REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL ACTION
DATE: 06/05/2024
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
FROM: Community Services Department
SUBJECT:
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FISCAL YEAR 2025 COMMUNITY BASED GRANT PROGRAM FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
This staff report asks the City Council to review and approve the Community Based Organization Grant Program funding cycle award recommendations for Fiscal Year 2025. The Community Based Organization Grant Program utilizes American Rescue Plan Act funds to support local non-profit organizations that suffered impacts due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This round of the Community Based Organization Grant Program is the last year of the three-year program.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Recommended action
That the City Council review and approve the Community Based Organization Grant Program funding recommendations for Fiscal Year 2025 in the amount of $152,289.
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BACKGROUND & HISTORY:
In November 2021, the City Council allocated $500,000 from the City's $29.2 million allotment in the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) of 2021 COVID-19 pandemic relief funds to support local non-profit organizations. In February 2022, the City Council approved an annual allocation of $166,666 over the next three fiscal years to create a new Community Based Organization (CBO) Grant Program. This program would run from Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 to FY 2025.
The CBO Grant Program supports local non-profit organizations that suffered impacts as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, utilizing the appropriated ARPA funds. Eligible non-profits include those that offer services to Corona residents, and their proposed programs are aligned with the City's strategic plan but are not offered directly by the City of Corona. The CBO Grant Program is unique in that its structure is temporary, per the ARPA funding guidelines. The minimum funding award is $2,500, and the maximum award is not to exceed $25,000 per organization per funding cycle.
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