City of Madison - File #: 72116

• File #: 72116
• Version: 1
• Name: Authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to enter into a sole-source emergency contract with Fiscal Assistance, Inc. to facilitate the provision of housing assistance-related payment services using federal HOME Tenant-Based Rental Assistance (TBRA) funds, to
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 6/14/2022
• In control: Community Development Division
• On agenda: 7/19/2022
• Final action: 7/19/2022
• Enactment date: 7/22/2022
• Enactment #: RES-22-00511
• Title: Authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to enter into a sole-source emergency contract with Fiscal Assistance, Inc. to facilitate the provision of housing assistance-related payment services using federal HOME Tenant-Based Rental Assistance (TBRA) funds, to supplement resources that support participants of the City’s Unsheltered Response Initiatives programs.
• Sponsors: Nikki Conklin, Barbara Harrington-McKinney, Matthew J. Phair, Yannette Figueroa Cole

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
7/19/2022	1	COMMON COUNCIL	Adopt	Pass
7/7/2022	1	COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT COMMITTEE	RECOMMEND TO COUNCIL TO ADOPT - REPORT OF OFFICER	Pass
6/27/2022	1	FINANCE COMMITTEE	Return to Lead with the Recommendation for Approval	Pass
6/21/2022	1	COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT COMMITTEE	Referred
6/21/2022	1	COMMON COUNCIL	Referred
6/14/2022	1	Community Development Division	Referred for Introduction

Fiscal Note
The proposed resolution authorizes a sole source contract with Fiscal Assistance, Inc. to facilitate the provision of housing assistance-related payment services. The will be effective through June 30, 2022 and is not to exceed $420,000. The contract will be funded using federal HOME Tenant-Based Rental Assistance (TBRA) funds. No additional appropriation is required.
Title
Authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to enter into a sole-source emergency contract with Fiscal Assistance, Inc. to facilitate the provision of housing assistance-related payment services using federal HOME Tenant-Based Rental Assistance (TBRA) funds, to supplement resources that support participants of the City’s Unsheltered Response Initiatives programs.
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BACKGROUND
In 2021, as part of an effort to find safer, and legal, alternatives for persons camping in the City’s Reindahl Park, as well as other unsheltered locations, the Common Council authorized the use of American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds to develop and implement non-congregate shelter alternatives for adults experiencing unsheltered homelessness (RES-21-00621, Legistar File #67137; and RES-21-00770, Legistar File #68103). As a result, the City established the Dairy Drive sheltered campground, operated by MACH OneHealth and Kabba Recovery Services, and an Unsheltered Response Hotel Shelter Program, operated by Focus Counseling, which, together, had capacity to accommodate approximately 80 individuals. The hotel shelter program, established to utilize a specific available hotel property, was authorized through June 30, 2022, after which the property will no longer be available.
These initiatives have included efforts to help connect participants to housing opportunities. As people have exited to housing, new participants who were residing at unsheltered locations were brought in to take their places. However, given the scheduled June 30 end date for the hotel shelter program, the practice of adding new participa...