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Resolution to Adopt FY 2012 Human Services Funding Process and Priority Area Allocations
Memorandum
Attached for your consideration is a resolution to approve FY 2012 General Fund allocations for human services, and the administration of these funds by the Office of Community Development using the public-private Coordinated Funding Model.
The process proposed to distribute these funds is intended to coordinate funding priorities, non-profit applications and interventions, and proposal reviews between the City of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, United Way of Washtenaw County, the Washtenaw Urban County, and the Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation (AAACF). 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 integrated funding model already adopted by the City of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, and the Washtenaw Urban County, and will further improve the process by engaging the two major local private funding entities in the coordinated process for funding human services in our community. By formalizing a coordinated public-private funding process, City funds will:
• Leverage the investment it makes in local non-profits by fourfold;
• Minimize duplicative work and effort for non-profits applying for funding;
• Reduce overlap and redundancies between funding entities;
• 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 12, 2010, the City’s Housing and Human Services Advisory Board voted to recommend that City Council approve this public-private Coordinated Funding process, the designated priority investment areas, and the method used to determine allocation levels. Additional details about this process, priority investment areas,...
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