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File #: RES 24-186    Name:
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
In control: President and Board of Trustees
On agenda: 4/11/2024 Final action: 4/11/2024
Title: A Resolution Approving a Second Amendment to the Funding Grant Agreement with the Oak Park-River Forest Community of Congregations to Provide an Additional $100,000 in Village General Funds to the Community of Congregations to Provide Short-Term Rental Assistance for Asylum Seekers for a New Total of $450,000 and Authorizing its Execution
Attachments: 1. Resolution, 2. Second Amendment, 3. Funding Grant Agreement

Submitted By                     

Village President Vicki Scaman through Kira Tchang, Assistant Village Manager/HR Director

 

Agenda Item Title

Title

A Resolution Approving a Second Amendment to the Funding Grant Agreement with the Oak Park-River Forest Community of Congregations to Provide an Additional $100,000 in Village General Funds to the Community of Congregations to Provide Short-Term Rental Assistance for Asylum Seekers for a New Total of $450,000 and Authorizing its Execution

 

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Overview

Overview

Per the Village Board’s Protocols, President Scaman has added this agenda item for a Second Amendment to the Funding Grant Agreement with the Oak Park-River Forest Community of Congregations to provide an additional $100,000 to support short-term rental assistance for asylum seekers for a new total of $450,000.

 

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Anticipated Actions/Commitments

Recommendation

N/A

 

Report

Per the Village Board’s Protocols, President Scaman has added this agenda item for an Amendment to the Funding Grant Agreement with the Oak Park-River Forest Community of Congregations to provide an additional $100,000 in funding for rental assistance for asylum seekers for a new total of $450,000.  This amount would be in addition to the $300,000 in grant funds for short-term rental assistance from the state-funded SMASS Grant Round II awarded by the Metropolitan Mayors Caucus on February 2, 2024, and the $350,000 in general fund dollars that were authorized by to Board of Trustees on February 13, 2024 ($150,000) and March 11, 2024 ($200,000).

 

The Community of Congregations has organized certain members to search for short-term rentals due to the closing of the Village-managed shelters. These short-term rentals are the result of Village funding, grant funding the Village secured through the Metropolitan Mayors Caucus, and private funds secured by the Oak Park-River Forest Community of Congregations.   In order to obtain the leases for the individuals at Euclid Avenue United Methodist Church, an additional $100,000 dollars is required.

 

DEI Impact

Asylum seekers in the community are a vulnerable population. Short-term rental assistance grants asylum seekers more time to apply for temporary protected status, asylum and the employment authorization document which is a viable pathway to economic independence.

 

Alternatives

The Village Board can delay action to gain additional information.