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Authorizing the Office of Neighborhood Safety to enter into a Joint Powers Agreement with Ramsey County to accept a federal grant subaward to fund outreach to Familiar Faces clients and partial staffing costs of a stabilization center for short-term housing of Familiar Faces clients, and to amend the budget of the Office of Neighborhood Safety accordingly.
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WHEREAS, Heading Home Ramsey (“HHR”) is the lead agency in Ramsey County working to end homelessness and is comprised of local social services and housing providers, philanthropic partners, businesses, community, citizens, and governments, including Ramsey County, and the City of St. Paul through its Office of Neighborhood Safety (“ONS”); and
WHEREAS, in 2023, HHR submitted a proposal for a federal Department of Justice grant solicitation to fund services and shelters for local homeless people, entitled, “2023 OVC FY 23 Invited to Apply - Byrne Discretionary Community Project Funding/Byrne Discretionary Grants Program;” and
WHEREAS, HHR’s grant application was entitled, “Familiar Faces: Engaging Frequent users of Emergency Services,” and proposed partnering HHR with the City for improvement of the function of local criminal justice and emergency response systems in addressing the immediate needs of a core group of the City’s unsheltered population, known as “Familiar Faces;” and
WHEREAS, the ultimate goal of the Familiar Faces grant proposal was the reduction of Familiar Faces clients’ dependence on costly public services; and
WHEREAS, HHR’s grant proposal included a request for a subaward of $1,800,000 to the City of St. Paul to be used for outreach and referrals of Familiar Faces clients to an intensive case management team, case management/care coordination services with partner agencies, and shelter vouchers for temporary shelter and/or hotel rooms; and
WHEREAS, the Department of Justice awarded HHR the grant, attached below, with the City’s subaward of $1,800,000; and
WHEREAS, the subaw...
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