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A resolution approving a grant contract between the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, acting by and through Metropolitan Social Services, and United Neighborhood Health Services, Inc., for the provision of health services in encampment-based settings and Rapid Re-Housing locations.
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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, including establishing Assertive Community Treatment teams; and,
WHEREAS, Metropolitan Social Services has recommended that $1,961,515 of the funds appropriated in Resolution RS2022-1697 be utilized to fund a grant to the United Neighborhood Health Services, Inc., to provide health services in encampment-based settings and Rapid Re- Housing locations; and,
WHEREAS, it is to the benefit of the citizens of The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County that the grant contract between the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, acting by and through Metropolitan Social Services, and United Neighborhood Health Services, Inc., be approved.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT OF NASHVILLE AND DAVIDSON COUNTY:
Section 1. That the grant contract between the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, acting by and through Metropolitan Social Services, and United Neighborhood Health Services, Inc., for the provision of health services in encampment-based settings and Rapid Re-Housing locations, attached hereto and incorporated herein, is hereby approved.
Section 2. That this Resolution shall take effect from and after its adoption, the welfare of The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County requiring it.