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JPA A2513328 with City of Minneapolis for the provision of funding for Housing Stability area staff, 01/01/26-12/31/28, NTE $75,000 (recv)
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Resolution:
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BE IT RESOLVED, that Joint Powers Agreement A2513328 with the City of Minneapolis accepting a grant from the City's general fund for the provision of supplementary funding for Housing Stability staff during the period January 1, 2026 through December 31, 2028, in an amount not to exceed $75,000, be approved; that the Chair of the Board be authorized to sign the agreement on behalf of the county and that the Controller be authorized to disburse funds as directed; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that sponsorship and acceptance of grant funding for this program by the Hennepin County Board of Commissioners does not imply a continuing funding commitment by Hennepin County for this program if these grant funds are not made available or when grant funds are no longer available.
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Background:
Hennepin County and the City of Minneapolis jointly work together to make homelessness rare, brief and nonrecurring. Hennepin County Housing Stability acts as the lead entity in setting strategy and providing services, while Hennepin County Housing Development and the City create and preserve permanent supportive and affordable housing and direct funds towards Housing Stability to support the homeless response system, and the City supports shelter capital improvements. The County and City, together with State, nonprofit and philanthropic partners, have fundamentally reshaped the homelessness response system in the past decade.
This grant will be used as supplement to support the funding for Housing Stability staff coordinating the homeless response system.
Disparity Elimination: This request reduces disparities in the housing domain by coordinating services and funding for people experiencing homelessness. This team works to decrease disparities within the homeless response system as there are...
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