IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
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AN ORDINANCE appropriating $45,000.00 from the undesignated fund balance of the 2014 Homeless Assistance Fund, and authorizing the County Executive to execute an addendum to the Cooperative Agreement with Connections to Success, Inc., of Kansas City, MO, for the 2014 Jackson County Constructing Futures Program, at an additional cost to the County not to exceed $65,000.00, to further the prevention of homelessness.
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ORDINANCE NO. 4622, May 19, 2014
INTRODUCED BY James D. Tindall, County Legislator
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WHEREAS, by Resolution 18365, dated January 13, 2014, the Legislature did authorize a Cooperative Agreement with Connections to Success, Inc., of Kansas City (Jackson County), MO, in the amount of $25,000.00 for the Constructing Futures Program; and,
WHEREAS, of this amount, $12,000.00 was designated for completion of the 2013 Constructing Futures Program, with the remaining $13,000.00 designated for the 2014 program; and,
WHEREAS, the Jackson County Constructing Futures Program is a unique public-private partnership designed to provide a pathway to allow former drug offenders and/or previously incarcerated individuals to enter the construction industry, and at the same time provide permanent housing to those in need; and,
WHEREAS, the project will allow individuals with low-skills, criminal history, and/or are unemployed, to learn the construction trade by rehabilitating houses that can then be occupied by a family struggling with homelessness; and,
WHEREAS, the COMBAT Commission recommends an allocation of an additional $20,000.00 and the Housing Resources Commission has authorized an additional $45,000.00 of Homeless Assistance Funds toward the 2014 program; and,
WHEREAS, an addendum to the Cooperative Agreement will result in an additional amount of $65,000.00, for a total allocation for the 2014 Constructing Futures Program in the amount of $78,000.00; and,
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