Fiscal Note
The proposed resolution authorizes allocating $90,000 to the three non-profit agencies to provide homeless services in 2018. Council approved RES-17-00909 (Legistar file 49339) allocated $769,869 to nine non-profit agencies to provide homeless services in 2018. As part of the 2018 budget process the Common Council added $90,000 to support additional contracts for homeless services. The CDBG Committee reviewed CDD’s recommended allocation of the $90,000 based upon the original RFP approved by RES17-00737 (Legistar file 48265). Total funding for these contracts in the 2018 Adopted Operating Budget is $934,436: $781,623 from the General Fund and $152,813 from grant sources.
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Authorizing the allocation of up to $90,000 among 3 non-profit agencies to help finance the provision of an array of homeless services beginning in 2018, as the result of a competitive RFP process conducted by Community Development Division; and authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to enter into agreements with those agencies to implement the designated programs and services.
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Background
On September 5, 2017, the Common Council approved RES-17-00737 (Legistar Item #48265), which accepted the Community Development Division’s (CDD) Homeless Services Request for Proposals (RFP), and authorized the CDD to accept proposals from service organizations in response to that RFP and to formulate funding allocation recommendations, for use beginning in 2018, to the Mayor and Common Council.
The adopted 2017 Community Development Division (CDD) Operating Budget included $784,385 ($610,275 from the General Fund and $174,110 from federal Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) funding) to support homeless services. A comparable level of City and ESG funding for this program area is expected to continue for 2018. Up to $14,516 of ESG funding is designated for use to cover costs associated with administration and Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) support. The remaining $769,869 was made available to service providers through the RFP process.
CDD released the RFP on August 14, 2017, and accepted applications through September 15, 2017. A total of 24 proposals were received from 12 non-profit agencies.
At its November 2, 2017 meeting, the CDBG Committee reviewed the proposals and recommended allocating funds to the 9 agencies and 19 programs listed on the attachment, in amounts not to exceed those indicated for each program.
On November 13, 2017, the Common Council adopted the 2018 City of Madison Operating Budget, which included an amendment authorizing an additional $90,000 for homeless services. Though during the RFP process, no formal “B” list was developed, CDD staff did identify for consideration a list of prioritized, but unfunded, program proposals that totaled $90,000. These recommendations will be reviewed by the CDBG Committee and then forwarded for approval by the Common Council for services to begin in 2018.
On November 21, 2017, the Common Council approved RES-17-00909 (Legistar Item #49339) allocating $769,869 among 9 non-profit agencies to help finance the provision of an array of homeless services beginning in 2018.
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WHEREAS, the Community Agency Contracts line item in the adopted 2018 CDD Operating budget includs $859,869 for homeless services; and,
WHEREAS, on November 21, 2017, the Common Council approved RES-17-00909 (Legistar Item #49339), which allocated $769,869 among 9 non-profit agencies to help finance the provision of an array of homeless services beginning in 2018; and,
WHEREAS, the CDBG Committee reviewed CDD staff recommendations to fund up to $90,000 in additional homeless services beginning in 2018, proposed as part of the afore-mentioned RFP, and have allocated that funding to the following three agencies:
• Tellurian Inc- up to $13,000 to support PATH-Supplemental/Match, to provide outreach services and security deposits to homeless singles and/or families.
• The Salvation Army of Dane County - up to $40,297 to support Single Women/Warming House Case Manager, to provide case management to homeless families and single women.
• The Salvation Army Dane County- up to $8,703 to support Coordinated Entry Intake Coordinator, to provide support to homeless families. If funding for this position is secured by other resources, the funding will be transferred to Salvation Army of Dane County’s Diversion Case Manger program to fill in the funding gap for family case management services.
• Porchlight, Inc- up to $28,000 to support a Shelter Case Manager, who will provide case management to homeless single men.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Common Council hereby approves the allocation of homeless services funding as described herein, and authorizes the Mayor and City Clerk to enter into contracts with the specific non-profit agencies to provide the designated services for homeless persons and those at risk of becoming homeless.