City Manager's Agenda 2018 #215

Official designation: CMA 2018-215

Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of the Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) from the Massachusetts Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) in the amount of $116,748.00 to the Grant Fund Human Services Salary and Wages account ($3,948.00) and to the Grant Fund Human Services Other Ordinary Maintenance account ($112,800.00) which will be used to support the Support for Tenants at Risk (STAR) homelessness prevention program based at the Multi-Service Center. Funds will also be used to contract with a clinician who will be based at Cambridge District Court, and to contract with legal service providers who will provide legal advice intended to assist with homeless prevention and tenancy preservation activities