Title
Resolution to Amend the Fiscal Year 2025 Council Approved Budget to Accept and Appropriate the Employment and Training for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Participants and Income Eligible Grant (BEN-24-060 No. 2)
Purpose
PURPOSE/BACKGROUND:
The Employment and Training for Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) Participants and Income Eligible Grant provides funds to the Hampton Department of Human Services. Those funds are to provide services to coordinate, give information and work with TANF individuals and citizens from the City of Hampton with income below 200% of the Federal Poverty Limit (FPL), to secure the skills, services, planning and education needed to obtain and sustain employment with a career pathway and thrive as a viable citizen in the City of Hampton. The Hampton Department of Human Services will implement this initiative, with the TANF Assessment and Planning Team that proposes a service delivery approach that will address the needs to integrate services and disciplines throughout the community, to assess and address barriers to economic stability and mobility, so the number of households at or below the poverty line will be reduced.
Discussion:
This grant award will help support the employment for families and individuals by funding the salary of one When Actually Employed (WAE) position, as well as provide the cost for supportive services for employment sustainability. The City of Hampton has historically provided a cash match for this grant.
Impact:
The City has been awarded $91,923.99 in Federal funds. The required local cash match of $10,213.78 covers the remaining portion of the operating cost and is budgeted in the Human Services operating budget for a total grant award of $102,137.77.
Recommendation
Approve and Appropriate.
Body
WHEREAS, the Virginia Department of Human Services has approved a sub-award agreement renewal with modifications, hereafter called the "Employment for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and Income Eligible Participants Grant" (BEN-24-060- No. 2) in the amount of $91,923.99 in federal funding;
WHEREAS, the Employment for TANF and Income Eligible Participants Grant (BEN-24-060 No. 2) award requires a local cash match of $10,213.78;
WHEREAS, the Employment for TANF and Income Eligible Participants Grant (BEN-24-060 No. 2) award and the required local cash match, which total $102,137.77, will be used by the Department of Human Services to fund the salary of one (1) When Actually Employed position and associated operating expenses; and
WHEREAS, the grant award is for the period of July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Hampton, Virginia hereby amends the Fiscal Year 2025 Council Approved Budget to (1) accept and appropriate the Employment for TANF and Income Eligible Participants Grant (BEN-24-060 No. 2) in the amount of $91,923.99 in federal funds, and any supplemental funding to the Grant Fund; and (2) approves the transfer of $10,213.78, which is the required local match, from Human Services operating budget to the Grant Fund for the purpose of funding the salary and fringe benefit cost of one (1) When Actually Employed (WAE) position and associated operating cost to facilitate the case management of retaining employment for TANF and income eligible participants.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council authorizes the City Manager, or her designee, to take any and all actions necessary to implement this grant award.