Item - 2013.CD24.6

City Council on November 13, 14, 15 and 18, 2013, adopted the following:

1.         City Council authorize the General Manager, Shelter, Support and Housing Administration to enter into agreements and allocate, as community grants, up to $11,921,464 gross and $664,823 net from the 2014 and 2015 Community Homelessness Prevention Initiative (CHPI) Provincial funding envelope and the City of Toronto Homelessness Initiatives Fund (HIF), respectively, subject to approval of the 2014 and 2015 City Operating Budgets, as follows: 

a.         to extend the funding, and enter into agreements with currently funded Investment Projects for Drop-in projects, for up to $406,250 gross and $0 net, as follows:

i.          from January 1 to December 31, 2014 for up to $325,000 gross and $0 net as set out in Appendix A to the report (October 10, 2013) from the General Manager, Shelter, Support and Housing Administration; and

ii.          from January 1 to March 31, 2015 for up to $81,250 gross and $0 net as set out in Appendix A to the report (October 10, 2013) from the General Manager, Shelter, Support and Housing Administration.          

b.         to extend the funding, and enter into agreements with currently funded Partnership Projects for Supports to Daily Living and Drop-in projects for up to $8,012,616 gross and $0 net, as follows:

i.          from January 1 to December 31, 2014 for up to $6,410,093 gross and $0 net as set out in Appendix B to the report (October 10, 2013) from the General Manager, Shelter, Support and Housing Administration; and

ii.          from January 1 to March 31, 2015 for up to $1,602,523 gross and $0 net as set out in Appendix B to the report (October 10, 2013) from the General Manager, Shelter, Support and Housing Administration.

c.         to extend existing agreements in respect of currently funded Partnership Projects for Housing Help and Street Outreach projects, from January 1, 2014 to March 31, 2014, for up to $2,914,418 gross and $664,823 net as set out in Appendix C to the report (October 10, 2013) from the General Manager, Shelter, Support and Housing Administration; and

d.         to extend current funding and enter into agreements in respect of two Trusteeship projects, a Drop-in project and Housing Help Within Shelters project, for up to $588,180 gross and $0 net, as follows:

i.          from January 1 to December 31, 2014 for up to $470,544 gross and $0 net as set out in Appendix D to the report (October 10, 2013) from the General Manager, Shelter, Support and Housing Administration; and

ii.          from January 1 to March 31, 2015 for up to $117,636 gross and $0 net as set out in Appendix D to the report (October 10, 2013) from the General Manager, Shelter, Support and Housing Administration.

2.         City Council authorize the General Manager, Shelter, Support and Housing Administration to enter into service agreements and allocate funds up to $387,000 gross and $0 net from the 2014 Community Homelessness Prevention Initiative subject to approval of the 2014 City Operating Budget to:

a.         enter into new agreements and amend existing agreements to respond to emergency situations impacting the community, for an amount not to exceed $200,000 gross and $0 net;

b.         provide funding for the 2014 Health and Safety Fund up to $150,000 gross and $0 net consistent with the terms set out in Appendix E to the report (October 10, 2013) from the General Manager, Shelter, Support and Housing Administration;

c.         provide funding up to $37,000 gross and $0 net for 2014 Appeals. This funding is to be used for appeals made to new or changed Partnership Projects and/or to Investment Projects.  In the event that there are no appeals, or that less than $37,000 is required for appeals, the funds would be reallocated to the Health and Safety Fund (Part 2 b above); and

d.         amend the criteria of the Health and Safety fund, as outlined in Appendix E to the report (October 10, 2013) from the General Manager, Shelter, Support and Housing Administration, to limit agency applications for this fund to one time per funding year.

3.         City Council authorize the General Manager, Shelter, Support and Housing Administration to allocate community grants and enter into new agreements, with options to fund up to five years, with the successful applicants of a Request for Proposals for projects, starting April 1, 2014, for up to $28,823,095 gross and $2,659,291 net from the 2014 Community Homelessness Prevention Initiative (CHPI), Homeless Initiatives Fund (HIF) and Homelessness Partnering Strategy (HPS) funding as follows: up to $6,600,561 gross and $0 net of CHPI, up to $1,994,468 gross and net of HIF, and up to $12,972,292 gross and $0 net of HPS subject to approval of the 2014 City Operating Budget; and up to $2,266,854 gross and $0 net of CHPI, up to $664,823 gross and net of HIF, and up to $4,324,097 gross and $0 net of HPS subject to approval of the 2015 City Operating Budget, and subsequent operating budgets.

4.         City Council authorize the General Manager, Shelter, Support and Housing Administration to award community grants consistent with the Toronto Community Grants Policy outlined in Appendix F to the report (October 10, 2013) from the General Manager, Shelter, Support and Housing Administration.

5.         City Council authorize the General Manager, Shelter, Support and Housing Administration to develop funding priorities for any renewal of the Homelessness Partnering Strategy, or other similar federal funding program, using input from community consultations, dependent on new program terms and conditions once announced by the Government of Canada.

6.         City Council authorize the General Manager, Shelter, Support and Housing Administration, in consultation with the City Solicitor, to enter into a contribution agreement with Service Canada or related entity for up to $86,481,945 in funding over a five year period under a renewal of the Homelessness Partnering Strategy, or any new federal homelessness funding program effective April 1, 2014 and to allocate funding based on developed priorities.

7.         City Council authorize the General Manager, Shelter, Support and Housing Administration, once the contribution agreement with Service Canada or related entity is in place, to enter into agreements to deliver projects in line with the terms and conditions of the Federal Agreement.

8.         City Council request the General Manager, Shelter, Support and Housing Administration to include continuity of service for clients when making funding decisions.