ORDINANCE NO. 090480

Accepting and approving grants from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for the Supportive Housing Program Grant in the total amount $715,853.00 to provide homeless services; estimating revenue by $5,417.00 and appropriating to the Supportive Housing Program account in the General Fund; and authorizing the Director of Neighborhood and Community Services to enter contracts with various non profit organizations for the delivery of homeless services

WHEREAS, the City of Kansas City, Missouris Neighborhood and Community Services Department submitted its 13th request to renew grants through the U. S. Department of Housing of Urban Development for homeless services; and

WHEREAS, the City of Kansas City, Missouri was approved for funding that will provide for rental assistance for scattered site transitional housing, employment assistance, services at a downtown homeless services drop-in center, transitional housing, services for victims of domestic violence, and housing counseling; and

WHEREAS, in order to receive this funding, the City must accept the funding and enter into contracts with designated non-profit organizations represented in the Citys renewal application; NOW, THEREFORE,

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:

Section 1. That grant agreements between the City of Kansas City Missouri and the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for the Supportive Housing Program Grant in the total amount of $715,853.00 are hereby accepted and approved which will provide funding to non-profit organizations approved in the Citys renewal application.

Section 2. That the revenue in the following account of the Governmental Grant Fund is hereby increased in the following amount:

10-1000-570001-477600 Supportive Housing Program $5,417.00

Section 3. That the sum of $5,417.00 is hereby appropriated from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the following account in the General Fund:

10-1000-575203-B Supportive Housing Program $5,417.00

Section 4. That the Director of Neighborhood and Community Services is authorized to enter into contracts with the following organizations with funds previously appropriated to the following in Account No. 10-1000-575203-B:

Community LINC $122,894.00

Greater Kansas City Housing Information Center 24,268.00

Helping Hand of Goodwill 35,271.00

Newhouse 32,151.00

ReStart, Inc.- Homeless Services Center 194,690.00

ReStart, Inc. - Transitional Housing 47,150.00

Swope Health Services 111,725.00

United Services Community Action Agency 130,795.00

TOTAL $698,944.00

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I hereby certify that there is a balance, otherwise unencumbered, to the credit of the appropriation to which the foregoing expenditure is to be charged, and a cash balance, otherwise unencumbered, in the treasury, to the credit of the fund from which payment is to be made, each sufficient to meet the obligation hereby incurred.

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Jeffrey A. Yates

Director of Finance

Approved as to form and legality:

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Nicole Rowlette

Assistant City Attorney