Item L9
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY
** ADD-ON **
Meeting Date: Wed., October 17, 2007
Division: BOCC
Bulk Item: Yes
No XX
Department: Mavor Di Gennaro, District 4
Staff Contact Person: Tamara Lundstrom
(305 289-6000)
AGENDA ITEM WORDING: Approval of Resolution requesting that the Florida Department
of Children and Families restore funding for emergency shelter grant proposal number
06F07KS3, to provide operational funding for Samuel's House,
ITEM BACKGROUND: Samuel's House has provided housing and care coordination for women-in-
crisis, homeless women, and women with children in Key West since ]999, and over the past eight
years, Samuel's House has continued to expand and improve services and facilities for homeless
women and their children, including more beds, and additional services to help clients become self-
sufficient. During the grant review process for FY 2008, Florida Department of Children Families
Emergency Shelter Grant Proposal Number 06F07KS3, submitted by Samuel's House, was not
awarded full funding, reportedly due to a two point difference in the award process. Samuel's House
was awarded only $23,906 of the $200,000 in funding requested from the Florida Department of
Children and Families.
PREVIOUS RELEVANT BOCC ACTION:
CONTRACT/AGREEMENT CHANGES:
STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS:
TOTAL COST:
BUDGETED: Yes
No
COST TO COUNTY:
SOURCE OF FUNDS:
REVENUE PRODUCING: Yes
No
AMOUNT PER MONTH_ Year
APPROVED BY: County Atty _ OMB/Purchasing _ Risk Management_
DOCUMENTATION:
Included XX
Not Required_
AGENDA ITEM # L cr
DISPOSITION:
Revised 2/05
RESOLUTION NO.
- 2007
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA
REQUESTING THAT THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF
CHILDREN AND FAMILIES RESTORE FUNDING FOR
EMERGENCY SHELTER GRANT PROPOSAL NUMBER
06F07KS3, TO PROVIDE OPERATIONAL FUNDING FOR
SAMUEL'S HOUSE; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE
DATE.
WHEREAS, Samuel's House has provided housing and care coordination for women-in-
crisis, homeless women, and women with children in Key West since 1999; and
WHEREAS, over the past eight years, Samuel's House has continued to expand and improve
services and facilities for homeless women and their children, including more beds, and additional
services to help clients become self-sufficient; and
WHEREAS, during the grant review process for FY 2008, Florida Department of Children
and Families Emergency Shelter Grant Proposal Number 06F07KS3, submitted by Samuel's House,
was not awarded full funding, reportedly due to a two point difference in the award process; and
WHEREAS, Samuel's House was awarded only $23,906 of the $200,000 in funding
requested from the Florida Department of Children and Families; and
WHEREAS, Samuel's House has received State funding for seven (7) years, and relies
upon both public and private grants to provide service to the community; and
WHEREAS, funding from the Department of Children and Families in the amount of
$102,000 is essential to cover operating expenses for Samuel's House, and ensure that Samuel's
House will continue to provide services in the City of Key West and Monroe County, Florida; and
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County, Florida
acknowledges that the services provided by Samuel's House are essential to the health, safety and
welfare of the citizens of Key West and Monroe County, Florida;
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA, AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1: That the Florida Department of Children and Families is hereby urged to
restore funding for Emergency Shelter Grant Proposal Number 06F07KS3 in the amount of
$102,000.
Section 2: That the Clerk of the Court for Monroe County, Florida is hereby directed to
transmit certified copies of this Resolution to the State of Florida Department of Children and
Families Office on Homelessness, State Representative Ron Saunders and State Senator Larcenia
Bullard.
Section 3: That this Resolution shall go into effect immediately upon its passage and
adoption by the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County, Florida and attestation by the
Monroe County Clerk of the Court.
Passed and adopted by the Monroe County Board of Commissioners at a meeting held this
17th day of October, 2007.
Mayor Di Gennaro
Mayor Pro Tern Spehar
Commissioner McCoy
Commissioner Murphy
Commissioner Neugent
BOARD OF COUNTYCOMMlSSIONERS OF
MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA
By:
Mayor Mario Di Gennaro
(Seal)
ATTEST: DANNY L. KOLHAGE, CLERK
By:
Deputy Clerk
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