Fiscal Note
The proposed resolution accepts CDD staff recommendations to select the seven agencies identified in the resolution to help administer the Dane CORE 2.0 Program and provide related services and authorizes staff to develop agreements with each agency to carry out those activities within available funding and administrative requirements. No additional city appropriation is required with adoption of this resolution.
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SUBSTITUTE BY TITLE ONLY Approving recommendations from the Community Development Division to select community organizations that will partner with the City to administer funds and provide services under Dane CORE 2.0, a federally funded program designed to offer emergency rental assistance to eligible tenant households, and provide related services that promote housing stability, and authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to execute agreements with the selected agencies to carry out the intent of this resolution.
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BACKGROUND:
The City of Madison’s Community Development Division (CDD) released a request for proposals (RFP) (RFP #10054-2021
) seeking community agencies interested in partnering with the City to administer rental assistance funds and provide related services under the Dane CORE 2.0 Program. Dane CORE 2.0 is the Emergency Rental Assistance Program funded by the federal government and administered by the City of Madison. It is the successor and continuation of the Dane CORE Emergency Rental Assistance Program which has been operating since February 2021. The RFP sought eligible non-profits that have experience partnering with CDD and administering rental assistance funds. Agencies were given the opportunity to provide one or more of the following services;
A. Assisting eligible households through the program’s application process, and providing outreach and education
B. Evaluating and...
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