HomeMy WebLinkAboutExhibit ACity of Miami
Miami For Everyone
Program Guidelines
Background:
On April 13t" 2023, the Miami City Commission approved Resolution No. R-23-0178 establishing the
Miami For Everyone ("MFE") program. The following Miami For Everyone guidelines were adopted in
said Resolution R-23-0178, to ensure the accountability and utilization of the program funds meets the
intent of the MFE Program. Funding for the MFE Program will be allocated by the City Commission.
Purpose:
The purpose of the Miami For Everyone program is to assist communities facing the long-term
complications resulting from declared emergencies and to address the specific needs of the most
vulnerable residents and businesses, through a strategy of focusing the provision of support towards
priority areas of need that will further stabilize economic conditions within City District(s). The City of
Miami created the Miami For Everyone program to address the needs of the most vulnerable residents
who continue to experience hardships due to a declared emergency (pandemic, natural disaster, etc.).
Miami For Everyone focuses on projects and programs providing services directly benefitting City of
Miami residents in the following priority areas:
• Affordable Housing'
• Educational Programs for children, youth and adults
• Elderly meals, direct financial assistance, transportation, recreational and health/wellness related
activities
• Direct financial assistance, food assistance (gift card programs, voucher programs)
• At -risk youth or youth summer job programs
• Transportation services and programs
• Job development, retention and training programs
• Homeless Services
• Food Distribution programs
• Necessary climate and resiliency improvements in compliance with program purpose and
guidelines
• Essential supplies, during a State of Emergency, natural disaster, or economic
crisis.
• Necessary infrastructure improvements in compliance with program purpose and guidelines
The expenditure of Miami For Everyone funds allocated under this Initiative shall only be expended to
benefit the interest of disadvantaged residents of the City of Miami.
Eligible Entities and Organizations:
Miami For Everyone fund recipients must be an active and registered State of Florida entity:
' All Affordable Housing projects shall be managed by the City of Miami's Department of Housing and Community Development
("HCD") and subject to compliance with HCD's applicable rules, guidelines, processes, and procedures, including but not limited
to, relevant funding agreements.
City of Miami
Miami For Everyone
Program Guidelines
(1) For Profit2; (2) Not -for profit organizations f 501(3)(c)}; (3) Governmental units; (4) Educational
and academic institutions; (5) City of Miami departments, Offices of City Elected Officials, agencies,
or boards.
Additional Program Guidelines and Requirements
• Any organization considered for or selected to receive Miami For Everyone funds must comply
with any and all local, state and federal laws, rules, regulations, or guidelines associated with the
programs funded, and such allocations may be revoked at the sole discretion of the City
Commission.
• Organization must complete a Miami For Everyone funding request form.
• MFE programs are subject to funding availability.
• MFE fund recipients will use funds for a program or initiative that reaches a significant number of
individuals and/or significantly mitigates the impacts of a declared emergency.
• Recipients will be required to enter into a grant agreement with the City of Miami prior to any
funding being disbursed. Said agreement shall include program/activity information and
language regarding:
o Resolution stating who is authorized to execute agreement with City of Miami
o Scope of Services including but not limited to number of residents being served, City of
Miami District/Location where services are being provided, program focus/priority area,
frequency of service, performance measures and any other performance metric deemed
relevant to the program priority area
o Budget detailing how funding will be utilized to provided services to City/District residents
as described in the Scope of Services
o Invoicing for activities and services provided and residents assisted or served
o Conflict of Interest
o Insurance as required by the City of Miami, which said requirements maybe amended by
the City's Department of Risk Management ("Risk") and approved by Risk, which may be
withheld in the City's sole discretion.
o Any other material terms deem applicable to ensure appropriate use of public funds
• If an agreement is not executed in six (6) months from the date of Commission approval, the
recipient will be recommended for de -obligation.
• Unless otherwise approved or extended by City Commission, the agreement term will end a year
following contract execution.
• Recipients will be required to complete an end of program close-out report certifying the services
provided, performance metrics, location of services, timeline for the provision of MFE related
services and a narrative of the overall accomplishments of the program. The City, from time to
time, may conduct on -site monitoring and/or audits of the MFE funded program/activity/service.
• Funds cannot be used to pay expenditures such as:
o Lobbying Activities
o Traveling for non -program participants
o Meals for non -program participants
o Pay bad debt
z Only eligible to be awarded funding for affordable housing projects.
City of Miami
Miami For Everyone
Program Guidelines
o Defense and prosecution of criminal and civil proceedings
o Donations or fund raising activities
o Individual or Personal expenses
o Pay same expense charged to other funding source (e.g. CDBG funds)
o Sponsorship of events and activities
o Any other expenditures deemed ineligible by the City of Miami
Organizations that discriminate based on race, color, sex, religion, national origin, age or disability
will not be recommended for funding. Administrative/Indirect expenses cannot exceed 10% of
the budget allocation.
• These guidelines are further subject to compliance with all requirements that may be imposed
by the City Attorney, including but not limited to, those prescribed by applicable City Charter and
City Code provisions.
• The attached Funding Request Form (pages 1-6) must be completed in its entirety by the applicant. The
completed form must besubmitted to the Office of Management and Budget before the entity may
added to the Commission Agenda for approval.
(March 28, 2023)
City of Miami
Miami For Everyone
Program Funding Request Form
CONTACT INFORMATION:
Contact Person: Edgar Hernandez
Title: Administrator
Phone number: 786-353-1930
Email Address: ehernandez@ligacontraelcancer.org
Name of Person completing this form: Edgar Hernandez
Legal Name of Organization: Liga Contra el Cancer, Inc.
Address (Street, City, State, Zip Code): 2180 SW 12 Ave Miami, FL 33129
Executive Director of Organization: Adriana Cora
Executive Director email: acora@ligacontraelcancer.org
Executive Director Contact Phone Number: 305-856-4914
The organization is a registered and active State of Florida Corporation (select one):
❑ For -profit organization
❑ Not -for profit organization {501(3)(c)}
❑ Local governmental unit
❑ State governmental unit
❑ Educational and academic institution
❑ City of Miami department, office of elected official, agency or board
Page 1 of 6
Return this form to: gbrito@miamigov.com
(March 28, 2023)
Is your program/project providing direct services to residents of the City of Miami? Yes ®No❑
Number of residents your entity will serve: 60-80
Frequency of Service: M-F 9AM-5PM
Age Group Served:
ADULTS
Is your program/project related to a declared emergency in the City of Miami? Yes ®No❑
Name of Declared Emergency: covid 19 Pandemic
Date of Official Declaration: Jan 31, 2020
Is your program/project impacting one of Miami's afflicted communities? Yes ® No❑
Geographic Area Served (specific to this project/program)
District Served (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, Citywide) ALL DISTRICT SERVED
Neighborhood/Community being served: SERVING ALL NEIGHBORHOOD AND COMUNITY
Program/Project Priority area [Select one]:
Affordable Housing
❑ Educational Programs for children, youth, and adults
FElderly meals, direct financial assistance, transportation, recreational and
health/wellness related activities
❑ Direct financial assistance, food assistance (gift card programs, voucher programs)
❑ At -risk youth or youth summer job programs
Page 2of6
Return this form to: gbrito@miamigov.com
(March 28, 2023)
City of Miami
Miami For Everyone
Program Funding Request Form
❑ Transportation services and programs
❑ Job development, retention and training programs
❑ Homeless Services
❑ Food Distribution programs
❑ Climate Resiliency Improvements
❑ Essential supplies, during a State of Emergency, natural disaster, or economic crisis
❑ Allowable Infrastructure Improvement per program purpose and guidelines
Page 3 of 6
Return this form to: gbrito@miamigov.com
(March 28, 2023)
Program/Project Title
City of Miami
Miami For Everyone Program
Funding Request Form
City of Miami For Everyone program
Project/Program Description:
Liga Contra el Cancer (LIGA) is a volunteer driven, non-profit organization,
which provides FREE medical came to needy cancer -diagnosed patients,
without regard to race,creed or national origin, provided that they have
established legal residence in the State of Florida. The non-profit was
founded in Florida in 1975, modeled after a similar organization that began
serving cancer patients in 1925, in Havana, Cuba. LIGA provides (FREE)
from case review and social services, to cancer related surgery, radiation
therapy, chemotherapy, laboratory services, radiology,
medication, prosthetics, preventive services such as PAP, Mobile
mammograms and PSA screening to the community as well as nurses aid
services, home medical equipment,transportation, hospice care,
psychological and moral support to patients and their families.
Program Start Date: 08/01/2023
Program End Date: 02/28/2025
Please describe how this program/project and funding will assist the community overcome the
adverse effects of the declared emergency:
League Against Cancer is requesting the support of the City of Miami funds to be used for
assisting with the cost of the medicines needed by cancer patients during and after
chemotherapy treatment at our chemo center. For example the high cost for some of these
common cancer medicines are as follow: (Procrit 40,000u (1x4) vial cost $1,881.44 ea,
Kisquali Femara 400mg Tabs (1x70) cost
$11,903.16, Cyclophosphimide 500mg vial ea $1,408.70, Enhertu 100mg Sal $2,412.58 ea,
Jevtana 60mg Vial $12,816.67ea just to name a few.
IMPACT AND PERFORMANCE:
Describe overall expected outcomes and performance measures for this project/program:
Liga Contra El Cancer is also requesting for these funds to be used for our preventive
and outreach services such as Mobile Mommogram bus , PAP and Prostate PSA
screening for men free of charge servicing the City of Miami comunity in efforts to help
save Cancer patient lives.
Please attach additional pages to the back of this packet, if the space above is not sufficient.
Page 4 of 6
Return this form to: gbritoftmiamigov.com
(March 28, 2023)
City of Miami
Miami For Everyone Program
Funding Request Form
FUNDING REQUEST INFORMATION:
Amount Requested: $ 3,500,000
Explain how the City of Miami's Miami For Everyone funding will be utilized:
The objective of the funds requested
is to assist Liga Contra el Cancer, Inc. to
continue its mission of providing (FREE) cancer
care service to the uninsured and/or low-income
cancer patient, LIGA provides (FREE) from case
review and social services, to cancer related
surgery, radiation therapy, chemotherapy,
laboratory services and radiology, medication,
prosthetics, home nursing and nurses aid
services, home medical equipment,
transportation, hospice care, breast and PAP
screening, Ct Scans for smokers and nonsmokers,
psychological support, and moral support to
patients and their families.
Itemize MFE funding related to expenditures below:
Hospital Procedures, Radiation, in -out patients & Emergencies $ 3,000,000
Preventive Service (Mammograms, Paps, CT Scan, PSA and Labs $ 300,000
Chemo Therapy and Medicines $ 200,000
$
Construction (attach schedule of costs): $
Other (please describe):
Other (please describe):
Other (please describe):
age
Return this form to: gbrito(d)miamigov.com
(March 28, 2023)
DS
GS
City of Miami
Miami For Everyone Program
Funding Request Form
To be completed by the Entity/Recipient
By signing below you agree to the guidelines and stipulate that the information provided on this form is
accurate and complete.
Completed by (Print & Sign): r� G A-,
Date: QS 1/RIZO23
Additional Comments:
Thank you for support in helpinci us Save Lives!
To be completed by District Commissioner/Mayor's Office
Recommended for funding: Yes ❑ No ❑
Funding Recommendation: $3,500,000.00 / on a Reimbursement Basis
Commission Meeting Date: DULY 27th 2023
Additional Comments:
D—Signed by:
Albert Robert
Completed by (Print & Sign): ✓
B'IF422TFG8}T3#2
July 14, 2023 1 14:22:34 EDT
Date:
To be completed by the Department
Received by (Print & Sign):
Date:
Additional Comments:
Page 6 of 6
Return this form to: gbrito@miamigov.com
(March 28, 2023)