Title
Creative Aging Pilot Grant Funds from Arizona Commission on the Arts (Ordinance S-43485)
Description
Request to authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to accept and enter into an agreement for an honorarium in the amount of $17,500 from the Arizona Commission on the Arts (ACA). The honorarium permits the ACA to partner with the Phoenix Office of Arts and Culture in support of the AZ Creative Aging initiative and distribution of Creative Aging pilot grants to City of Phoenix Senior Centers. Further request authorization for the City Treasurer to accept and the City Controller to disburse all funds related to this item.
Report
Summary
The purpose of the Pilot Program is to equip Aging/Healthcare Service Organizations (in this case, City of Phoenix Senior Centers) with tools and knowledge to facilitate quality arts programming for the older adults they serve, to provide consultation to assess their ability to plan and implement arts programming, and to support development and implementation of one substantial new creative aging program or initiative. The six senior centers chosen for this pilot are Goelet A.C. Beuf, Devonshire, Pecos, Chinese, Adam Diaz, and Senior Opportunities West.
ACA will provide an honorarium to the Phoenix Office of Arts and Culture in the amount of $17,500 to be disbursed as follows: $15,000 for six Creative Aging Pilot Grants, in the amount of $2,500 to each of the six senior centers; and $2,500 to Phoenix Office of Arts and Culture to support administration of the partnership. The ACA also will provide full funding support for up to six City of Phoenix staff members to attend the Create/Change: AZ Institute, May 22 to 24, 2017.
In turn, the Phoenix Office of Arts and Culture will act as a liaison for the points of participation between the AZ Creative Aging initiative and City of Phoenix Human Services, Community and Senior Services Division staff; assist the six selected Senior Centers in the design, implementation, and evaluation of their Creative Aging Pilot grant projects; and complete a final report on use of the Creative Aging Pilot grant funds, to be submitted to the Arts Commission on or before Sept. 1, 2017.
Concurrence/Previous Council Action
The Phoenix Arts and Culture Commission reviewed and approved this item on April 18, 2017.
Department
Responsible Department
This item is submitted by Deputy City Manager Karen Peters and the Phoenix Office of Arts and Culture.