadership training and engagement in the Allied Drive neighborhood.
-Community of Life Lutheran Church as fiscal agent for The Bridge: up to $6000 to operate open family supportive programming through an open schoolhouse project at Aldo Leopold Elementary School.
-DSS Community Center: up to $10,000 for middle school programming in the Brentwood neighborhood.
-Employment and Training Association: up to $27,100 to develop and implement training and curriculums in partnership with employers that would support employment for homeless and other challenged individuals.
-Freedom Inc: up to $7500 for community engagement and leadership capacity building activities in the Owl Creek neighborhood.
-Goodman Community Center up to $15,000 to support Women of WORTHington's community engagement and leadership capacity building activities in the Darbo- Worthington neighborhood.
-GSAFE: up to $10,000 to facilitate social justice work with LGBTQ youth of color in Madison High Schools.
-Kennedy Heights Community Center: up to $8500 to provide an elementary age summer camp program.
-Lussier Community Education Center: up to $8000 for the Young Women Thriving program which will provide support and resources to help young adult women move toward self sufficiency.
-Art and Soul as fiscal agent for Proud Theater: up to $5900 to provide a creative youth development program for LGBTQ teens.
-The Rainbow Project: up to $10,000 to support trauma informed expertise and availability of an emergency response team that can respond to acute crisis situations in the community.
-Unidos Against Domestic Violence: up to $10,000 to develop Latino culturally specific family support programming to assist victims of domestic violence and others in parenting support.
-Wisconsin Youth Company: up to $8000 to provide Girl's inc programming for middle and high school age girls in South West Madison.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Common Council approves the Emerging Opportunities Program funding allocations for Fall 2014 detailed above, as recommended by the Community Development Division Conference Committee; and,
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Mayor and the City Clerk are authorized to execute agreements with the above listed agencies (or their fiscal agents) for the described activities.