Fiscal Note
This Resolution authorizes the City’s submission of a grant application to the state DOH for $471,453 in ETH (Emergency Solutions Grant, Transitional Housing Program, and Homeless Prevention Program) grant funds, an amount that would cover the costs of several programs serving homeless and at-risk individuals and families, and associated grant administration costs.
Up to $500,000 in ETH grant revenues and commensurate expenditures was authorized and approved as part of the Community Development Division’s 2015 Adopted Operating Budget.
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Authorizing the Mayor to sign, and the Community Development Division to submit, a grant application to the Wisconsin Department of Administration’s Division of Housing for 2015-2016 ETH grant funds on behalf of local agencies providing housing and services to homeless and at-risk persons.
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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 persons and those at risk of becoming homeless. This cooperation involves City sponsorship and administration of an annual application to the State of Wisconsin for grant funds for various projects.
The Division of Housing determines awards based on a formula using data from monthly homeless census as well as poverty, unemployment and population data. Dane County is being awarded a total of $471,453 in federal Emergency Solutions Grant funds and state Transitional Housing Program funds. Following the notice of award, the CD Division will enter into contracts with the participating non-profits, with activities provided from July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2016.
The application is comprised of five initiatives: (1) homeless prevention, (2) street outreach, (3) rapid re-housing, (4) emergency shelter, and (5) transitional housing programs. A minimum of 30% of the grant must be spent on rapid re-housing activities in Dane County; rapid re-housing activities are those that mov...
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