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Resolution to Approve the Transfer of FY 2010 and FY 2011 Human Services Funding from Neighborhood Senior Services to Catholic Social Services
Memorandum
Attached for your consideration is a resolution to approve the transfer of the FY 2010 and FY 2011 City of Ann Arbor Human Services Allocation from Neighborhood Senior Services to Catholic Social Services.
In response to a formal Request for Proposals issued in early 2009, Neighborhood Senior Services (NSS) was awarded $50,000 in FY 2010 and $50,000 in FY 2011, contingent upon Council approval of the FY 2011 budget, for their “Senior Support Services” program. The program has been providing critical services to local residents - over 450 people have been provided housing stabilization services through this program in the first six months of FY 2010.
Given the importance of these services to the community and the economic pressures non-profit organizations are facing in the current market, Neighborhood Senior Services worked with another of our local nonprofit organizations - Catholic Social Services (CSS) - over the past year to find a way that both organizations might decrease costs while maintaining the programming that residents seek from NSS.
Resulting from this collaboration, in January 2010, NSS and CSS completed an asset transfer to merge the two organizations. Under this agreement, Neighborhood Senior Services remains a stand-alone program under the auspices of Catholic Social Services. This merger maintains these critical social services for our community while reducing the financial burden of two separate administrative structures.
In order to support the exceptional collaboration and consolidation efforts of these two organizations, the Office of Community Development is requesting a transfer of Neighborhood Senior Services’ remaining balance of FY 2010 Human Services funding ($18,537.68) as well as their FY 2011 commitment ($50,000) to Catholic Social Services. This transfer is necessa...
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