Title
Tohono O'odham Nation Gaming Grants (Ordinance S-48320)
Description
Request to authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to accept, and as awarded, to enter into related agreements for up to $70,000 in new funding from the Tohono O'odham Nation under the 2021 funding cycle. Further request authorization for the City Treasurer to accept, and the City Controller to disburse, funds are directed by the Tohono O'odham Nation in connection with these grants.
Report
Summary
These monies would be applied, as directed by the Tohono O'odham Nation towards the following:
Non-Profit Applications
- United Cerebral Palsy of Central Arizona: $50,000 for the Therapy Clinic program which will provide pediatric occupational, physical, speech, and feeding therapies for children with disabilities. Specialized evidence-based services will be expanded to more of Arizona's children with motor disorders that are related to cerebral palsy, genetic disorders, rare disorders and any diagnosis that causes limitations in a child's physical abilities. There is no other program in Arizona that uniquely serves the physical needs with targeted, evidence based, cutting edge approaches.
- UMOM New Day Centers: $20,000 for the Client Assistance program, which will provide youth programming, educational assistance, moving assistance and employment assistance to unsheltered families waiting to enter shelter and escape from an unsafe environment of living on the streets, sleeping in their cars, or residing in an unstable living situation.
The gaming compact entered into by the State of Arizona and various tribes calls for 12 percent of gaming revenue to be contributed to cities, towns, and counties for government services that benefit the general public including public safety, mitigation of impacts of gaming, and promotion of commerce and economic development. The Tohono O'odham Nation will notify the City, by resolution, of the Tribal Council, if it desires to convey to the City a portion of its annual 12 percent local revenue-sharing contribution.
Financial Impact
There is no budgetary impact to the City of Phoenix and no general funds are required. Entities that receive gaming grants are responsible for the management of those funds.
Department
Responsible Department
This item is submitted by City Manager Jeffrey Barton and the Office of Government Relations.