File #: 24-1403   
Type: Ordinance-S Status: Adopted
Meeting Body: City Council Formal Meeting
On agenda: 6/12/2024 Final action: 6/12/2024
Title: Intergovernmental Agreement with Arizona State University to Provide Support to the Community Assistance Program (Ordinance S-51037)
District: Citywide

Title

Intergovernmental Agreement with Arizona State University to Provide Support to the Community Assistance Program (Ordinance S-51037)

 

Description

Request to authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to enter into an Intergovernmental Agreement with the Arizona Board of Regents, Arizona State University (ASU), for digital low literacy versions of resources and SolarSPELL digital library systems in support of the Community Assistance Program (CAP).

 

Report

Summary

The purpose of this agreement is for ASU to provide support to the CAP. Using evidence-based practices for low literacy communication, ASU will create and provide digital low literacy versions of CAP resources that are provided to customers after a traumatic incident. In addition, ASU will create and provide digital child trauma toolkit resources and SolarSPELL digital library systems for resource deployment. ASU will also provide training, monitoring, and evaluation of the digital resource implementation.

 

As part of this agreement, ASU will donate the following items to CAP:

  • 10 SolarSPELL units with crisis response materials
  • 10 Amazon Fire (or similar) tablets
  • 10 ruggedized cases for tablets

 

Contract Term

Upon Council approval, the term of the agreement will be for one year with four one-year optional renewals.

 

Financial Impact

There is no financial impact to the City of Phoenix.

 

Department

Responsible Department

This item is submitted by Assistant City Manager Lori Bays, Deputy City Manager Ginger Spencer, and the Fire Department.