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A resolution appropriating $500,000 in American Rescue Plan Act funds from Fund #30216 to Our Place Nashville for the provision of affordable housing for adults with developmental disabilities.
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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 Count, 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 providing affordable shared living housing to Davidson County residents, especially to vulnerable residents such as adults with developmental disabilities; and,
WHEREAS, the Committee recognizes that Our Place Nashville is one of the only local providers of affordable housing for adults with special needs as well as the only local private pay provider of such housing, and that this nonprofit entity has a successful record of shared housing between adults with special needs and neurotypical companion housemates who can voluntarily assist these adults; and,
WHEREAS, the Committee recognizes that Our Place Nashville's shared living housing initiatives were negatively impacted during the COVID-19 pande...
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