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Authorization to utilize set-aside contracting authority for Amd 4 to Agmt CM00000534 with Better Futures Minnesota f/k/a Network for Better Futures, to provide routine exterior property inspections of Hennepin County tax-forfeit properties, 05/01/20-12/31/24, NTE $100,000
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Resolution:
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BE IT RESOLVED, that the Chair of the Board and County Administrator be authorized to utilize the set-aside contracting authority under Minn. Stat. ? 383B.145, Subd. 5 to approve Amendment 4 to Agreement CM00000534, with Better Futures Minnesota for routine exterior property inspections of Hennepin County tax-forfeit properties, extending the contract period through December 31, 2024, not to exceed total of $100,000 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.
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Background:
Better Futures Minnesota ("BFM") is a Minnesota nonprofit corporation and social enterprise that since 2008 has provided employment to hundreds of men who are chronically unemployed or formerly incarcerated, while generating revenues to support its mission, utilizing four fundamental components: jobs, housing, health, and coaching supports. Since 2010, providing services under another contract with Land Information and Tax Services ("LITS"), BFM Enterprise Division has enrolled more than 1,000 participants in its workforce development services, employing more than 500 at-risk men to provide lawn services and snow removal.
BFM reports that their participant recidivism rate in 2022 was 8%, compared to the national rate of 25% for individuals that return to prison within their first year of being released. Further, the average annual cost of incarcerating an individual in Minnesota is over $62,800 per year, compared to the average annual cost of $18,626 for each BFM participant. BFM participants are given the opportunities to transform into engaged c...
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