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Work Order PR00005374 under Principal Cooperative Agreement No. 18-0274/A188951 with the U of M for joint funding of the Hennepin-University Partnership program, 01/01/24-12/31/25, NTE $257,202
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Resolution:
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BE IT RESOLVED, that Work Order PR00005374 under the Principal Cooperative Agreement No. 18-0274/A188951 between Hennepin County and the University of Minnesota for joint funding of the Hennepin?University Partnership program from January 1, 2024 through December 31, 2025 with a total not to exceed amount of $257,202 be approved; that the Chair of the Board be authorized to sign the Work Order on behalf of the County; and that the Controller be authorized to disburse funds as directed.
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Background:
Hennepin County and the University of Minnesota launched the Hennepin?University Partnership (HUP) in 2005 to catalyze and support innovative County-University collaborations. Since then, county departments have engaged in hundreds of collaborations including research on key policy questions, sharing of faculty and practitioner expertise, and employment of students on short-term projects.
HUP is a program of the University's Center of Urban and Regional Affairs (CURA) and is staffed by 2.25 FTEs. The HUP director reports to both the CURA director and Hennepin County administration. HUP also works closely with Hennepin County's Strategic Planning Department to ensure strategic alignment.
The University and the County share HUP office costs. The budget is done on a biannual basis and includes funding for staff and events. This Work Order represents the County's share of the HUP office budget for the 2024/2025 funding period. The NTE amount of $257,202 is a 0% increase over the 2022/2023 funding period.
In 2010 the Hennepin County Board adopted a Principal Cooperative Agreement to provide streamlined contracting for collaborations between the County and the University. In 2018 the County Board approved a new Cooperative Agr...
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