Fiscal Note
The proposed resolution accepts the Community Development Division’s (CDD) Homeless Services Requests for Proposals (RFP) and authorizes CDD to accept proposals from service organizations in response to that RFP. CDD will formulate 2018 funding allocation recommendations to be presented to the Mayor and Common Council for use beginning in 2018. Release of this RFP assumes continuation of the program in 2018 at the current service level. The proposed funding process will allocate both City General Fund dollars and grant funding from various HUD grants. The total 2018 estimated funding for this process is $784,385; $610,275 in General Fund support and $174,110 in grant funding. Funding included in the 2018 agency request is consistent with the 2017 Adopted Budget.
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SUBSTITUTE--Accepting the Community Development Division’s (CDD) Homeless Services Request for Proposals, and authorizing the CDD to accept proposals from service organizations in response to that RFP and formulate 2018 funding allocation recommendations to the Mayor and Common Council for use beginning in 2018.
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WHEREAS, the Community Development Division, in consultation with the Community Development Block Grant Committee, is responsible for formulating recommendations to the Mayor and Common Council regarding the use of City administered resources budgeted for homeless services that are purchased from private, nonprofit agencies; and
WHEREAS, on December 3, 2014, the Common Council adopted the City of Madison, Wisconsin 2015-2019 Consolidated Plan, articulating the specific community development goals and objectives on which the City would focus its federal entitlement funds; and
WHEREAS, that plan identifies Affordable Housing as a primary goal and Housing Assistance, including assistance to homeless and special needs populations, as a specific related objective; and
WHEREAS, CDD staff played an active role in the community conversation which culminated in the recentl...
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