Fiscal Note
The City’s 2014 Adopted Operating Budget’s Miscellaneous Appropriations included a $50,000 allocation in support of a County-run day shelter. The shelter had been anticipated to open in mid-year, however, that opening has been repeatedly delayed. It will not operate in 2014, thus, these funds will not be needed to support its operation this year. This Resolution re-appropriates $25,000 of the day shelter allocation to the Community Development Division for the administration of a contract for the services described herein. There is no net impact upon the City levy.
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Amending the City’s 2014 Adopted Operating Budget to re-appropriate $25,000 from Miscellaneous Appropriations to the Community Development Division for the provision of homeless-focused case management services at MPL’s Central Library, authorizing CDD to select an appropriate vendor agency via an RFP process, and authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to execute agreements with the selected vendor to provide these services.
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BACKGROUND
During the winter of 2013-14, the City, in partnership with Dane County, contracted with two local non-profits to provide case management services targeted to homeless persons utilizing MPL’s Central Library during the daytime hours. Library staff was very pleased with the outcomes; however, the services were discontinued recently, when funding ran out. The expenditure proposed by this Resolution, combined with $65,000 authorized in the City’s 2015 Adopted Operating Budget, will re-initiate on-site case management services and continue them through December 31, 2015.
CDD will issue an RFP to identify a provider that will hire qualified staff necessary to be available to provide supportive services on a regular schedule during a portion of the Central Library’s daytime hours, seven days a week. Case management staff will help connect homeless and at-risk persons to community resources, and connect persons to housing appropriate for their ne...
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