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File #: 11-0480    Version: Name: 5/2/11 Human Services Funding
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 5/2/2011 In control: City Council
On agenda: 5/16/2011 Final action: 5/31/2011
Enactment date: 5/31/2011 Enactment #: R-11-205
Title: Resolution to Approve FY 12 Allocations to Non-Profit Entities for Human Services - $1,159,029.00 (General Fund)
Attachments: 1. Final Funding Recommendations_April 13 2011.pdf
Title
Resolution to Approve FY 12 Allocations to Non-Profit Entities for Human Services - $1,159,029.00 (General Fund)
Memorandum
Attached for your consideration is a resolution to approve FY 12 General Fund allocations to non-profit entities for human services, totaling $1,159,029.00.  These awards are contingent on City Council's approval of the FY 12 budget which includes this level of human services funding.
 
On November 4, 2010, City Council approved a coordinated funding process for human services funding in partnership with the Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation, the United Way of Washtenaw County, Washtenaw County, and the Washtenaw Urban County.  This coordinated funding process includes a Coordination/Planning funding process (United Way and Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation funding), a Capacity Building funding process (United Way and Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation funding), and a Program Operations funding process (City, County, Urban County and United Way funding) in which each process is informed by the others and funders collaborate to ensure efficient and effective investment of both public and private human services funding.  The final approval of funding recommended in each of these processes, however, remains under the authority of each partner's board.
 
The City's FY 12 and FY 13 General Fund investments in non-profit entities for human services are included in the Program Operations component of this coordinated funding process.  Implementation of this process began with a Request for Qualifications (RFQ), issued in December, 2010, which determined an agency's financial and organizational capacity to manage human services funding and program delivery.  Fifty-eight agencies responded to the RFQ and 51 of those agencies were approved to move forward in the application process.
 
Those 51 agencies that demonstrated financial and organizational capacity were invited to apply to the Request for Proposals (RFP), released in January, 2011, for human services program operations funding in five priority areas:  Aging, Early Childhood, Housing and Homelessness, Safety Net Health, and School-Aged Youth.  The sixth priority area in the Coordinated Funding process approved by City Council, Hunger Relief, was identified as a sole-source activity due to the unique and system-wide services provided by Food Gatherers, and was therefore not included in a competitive process.  The RFP responses, submitted via Community Grants by March 4, 2011 at 3:00 P.M., included 76 applications submitted by 46 agencies totaling $6,580,517 in requested funding.
 
The Coordinated Funding Review Committee (comprised of three members appointed by the City Council, three members from the Urban County, three members from Washtenaw County, three members from the United Way and three staff members) reviewed the applications and met throughout March and early April, 2011 to make recommendations on the human services funding allocations.
 
Based on the Coordinated Funding model approved by Council on November 4, 2010, the Coordinated Funding Review Committee is recommending that a total of $4,214,183.00 be allocated to 40 agencies (38 awarded competitively and 2 awarded through sole-source) for the delivery of 65 programs in the following manner:
 
      Funding Source         FY 12 Amount
      City of Ann Arbor General Fund      $1,159,029.00
      United Way of Washtenaw County      $1,677,000.00
      Washtenaw County's General Fund      $1,015,000.00
      Washtenaw Urban County CDBG funds      $   363,154.00
      TOTAL      $4,214,183.00
 
In order to ensure that adjustments could be made to the final recommendations should budget approvals result in changes to the overall funding availability, the Committee also recommended the following:
 
·      In the event of increased funding availability, the funding should be distributed to the top tier of funded agencies proportionally.
 
·      In the event of decreased funding availability, funding should be reduced or eliminated for agencies in the bottom tier by prioritizing proposals that serve the most vulnerable citizens (including those serving the lowest income range, the most underserved parts of the County, and/or the most underserved populations).
 
The recommendation for $1,159,029.00 in Human Services General Funds assumes a 9% reduction from the FY 10-11 allocations, based on the City Administrator's budget recommendations as submitted to City Council in April, 2011. Additionally, due to reductions at the federal level, the Urban County's CDBG allocation is reduced by 16% from FY 11.
Staff
Prepared by:   Andrea Plevek, Human Services Analyst and Mary Jo Callan, Community Development Director
Reviewed by:  Sumedh Bahl, Community Services Administrator
Body
Whereas, City Council, the Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation Board of Directors, the United Way of Washtenaw County Board of Directors, the Washtenaw County Board of Commissioners, and the Washtenaw Urban County Executive Committee approved a Coordinated Funding process  in the fall of 2010 for FY 2012 and FY 2013 human services funding;
 
Whereas, The City of Ann Arbor, the United Way of Washtenaw County, Washtenaw County, and the Washtenaw Urban County released a joint Request for Qualifications to determine applicants' financial and organizational capacity;
 
Whereas, The City of Ann Arbor, the United Way of Washtenaw County, Washtenaw County, and the Washtenaw Urban County released a joint Request for Proposals to eligible agencies for human services program operations applications;
 
Whereas, A Coordinated Funding Review Committee has reviewed all eligible applications and recommended the allocation of $1,159,029.00 in City General Funds, $1,677,000.00 in United Way Funds, $1,015,000.00 in Washtenaw County General Funds, and $363,154.00 in Washtenaw Urban County CDBG and Washtenaw County General Funds to local non-profit human services agencies as a part of this RFP process for FY 12;
 
Whereas, City Council, the Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation Board of Directors, the United Way of Washtenaw County Board of Directors, the Washtenaw County Board of Commissioners, and the Washtenaw Urban County Executive Committee retain the authority to approve their own allocations;
 
Whereas, City Council, the Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation Board of Directors, the United Way of Washtenaw County Board of Directors, the Washtenaw County Board of Commissioners, and the Washtenaw Urban County Executive Committee have committed to approving allocations in partnership with each other;
 
Whereas, Award of these contracts is contingent on human rights and living wage approvals prior to execution of the contracts;
 
Whereas, Award of these funds is contingent on passage of the proposed FY 12 City of Ann Arbor budget;
 
Whereas, the FY12 General Fund Community Development budget reduced funding for human services;
 
Whereas, Council desires to provide one-time additional funding in FY12 to give human service recipients an additional year to make operational adjustments with the understanding this funding will not be available in subsequent fiscal years; and
 
Whereas, Council desires to restore funding to levels for human services consistent with the reductions made by other General Fund service units;
 
RESOLVED, That the Mayor and City Council approve allocations from the General Fund, contingent on approval of human services funding in the FY 12 budget, to the non-profit entities listed below and authorize the Office of Community Development to negotiate contractual agreements in accordance with the City's purchasing procedures with the funded entities, and with the coordinated funders as necessary to provide the entities with an integrated coordinated funder contract, subject to approval as to substance by the City Administrator, and approval as to form by the City Attorney:
 
Coordinated Funding Recommendations:  City of Ann Arbor
 
      Recommended
Agency Name      Project Name        Funding
•Avalon Housing, Inc      Supportive Housing Services      $140,974.00
•Barrier Buster      Eviction Prevention & Housing Stabilization      $20,000.00
•Catholic Social Services of      Housing Supportive Services      $100,125.00
   Washtenaw
•Community Action Network      Hikone/GVC Y.E.S. You CAN!:  Youth      $91,003.00
         Enrichment & Support for Academic
         Achievement and Life Success
      Bryant Y.E.S. You CAN!:  Youth Enrichment &      $12,835.00
         Support for Academic Achievement and Life
         Success
•Food Gatherers      Hunger Relief Services*      $78,764.00
•HIV/AIDS Resource Center      Harm Reduction and Health Outreach Program      $4,599.00
•Home of New Vision      START - Supported Transitional Housing      $25,000.00
         with Advocacy and Resources Together
      Community Case Management and Peer      $38,400.00
         Recovery Support Program
•Interfaith Hospitality Net-      Shelter and Support for Families      $92,400.00
   work of Washtenaw Co.         Experiencing Homelessness
•Legal Services of South      Legal Services for Seniors      $21,000.00
   Central Michigan      Legal Services to Prevent Evictions*      $101,239.00
•Perry Nursery School of      Great Start/Great Life*      $110,756.00
   Ann Arbor
•Planned Parenthood Mid      Family Planning Services for Low Income      $14,400.00
   and South Michigan         Women
•Shelter Association of      Residential Program      $203,149.00
   Washtenaw County      Health Clinic*      $40,000.00
•Regents of the University      Meal Delivery to the Homebound in Ann Arbor      $23,914.00
   of Michigan - Meals on
   Wheels
•The Women's Center of      Mental Health Safety Net      $27,594.00
   Southeastern Michigan
•Washtenaw Association for      Supporting Persons with Developmental      $12,877.00
   Community Advocacy         Disabilities and/or Mental Illness Through
         Public Health Benefits Advocacy and
         Assistance with Access to Mental Health
         Services
            ____________
TOTAL            $1,159,029.00
*Programs will be funded by multiple funders; the
amount listed is only the City of Ann Arbor portion.;
 
RESOLVED, That the Mayor and City Council support the United Way of Washtenaw County Board of Directors, the Washtenaw Urban County Executive Committee, and the Washtenaw County Board of Commissioners in their coordinated funding recommendations below:
 
Coordinated Funding Recommendations:
United Way, Washtenaw County and Urban County
 
      Recommended
Agency Name      Project Name        Funding
•Ann Arbor Center for      Living Healthy and Independently      $39,091.00
  Independent Living, Inc.
•Ann Arbor Teen Center,      S.C.O.R.E. (School, Career, Opportunities,      $10,000.00
   Inc. (Neutral Zone)         are, Endless)
•Arbor Hospice      Residential Hospice Services for Seniors in      $9,198.00
         Crisis Situations
•Big Brothers Big Sisters      Youth Mentoring Services      $43,460.00
   of Washtenaw County
•Boys & Girls Clubs of      SMART (Skills Mastery And Resistance      $32,193.00
   Southeastern Michigan      Training) Moves
   - Huron Valley Club
•Catholic Social Services of      Maintaining the Independence of Older      $169,283.00
   Washtenaw         Adults
      Healthy Families - Early Childhood Safety      $50,000.00
      Net Health Services at Catholic Social      $248,378.00
         Services of Washtenaw County
•Child Care Network      Family Support Program      $329,636.00
      Family Support Program      $28,800.00
•Community Action      Stabilizing Housing:  Preventing Homeless-      $28,900.00
   Network         ness of Hikone and Green Baxter Court
         Public Housing Families
      Housing Stabilization and Eviction in the
         Bryant Neighborhood
•COPE      COPE At-Risk Youth Education and      $41,995.00
         Prevention Program
•Domestic Violence Project Inc. SafeHouse Center Outreach,      $143,263.00
         Engagement and Shelter Program
•Food Gatherers      Hunger Relief Services**      $87,486.00
•HIV/AIDS Resource Center      HIV/AIDS Housing Assistance Program      $13,200.00
•Hope Medical Clinic, Inc.      Hope Medical Clinic      $20,000.00
      Dentures and Oral Surgery Program      $14,500.00
      Hope Dental Clinic      $31,955.00
      Patient Advocacy Program      $71,160.00
•Jewish Family Services      Patient Partners HealthCare Access for      $4,800.00
   of Washtenaw County         Older Adults
      Coordinated Funding Aging      $17,280.00
      JFS Family Housing Support Program      $24,249.00
•Legal Services of South      Legal Services to Prevent Evictions**      $83,850.00
   Central Michigan
•Literacy Coalition of      Strong Partnership components of Parkridge      $10,000.00
   Washtenaw County         Community Literacy Project
•Michigan Ability Partners      Permanent Supported Housing for High Risk      $97,369.00
         Individuals
•Ozone House, Inc.      Emergency Youth Shelter      $110,932.00
      Street Outreach Program      $26,708.00
      Transitional Housing for Homeless Youth -      $51,700.00
         Miller House
      Family Support Program      $19,217.00
•Peace Neighborhood      RFP #6598 - Peace Neighborhood Center      $20,160.00
   Center         Youth Services
•Perry Nursery School of      Great Start/Great Life**      $59,243.00
   Ann Arbor
•Planned Parenthood Mid      Comprehensive Prenatal Care      $53,040.00
   and South Michigan
•Regents of The University      Striving for Thriving RAHS Youth      $9,626.00
    of Michigan - RAHS
•Regents of The University      Dental Care for Severely Medically      $10,000.00
   of Michigan - Community         Compromised Low-Income Patients
   Dental Center      Emergency Dental Care      $12,902.00
•Shelter Association of      Non-Residential Program      $58,300.00
   Washtenaw County      Health Clinic**      $15,200.00
•SOS Community Services      SOS Time For Tots      $7,726.00
      Ending and Preventing Homelessness for      $203,338.00
         Families
      SOS Early Risers      $19,072.00
•The Corner Health Center      Patient Assistance and Care Management      $276,766.00
         Program
•The Family Learning      Out-of-School Time Literacy & Math      $42,380.00
   Institute         Academic Intervention
•Regents of The University      Stabilizing Older Adults      $47,306.00
   of Michigan - The Housing
   Bureau for Seniors
•The Salvation Army of      Staples Family Center      $42,540.00
   Washtenaw County
•The Student Advocacy      The Student Advocacy Program      $50,589.00
   Center of Michigan
•Washtenaw Community      Project Outreach - PORT      $117,700.00
   Health Organization -
   Agency
•Washtenaw Literacy      Literacy Pathways to the Future:  dropout      $59,520.00
         Prevention, pre-GED, GED and pre-college
         1:1 tutoring for low income young adult
•Ypsilanti Meals on Wheels      Home Delivered Meals for the Elderly      $47,227.00
      Home Delivered Meals for Persons under      $43,916.00
         Age 60
            _____________
TOTAL            $3,055,154.00
 
RESOLVED, That all projects funded by these grant funds shall give priority to extremely low-, very low- and low-income residents and that performance by the non-profit entities will be monitored by the Office of Community Development;
 
RESOLVED, That the City Administrator, or his designee, be authorized to take necessary administrative actions and to execute any documents necessary to complete this transaction and to implement this resolution; and
 
RESOLVED, The FY12 General Fund Community Development budget be increased by $85,600 funded by a one-time use of fund balance from the General Fund.
 
As Amended by Ann Arbor City Council on May 31, 2011.