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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1976-077-11/23/1976-APPROVING CERTAIN AGREEMENTS TO BE ENTERED INTO WITH OTHER AGENCIES TO PROVIDE HUMAN SERVICES TO THE RESOLUTION 76-77 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 WHEREAS, 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 COMMUNITY EDUCATION Services Provides central human service information and referral ' for the Larimer area The agency provides for the periodic up-dating of the area Human Service Directory and provides staff assistance in maintaining the Inter-agency Council These activities are directed toward integrating the services of agencies of diverse service orientations into a comprehensive system of human service delivery The agency also provides for the coordination of educational programs and resources for the community Contract Stipulations Community Education shall take action to recruit and train additional volunteer assistance toward reducing the overall hourly costs of providing community education services UNITED DAY CARE CENTER Services Provides day care programs for children of low-income working families in Fort Collins, thereby allowing single parents or both parents to work toward overcoming economic barriers Contract Stipulations United Day Care Center shall coordinate with Loveland Day Care Center to isolate comparative unit cost savings areas and take action appropriate to reducing unit costs of the Loveland Day Care Center or show cause why comparatively high unit costs cannot be reduced VIRGINIA NEAL BLUE RESOURCE CENTER Services Provides employment counseling information and resources toward increasing the employability of certain area residents The agency also creates employment through its substitute child care program which pro- vides training for people interested in child care work, and coordinates the integration of these trained persons with area residents who need in-home child care services The agency also provides consumer financial counseling services which provides assistance to certain area residents in gaining, regaining, or maintaining their family financial stability through good family budgeting practices and pro-rated debt management assistance when needed Contract Stipulations 'Virginia Neal Blue Resource Center shall pro- vide "Consumer Pinancial Service" as a part of its regular programming C VOLUNTEER CLEARING HOUSE Services Provides bilingual basic education and training to low- income and minority residents of Fort Collins toward the development of community-oriented social coping skills Contract Stipulations Volunteers Clearing House shall provide statistical and financial reports as required by the participating govern- ments on its overall activities CAR -A-VAN Services Provides transportation for the developmentally disabled, elderly and economically deprived in Larimer County toward increased mobility and access to community resources Contract Stipulations Care-A-Van shall continue to seek tax-exempt status and negotiate via open competitive bidding a contract for petroleum products and maintenance services for its vehicle fleet, and shall seek to provide transportation to the Larimer County Association of the Blind and Physically Handicapped NEIGHBOR-TO-NEIGHBOR Services Provides housing location assistance pre- and post-occupancy counseling, and assistance in finance, nutrition homemaking help etc for low-income Larimer County residents toward increasing the ability to locate and maintain decent low-cost shelter Contract Stipulations Neighbor-to-Neighbor shall take action appro- priate to reduce fiscal and statistical accounting errors, and shall coor- dinate with appropriate government divisions in providing housing services, and in its provision of housing for low and moderate income residents 1 - TEE POINT Services Provides free legal services to indigent persons in Larimer County toward increasing the access by poor people to legal institu- tions and the legal processes through which their legal problems can be satisfactorily resolved The agency works in cooperation with the Larimer County Bar Association's free legal aid service Contract Stipulations The Point shall develop a closer relation- ship and coordination with the Larimer County Bar Association Legal Aid Program investigate the feasibility of co-location and report such feasi- bility or lack thereof to the appropriate participating governments RETIRED SENIOR VOLUNTEER PROGRAM (R S V P ) Services Recruits and coordinates the placement of retired senior citizens over 60 in volunteer assignments in Larimer County toward main- taining their continued contribution of valuable qualifications and experi- ences to the community Contract Stipulations No stipulations The participating govern- ments shall provide federally matchable funding in the amounts recommended me M ADVOCATES FOR HANDICAPPED CITIZENS Services Provides trained volunteers to be friends and advocates on a one-to-one basis with mentally retarded persons toward increasing the scope of uninstitutionalized independent life coping abilities of retarded persons Contract Stipulations No stipulations The participating govern- ments shall provide federally matchable funding in the amounts recommended COMMUNITY CRISIS 6 INFORMATION CENTER Services Provides 24-hour crisis intervention information and referral services including emergency overnight housing at the center toward reducing crises to a level at which other agencies can provide long-term assistance Contract Stipulations Community Crisis Center shall enter into a cooperation agreement with Community Education and demonstrate coordination including but not limited to, the provision of information and referral services and continue to coordinate with Virginia Neal Blue Resource Center in providing emergency child care HOME HELPS Services Provides jobs as homemaker home health aides to low- income persons, and such aides provide health related in-home care to elderly, sick, or disabled residents of the Larimer area toward avoiding institutionali- zation and maintaining independence at home t Contract Stipulations Rome Helps shall make a continuing effort to serve rural Larimer County residents and report on progress toward same in such reports and at such times as may be required by appropriate partici- pating governments LARINER COUNTY ALCOHOL SERVICES Services Provides information on alcoholism counseling evaluation, and treatment as needed toward the rehabilitation of alcoholics so that they may return to or maintain, constructive roles in'society Contract Stipulations No stipulations 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 E f 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 are 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 Passed and adopted at an adjourned meeting of the-City-Council held this 23rd day of November A D 1976 Mayor ATTEST / of 4 C' ik.� ty "Frit Lvepuryj