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A resolution appropriating $7,000,000 in American Rescue Plan Act funds from Fund #30216 to the Metro Homeless Impact Division of Metro Social Services to establish a low barrier housing collective and to fund competitive grants for support services.
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WHEREAS, on June 15, 2021, the Metropolitan Council passed Resolution RS2021-966, a resolution which accepted grant funds for local government support from the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds established by the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 ("ARP Funds") from the U.S. Department of the Treasury to The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, which was subsequently signed into law by Mayor John Cooper on June 16, 2021; and,
WHEREAS, Resolution RS2021-966 established a COVID-19 Financial Oversight Committee ("the Committee") whose role is to collect, consider, and recommend appropriate uses of the ARP Funds as designated by the Metropolitan Council disbursement plan. The Committee will submit its reports and recommendations to the Mayor, the Director of Finance, and the Metropolitan Council not later than June 30, 2025; and,
WHEREAS, there are federal requirements for use of ARP Funds that require that these funds be expended or obligated on or before December 31, 2024; and,
WHEREAS, the Committee recognizes the importance of housing navigation support services to a housing first approach to reducing homelessness; and,
WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Homeless Impact Division (MHID) of Metro Social Services seeks to support its Landlord Engagement Team, which facilitates and coordinates the Low Barrier Housing Collective, by employing a Program Manager and Housing Navigators to assist clients in obtaining, maintaining, and retaining housing, as well as providing various landlord and tenant incentives, as described in Exhibit A; and,
WHEREAS, MHID seeks to use proposed funds to issue competitive grants to 8-10 local nonprofit agencies with historical data to support services s...
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