To: Charles Winfrey, Human Services Committee Chairperson
From: Pamela Coleman, GCCARD Director
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RE: Approval of a request to accept carryover funds for the Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) 1 - 2025 from the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) in an Amount Not to Exceed $1,001,077.00
recommendation
BOARD ACTION REQUESTED:
The Genesee County Community Action Resource Department (GCCARD) requests authorization from this committee to accept carryover funds for the Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) 1 - 2025 from the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) in an amount not to exceed $1,001,077.00, with a recommendation of approval by the full Genesee County Board of Commissioners at their next regularly scheduled meeting.
BACKGROUND:
Carryover funds in an amount not to exceed $1,001,077.00 from MDHHS for CSBG 1 - 2025 to commence October 1, 2024, and continue through September 30, 2025, is the continuation of a two-year grant originally approved by the Board of Commissioners via RES-2023-306.
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. Acceptance of carryover funds for the second year of the two-year CSBG 1-2025 will offer supplemental funding within GCCARD’s Nutrition Services and USDA Supplemental Food programs, as well as the Neighborhood Services Center. CSBG 1-2025 funds are to be utilized for both administration and direct program.
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 us to continue to supplement other grant awards through enhancement and expansion.
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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 1 - 2025 grant(s), carryover funds for year two of a two-year grant, offering supplemental funding within GCCARD’s Nutrition Services and USDA Supplemental Food programs, as well as the Neighborhood Services Center from the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services in an amount not to exceed $1,001,077.00 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).