HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem #19 - First Reading OrdinanceJ-95-794
8/30/95
ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING A SPECIAL REVENUE
FUND ENTITLED: "SAFE HAVEN'S GRANT FOR
OUTREACH TO MENTALLY ILL INDIVIDUALS" AND
APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR THE OPERATION OF SAME
IN THE AMOUNT OF $72,550 CONSISTING OF A
GRANT FROM THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF
HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT ("USHUD")
THROUGH NORTH WEST DADE MENTAL HEALTH CENTER;
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ACCEPT SAID
GRANT AWARD FROM USHUD AND TO EXECUTE THE
NECESSARY DOCUMENT(S), IN A FORM ACCEPTABLE
TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, FOR THIS PURPOSE;
CONTAINING A REPEALER PROVISION AND A
SEVERABILITY CLAUSE.
WHEREAS, the U. S. Department f Housing & Urban Development
(USHUD) notified Northwest Dade M Health Center, Inc. (the
"Center") that it is eligible r ive a grant entitled "Safe
Havens Project"; and
WHEREAS, the Center i\ community mental health center
accredited by the Jo' Commission for the accreditation of
Healthcare Organizations d is proposing to develop a safe haven
for fourteen homele en with serious mental illness who have
been unwillin O�6mable to participate in traditionally offered
services; an
WHEREAS, a Dade County Homeless Plan calls for separate
housing or men, women, and families under one roof; and