Fiscal Note
The City of Madison applied for and received a USDOJ Byrne Criminal Justice Innovation grant of $1,000,000 for a 3-year implementation period. The Community Development Division, which will be administering funds, developed a policy paper in partnership with multiple stakeholders to outline the parameters for allocating grant funding. The proposed resolution approves the policy paper and directs CDD to formulate funding recommendations based on the results of an RFP process that is currently being developed. CDD will present funding recommendations to the Council for approval and anticipates the use of funds to begin in September 2022. No additional appropriation is required.
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Accepting the policy paper prepared by the Community Development Division (CDD) outlining steps to carry out the plan developed by the Advisory Council formed to implement the Byrne Criminal Justice Innovation (BCJI) grant Isthmus Safety Initiative (ISI), and directing CDD to conduct a Request for Proposal (RFP) process to solicit proposals to utilize available funds, and to formulate funding allocation recommendations to the Mayor and Common Council, for their approval, for use beginning in September 2022.
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The proposed resolution accepts the policy paper prepared by the Community Development Division (CDD) for the BCJI Isthmus Safety Initiative (ISI) as the foundation for conducting a Request for Proposal (RFP) process to solicit program proposals from organizations that fulfill the objectives outlined in the paper. It also directs CDD to conduct an RFP process and to bring funding recommendations to the Council at the conclusion of that process, for its review and approval, prior to awarding contracts. The process referenced above will allocate funds to selected agencies and/or organizations for use beginning in September 2022.
The policy paper introduces the proposed conceptual framework that will guide the allocation of the BCJI grant funding for the Isthmus Sa...
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