Metropolitan Nashville and Davidson County, TN - File #: RS2023-2213

• File #: RS2023-2213
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 5/25/2023
• In control: Metropolitan Council
• On agenda: 6/6/2023
• Final action: 6/6/2023
• Title: A resolution appropriating a total of $6,817,680 from Metropolitan Social Services to various nonprofit organizations for the provision of services to those experiencing homelessness and to maintain housing opportunities.
• Sponsors: Kevin Rhoten, Gloria Hausser, Ginny Welsch, Burkley Allen, Kyonzte Toombs

Date	Action By	Action
6/15/2023	Mayor	approved
6/6/2023	Metropolitan Council	adopted
6/6/2023	Human Services Committee	approved
6/5/2023	Budget and Finance Committee	approved
6/5/2023	Affordable Housing Committee	approved
5/30/2023	Metropolitan Council	filed

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A resolution appropriating a total of $6,817,680 from Metropolitan Social Services to various nonprofit organizations for the provision of services to those experiencing homelessness and to maintain housing opportunities.
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WHEREAS, Section 7-3-314 of the Tennessee Code Annotated states that metropolitan forms of government may provide financial assistance to nonprofit organizations in accordance with the guidelines of the Metropolitan Government; and,
WHEREAS, Section 5.04.070 of the Metropolitan Code of Laws provides that the Council may, by Resolution, appropriate funds for the financial aid of nonprofit organizations; and,
WHEREAS, Resolution RS2022-1697 appropriated $9,000,000 in American Rescue Plan Act funds from Fund #30216 to the Homeless Impact Division of Metropolitan Social Services to build capacity in Housing First case management services; and,
WHEREAS, Metropolitan Social Services has recommended that $6,817,680 of the funds appropriated in Resolution RS2022-1697 be utilized to fund grants to specific nonprofit organizations to provide services to those experiencing homelessness and to maintain housing opportunities; and,
WHEREAS, it is to the benefit of the citizens of The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County that these funds be appropriated to the specified nonprofit organizations and grant contracts between the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, acting by and through Metropolitan Social Services, and the specified nonprofit organizations, be approved.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT OF NASHVILLE AND DAVIDSON COUNTY:
Section 1. There is hereby appropriated Six Million, Eight Hundred Seventeen Thousand Six Hundred Eighty Dollars ($6,817,680) from The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, acting by and through Metropolitan Social Services, to nonprofit organizations as follows:
a) $900,000 to Park Center, Inc. to provide SSI/SDI el...