Title
Retroactive Authorization to Apply For, Accept and Disburse Grant Funding from Arizona State University (Ordinance S-51227)
Description
Request to retroactively authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to apply for and accept a grant funding from Arizona State University (ASU) as part of the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) Mental Health Collaboration Program in an amount not to exceed $400,000. Further request to authorize the City Treasurer to accept, and the City Controller to disburse, all funds related to this item for the life of the grant.
Report
Summary
The BJA has a funding opportunity available to support the set-up of a Homelessness Engagement and Legal Protection (HELP) legal clinic. ASU will be the primary grant applicant and the City of Phoenix, Office of Homeless Solutions (OHS) will be a subrecipient. OHS will partner with the legal clinic to assist with developing strategies and solutions to improve access to housing for the interdisciplinary mobile legal clinic’s clients, develop strategies to refer interdisciplinary mobile legal clinic clients to the City of Phoenix’s Community Court, and develop strategies to help coordinate cooperation between public and private stakeholders.
This request is being made retroactively due to the brief application window and insufficient time to obtain authorization before the submission deadline.
Contract Term
The grant term will begin on or about October 1, 2024, and will end on or about September 30, 2028.
Financial Impact
Funding in an amount up to $400,000 may be provided by ASU through BJA. No matching funds are required from the City of Phoenix.
Department
Responsible Department
This item is submitted by Deputy City Manager Gina Montes and the Office of Homeless Solutions.