TITLE
Title
BUDGET AMENDMENT: ARPA ENABLED ALLOCATION FOR WEST END MINISTRIES
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SPONSOR
Sponsor
Natalie Craver
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BACKGROUND
Background
At the October 28th Homelessness Taskforce Meeting, community partner organizations from across the NC 504 Continuum of Care presented funding requests to support winter shelter, white flag, and other operational and program capacity needs. Challenges and opportunities across each organization were discussed in detail. At this time, staff is presenting a funding request for the Board of County Commissioner's consideration for West End Ministries in the amount of $35,000.
West End Ministries operates a 24/7 winter shelter for single women. The shelter is unique from a white flag warming center as participants do not have to leave during daytime hours. The shelter provides wrap-around services throughout the stay including meals, employment resources, job training, soft skill training, case management, therapeutic and mental health counseling and life planning and goal setting. The $35,000 award would allow West End Ministries to expand their winter shelter operations to accommodate 20 additional beds this winter season from November 30 - March 31st.
This request would utilize ARPA Enabled funds that were allocated to the Homelessness Taskforce in 2022. As part of the allocation of American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding, certain priorities were authorized under revenue replacement and accounted for in the ARPA Enabled Fund. The Homelessness Taskforce is one of these funding priorities allocated in ARPA Enabled.
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BUDGET IMPACT
Budget Impact
NO ADDITIONAL COUNTY FUNDS REQUIRED
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REQUESTED ACTION
Requested Action
Approve reallocation of ARPA Enabled funds within the Homelessness Taskforce budget to increase the allocation to West End Ministries by $35,000.
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