To: Charles Winfrey, Human Services Committee Chairperson
From: Pamela Coleman, GCCARD Director
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RE: Approval of a request to accept and expend the Community Services Block Grant 25 - 2025 award from the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) in an amount not to exceed $1,251,347.00
recommendation
BOARD ACTION REQUESTED:
The Genesee County Community Action Resource Department (GCCARD) requests authorization from this committee to accept and expend the Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) 25 - 2025 award from the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) in an amount not to exceed $1,251,347.00, with a recommendation of approval by the full Genesee County Board of Commissioners at their next regularly scheduled meeting.
BACKGROUND:
GCCARD has received an award notice from MDHHS for the CSBG 25 - 2025 in an amount not to exceed $1,251,347.00 to commence October 1, 2024, and continue through September 30, 2025. The purpose of this funding is to mobilize and direct resources to prevent and alleviate the causes of poverty and promote self-sufficiency throughout Genesee County.
DISCUSSION:
These funds give GCCARD an opportunity to work through a network of Community Action Agencies for the reduction of poverty, the revitalization of low-income communities, and the empowerment of low-income families and individuals in rural and urban areas to become fully self-sufficient. CSBG 25-2025 will offer supplemental funding to GCCARD’s Nutrition Services, USDA Supplemental Food, and Neighborhood Services Center programs. The utilization of these funds will allow GCCARD to cover administrative and direct program costs. Direct program funds will include utility, housing, and property tax assistance, as well as hearing aid services for eligible Genesee County residents.
IMPACT ON HUMAN RESOURCES:
There will be no impact on Human Resources.
IMPACT ON BUDGET:
A budget amendment will be included in a separate request.
IMPACT ON FACILITIES:
There will be no impact on Facilities and Operations.
IMPACT ON TECHNOLOGY:
There will be no impact on IT.
CONFORMITY TO COUNTY PRIORITIES:
This memorandum conforms to Genesee County’s priority of Healthy, Livable and Safe Communities and Community Growth as this funding will allow GCCARD to continue to supplement other grant awards through enhancement and expansion.
resolution
TO THE HONORABLE CHAIRPERSON AND MEMBERS OF THE GENESEE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN:
BE IT RESOLVED, by this Board of County Commissioners of Genesee County, Michigan, that the request by the Director of the Genesee County Community Action Resource Department (GCCARD) to authorize accepting the Community Services Block Grant 25 - 2025 grant(s) offering supplemental funding within GCCARD’s Nutrition Services, USDA Supplemental Food, and Neighborhood Services programs from the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services in an amount not to exceed $1,251,347.00 for the period commencing October 1, 2024, through September 30, 2025, is approved (a copy of the memorandum request and supporting documents being on file with the official records of the September 11, 2024 meeting of the Human Services Committee of this Board).