Fiscal Note
The proposed resolution authorizes the acceptance of funds and amends the Public Health Madison Dane County (PHMDC) 2022 operating budget for a Wisconsin Department of Health Services "Mobilizing Community for a Just Response" grant. The $100,000 grant will fund a contract with the Give Back foundation to hire a Program Manager to support the pilot guaranteed income program. The grant is effective through May 2023. No City levy is required.
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SUBSTITUTE - Resolution Authorizing the Acceptance of Funds from the State of Wisconsin Department of Health Services to support the Madison Forward Fund and authorizing the Director for Public Health to sign a non-competitive contract with the Give Back Foundation for a Madison Forward Fund Program Manager and community outreach costs associated with the program.
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WHEREAS, the Madison Forward Fund, in partnership with the UW-Madison Institute for Research on Poverty, is poised to pilot a guaranteed income project in the City of Madison. This project will serve to support a diverse, inclusive,; and competent public health workforce in hosting a health fellow at PHMDC as well as the implementation of the Madison Forward Fund; and
WHEREAS, a collaboration with Public Health Madison and Dane County and the Population Health fellowship program will add a public health lens and be key in leveraging partnerships established as part of PHMDC’s COVID-19 response; and
WHEREAS, funding ($100,000) from the Department of Health Services has selected Public Health-Madison and Dane County (PHMDC) as a recipient for funding through the Mobilizing Communities Grant will support a Population Health Fellow ($70,000), in the Policy Planning and Evaluation Division of Public Health Madison and Dane County. It will also support a Madison Community Fund program coordinator ($30,000) to be hired by the Institute on Poverty.for a Just Response Grant in the total of $100,000 to conduct project activities through May 2023; and
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