DEPARTMENT: Human Services
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Melody Woosley
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: City-wide
SUBJECT:
AmeriCorps VISTA Grant Application Renewal and Partnership Agreements
SUMMARY:
This Ordinance authorizes submission of an AmeriCorps VISTA grant renewal application to the Corporation of National and Community Service, and acceptance, if awarded for the period of May 29, 2016 through May 28, 2017. This ordinance also authorizes a cash match budget of $23,352.00 to be funded by the Department of Human Services (DHS), Metro Health, Library, San Antonio Tricentennial Commission and Pre- K 4 SA. This ordinance also authorizes two agreements with the San Antonio Tricentennial Commission and P16 Plus Council of Greater Bexar County.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
The Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) is a federal agency that helps more than five million Americans improve the lives of their fellow citizens through service. CNCS invests in thousands of nonprofit, faith-based and government agencies through the AmeriCorps, Senior Corps, Social Innovation Fund, and Volunteer Generation Fund programs.
AmeriCorps VISTA, a CNCS program, was founded in 1965 as a national service program designed specifically to fight poverty in America. AmeriCorps VISTA members serve full-time for a year in anti-poverty organizations and agencies, working on issues such as fighting illiteracy, improving health services, creating businesses, increasing housing opportunities, improving college access, and bridging the digital divide. Project sponsors must direct the project, supervise the members, provide necessary administrative support to complete the goals and objectives of the project, and provide a cost-share match of the grant.
DHS has served as an AmeriCorps VISTA Program project sponsor since 2014. This renewal application will be the third year that DHS reapplies to serve as a project sponsor.
ISSUE:
The City, through direct s...
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