Fiscal Note
The City’s adopted 2015 Operating Budget included a direct appropriation of up to $50,000 for “Day Shelter and Gap Services” as part of the budget’s Miscellaneous Appropriations. This Resolution would re-appropriate $6,000 of that figure to the Community Development Division, for administration of appropriate contract services described herein. These funds will be used to reimburse the non-profit’s actual expenses, and there is no net impact upon the City levy.
The 2015 Operating Budget would be amended thus:
Miscellaneous Appropriations: Day Shelter and Gap Services
$6,000
SxD: GN01-57421-971000
Munis: 29100-59121-00000
Community Development Division
($6,000)
SxD: SC01-79410-260000
Munis: 62112-59121-00000
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Approving the re-appropriation of $6,000 from Miscellaneous Appropriations to the Community Development Division for a contract with Porchlight, Inc. to provide homeless “Registry Week” coordination and implementation services; amending the affected sections of the 2015 Adopted Operating Budget as appropriate; and amending Porchlight’s current Outreach Services contract to reflect the expanded scope and commensurable increase in budget authority associated with the provision of the additional services.
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BACKGROUND
The City has made a commitment to work with the national “Zero: 2016” campaign to assist local efforts to end veterans’ homelessness by the end of 2015, and end chronic homelessness by the end of 2016. The City was selected through an application process to receive technical assistance from national “Zero: 2016” staff through webinars and personal contacts. A local “Zero: 2016” Committee comprised of homeless service providers has been created to plan and design the local efforts necessary to be successful.
One key component of the “Zero: 2016” effort is the need to assess every homeless single adult, whether sleeping in emergency shelters or on the street. Locally, homeless services providers have begun using a ...
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