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RESOLUTION 75 67
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROVING CERTAIN AGREEMENTS TO BE ENTERED
INTO WITH OTHER AGENCIES TO PROVIDE HUMAN
SERVICES TO THE CITY
WHEREAS heretofore the City of Fort Collins has received from the
Federal Government certain revenue sharing funds and
14HEREAS the Council has determined to use a portion of said funds
to develop human service programs in the City and
WHEREAS the Council has determined that some federally matchable
funds shall be used to develop human service programs for which the Federal
Government has set aside matching funds and
WHEREAS after consideration of the program which the City Council
desires to implement it has been determined that it is in the best interests
of the City to contract with other agencies for the implementation of some
of these programs and
WHEREAS the Council has appointed three of its members to serve on
The Larimer County Human Resource Board the purpose of such Board being to
screen human service agency applications and recommend a coordinated human
service delivery budget for Fort Collins, Loveland and Larimer County and
WHEREAS such Board has held its meetings and provided such recommen-
dations and
WHEREAS contracts have been prepared as follows
CARE-A-VAN
Services Provides transportation for the developmentally disabled
elderly and the economically deprived in Larimer County
Contract Stipulations Care-A-Van shall establish the following
(1) A standardized fee schedule (2) a sliding scale similar to that used by
the Larimer County Department of Social Services-applicable to transportation
service (3) a contract with the governments of Larimer County Loveland and/or
Fort Collins for vehicle maintenance and purchasing of gasoline in order to
reduce costs (4) salary increases should be limited (5) a contract with agencies
purchasing transportation services from Care-A-Van (6) charges on the basis of
services delivered to individual agencies contracting for such service
COMMUNITY CRISES AND INFORMATION CENTER, INC
Services Provides 24-hour crisis intervention and information referral
services to residents of Fort Collins and surrounding areas
Contract Stipulations Community Crisis Center shall (1) Meet with
Social Services Department to develop volunteer training components which
will help to avoid dysfunctional volunteer behavior (2) Return to providing
crisis line and walk-in services---proposed additional services are provided
elsewhere (3) immediately refer adolescents to existing agencies such as
Social Services Youth Services Bureau and Larico Home
COMMUNITY EDUCATION
Services Utilizes school facilities by coordinating activities
with agencies Conducts classes where there is a need for the class and also
furnishes an information and referral system Will be helping with volunteer
services and health care
Contract Stipulations Community Education shall develop (1) immediate
communication and cooperation with Volunteers Clearing House in the area of
adult education (2) and implement their proposed update of the Larimer County
Human Services Directory for 1976
HOME HELPS , INC
Services Provides jobs as homemaker-homehealth aides to low-income
persons and such aides provide health related in-home cafe to elderly sick or
disabled residents of the Fort Collins area Low-income persons who qualify
for the service receive it at a lower rate
Contract Stipulations Home Helps shall coordinate with Visiting Nurses
Association in locating and training homemaker-homehealth aides and in deliver-
ing home aid
LARICO HOME
Services Provides protection placement and counseling services for
Larimer County teenage juveniles as required by the Colorado Juvenile Codes in
family and other crisis situations
Contract Stipulations Larico Home shall maintain its emphasis on short
term help for luvenilesin crisis situations
LARIMER COUNTY ALCOHOL SERVICES, INC
Services Provides alcoholism de-toxification half-way house and
counseling of alcoholics and their families in Larimer County
Contract Stipulations Larimer County Alcohol Services, Inc , shall
(1) office supplies requested shall be reduced substantially, (2) All equip
ment except that needed to expand service to include women shall be,cut (3)
Salary increases shalltbe limited and the position of one counselor eliminated
(4) The Staff shall form cooperative arrangements with Larimer County facile
tators
LARIMER COUNTY ASSOCIATION FOR RETARDED CITI7E'4S CITIM ADVOCACY PROGRAM,
NOW CALLED ADVOCATES FOR RETARDED CITIZENS , INC
Services Presently working on establishing one-to-one relationships
between capable volunteers (advocates) and the mentally retarded Thus far
they have 12 advocates with established relationships between several mentally
retarded and developmentally disabled persons (proteges)
Contract Stipulations The new sponsor shall be incorporated under
non-profit status before funding is released
NEIGHBOR-TO-NEIGHBOR
Services Provides housing location assistance pre- and post-occupancy
counseling and assistance in finance nutrition homemaking health etc for
low-income residents of Latimer County
Contract Stipulations Coordination shall be established with (1) the
City to provide needed housing and financial counseling to assist in the imple-
mentation of housing rehabilitation in Andersonville Alta Vista and Buckingham
(2) the Housing authority to provide pre- and post-occupancy counseling
RECREATION CENTER IN FORT COLLINS FOR LOW-INCOMF AND DISADVANTAGED YOUTHS
Services Proposes to provide a sound recreation center for low-income
and disadvantaged youth in the Fort Collins area
Contract Stipulations Funding shall be earmarked for use through the
existing Parks and Recreation Department to extend services to the northside
Andersonville Alta Vista and Buckingham by hiring a recreational supervisor
for out-reach work in these areas
RETIRED SENIOR VOLUNTEER PROGRAM (R S V P )
Services Places retired senior citizens in volunteer assignments in
Latimer County
Contract Stipulations None
THE SALVATION ARMY
Services Provides Senior Citizens Drop-In Center with lunch coffee,
relaxation and recreational activities for senior citizen residents of Fort
Collins
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Contract Stipulations (1) Drop-In Center shall work with City staff
to develop accountability for the use of funding (2) Coordination shall be
established with the City Recreation Center to insure that no duplication of
service develops
UNITED DAY CARE CENTER
Services Provides day care programs to children of low-income and
working poor families in Fort Collins Fee to these families for services is
based on a sliding scale
Contract Stipulations (1) A sliding scale shall be adopted to be sub-
stantially the same as that used by Larimer County Department of Social Sciences
(2) United Day Care shall obtain a contract with Care-A-Van to provide trans-
portation services
VIRGINIA NEAL BLUE RESOURCE CENTER FOR COLORADO WOMEN-FORT COLLINS BRANCH
Services The Virginia Neal Blue Resource Center for Colorado Women
provides improvement of the opportunities and abilities of people in the areas
of employment counseling education and training the home and the family
Contract Stipulations (1) The name shall be changed to Virginia Neal
Blue Resource Center (2) Provisions for non-discrimination in services shall be
made
VIRGINIA NEAL BLUE RFSOURCE CENTER FOR COLORADO WOMEN-FORT COLLINS BRANCH-
SUBSTITUTE CHILD CARE SFRVICES
Services Proposes to provide all parents in Fort Collins area regard-
less of income with highly qualified trained child care personnel who go into
the home to provide a much-needed emergency and non-emergency service including
care of children with special needs The Substitute Child Care Services will
provide extensive child care training to unemployed or limited employment persons
in order to increase their employment potential and to provide new or additional
positions in child care in the community
Contract Stipulations The Contractor shall provide (1) written legal
opinions on the requirements for liability insurance needed to protect the
agency workers and clients (2) development of a sliding scale which is
similar to that used by the Larimer County Department of Social Services (3) a
name change and provision for serving all persons without regard to sex (4) Imple-
mentation of the service
VOLUNTEERS CLEARING HOUSE
Services Provides identification of needs of low-income and minority
residents of the Fort Collins area and provides cooperative planning with other
community agencies to meet such needs Bilingual outreach educational programs
and coordination of the existing ones with daily needs are its primary functions
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Contract Stipulations Volunteers Clearing House shall coordinate
with Community Education in providing adult basic education Funding shall
be for use in providing adult basis education only
and
WHEREAS said agreements have been approved by the City Manager and
the City Attorney and the City Council desires to approve such agreements and
authorize their execution
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
that the terms and conditions of the agreements above-referred to be and the
same hereby accepted and approved
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the funding for all of such contracts
except The Retired Senior Volunteer Program and The Larimer County Association
for Retired Citizen Advocacy Program shall be from revenue sharing funds
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Mayor and City Clerk be and they hereby
are authorized and directed to execute said agreements for and on behalf of
the City of Fort Collins
p Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council held this
l S "k day of A D 1975
Mayor Jack E L Russell
ATTEST
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City Clerk Vernd-Lewis