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A Resolution dividing the Extended Social Resource (ESR) Program into two distinct and operationally independent components: the Community Based Initiatives Program, administered by the Dept. of Social Services, and the Overnight Emergency Shelter Program, administered by the Office of Homelessness Prevention and Intervention; setting a minimum Budgetary funding goal of one percent (1%) of the General Fund Revenue collected from the last full fiscal year; and establishing funding percentages for each component of the ESR Program within the ESR Program Budget. [Council Office, Maynard]
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WHEREAS, the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government has established the Extended Social Resource Program to provide funds to various non-profits that provide important social services to the community; and
WHEREAS, this Program, which prioritizes partnerships with community organizations in delivering social services to supplement and support the work of the Urban County Government, fulfills an important and vital public purpose and is within the powers of the Urban County Government as provided in its Charter and state law; and
WHEREAS, the Urban County Council wants to prioritize the funding of this Program by establishing a minimum goal amount to be Budgeted each fiscal year; and
WHEREAS, the Urban County Council wants to establish permanent funding percentages for each component of the ESR Program within the total adopted ESR Program Budget; and
WHEREAS, the Urban County Council wishes to separate the emergency shelter priority area from the ESR Program to create two distinct components: a Community Based Initiatives Program, administered by the Department of Social Services; and an Overnight Emergency Shelter Program, administered by the Office of Homelessness Prevention and Intervention; and
WHEREAS, the administration and management of the Overnight Emergency Shelter Program would be more efficiently performed by the Office ...
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