SUBJECT:
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Request Approval of Florida Department of Children and Families Contract Number PPZ61 - Amendment Number 0008 Between Marion County and the Department of Children and Families (Budget Impact - Neutral; $89,646 increase to grant funds)
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Cheryl Martin, Director |
Community Services |
DESCRIPTION/BACKGROUND:
On May 19, 2020, the Marion County Board of County Commissioners executed the PPZ61 Unified Contract with the Department of Children and Families (DCF) to assist the local community through planning, coordinating, and monitoring the delivery of services to persons who are homeless or about to be homeless within the Continuum of Care- FL514(CoC) activities.
DCF is the State of Florida’s funding agency for all of Florida’s CoC’s and has provided allocations to the County via various amendments to the original contract. The Board has approved seven amendments to date. DCF has issued an Eighth Amendment to the Unified Contract PPZ61 increasing the Challenge Grant funding by $89,646.00. The CoC has provided consensus to fund existing Challenge Grant recipients. New contracts for this funding will be forthcoming to the BCC.
BUDGET/IMPACT:
Neutral; $89,646.00 increase to Challenge Grant funding
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Recommended action
Motion to approve and authorize the Chairman and Clerk to execute all necessary documents associated with Amendment 0008 between Marion County and DCF; approve and authorize the Chairman and Clerk to execute future amendments to this Contract so long as such amendment does not reduce/increase the amounts or modify the terms the of funding to the County.
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