Title
Resolution to Adopt FY 2015-16 Human Services Funding Process
Memorandum
Attached for your consideration is a resolution to approve funding needed for FY 2015-16 General Fund allocations for human services, and the administration of these funds by the Office of Community and Economic Development using the public-private Coordinated Funding Model.
The process proposed to distribute these funds will continue to coordinate funding priorities, non-profit applications and interventions, and proposal reviews between the City of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, the United Way of Washtenaw County, the Washtenaw Urban County, and the Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation (AAACF), while adding another significant local private funding entity, the RNR Foundation, to the model. Decision-making authority will remain separate, with City Council maintaining authority over City Funds, and the governing boards for each of the other funding bodies maintaining authority over their respective funds.
This process builds on the human services Coordinated Funding Model already adopted by the City of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, United Way of Washtenaw County, the Washtenaw Urban County, and the Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation (AAACF) by incorporating recommendations from the external process evaluation conducted by the TCC Group out of Philadelphia, PA and reported to the City Council in Spring 2013. By continuing this coordinated public-private funding process, City funds will:
· Leverage the investment made in local non-profits by at least fivefold;
· Minimize duplicative work and effort for non-profits applying for funding;
· Reduce overlap and redundancies between funding entities; and
· Maximize the effectiveness of City funds invested in targeted critical human services for the growing number of citizens struggling to meet basic needs.
At its meeting on October 10, 2013, the City's Housing and Human Services Advisory Board voted to recommend that City Council approve...
Click here for full text