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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION Date: April 18, 2022 Item No.: 7.b Department Approval City Manager Approval Item Description:Discuss use of American Rescue Plan Act(ARPA) funds for Non-Profit Support, Group Home Assistance, and Visit Roseville Partnership 1 B ACKGROUND 2 On February 14, 2022, the City Council discussed possible uses of the City allocation of ARPA funds. 3 Staff provided a spreadsheet (Attachment A) that outlined priorities for use of the money. Specifically, 4 staff indicated they will be bringing back to items for further discussion: Non-Profit Support and RVA 5 Support. (Attachment B). In addition, at the February 28 City Council meeting, a member of the public, 6 Al Fletcher, spoke during public commentperiod of the meeting about the challenge ACR Homes, which 7 operates group homes, is experiencing. (Attachment C). To date, ACR Homes have closed 4 group homes 8 (2 in Roseville) due to ongoing staffing shortage brought on due to the COVID pandemic. Mr. Fletcher 9 asked the City consider utilizing a portion of the City’s ARPA dollars to provide assistance to ACR 10 Homes to ensure that other of their group homes do not have to close. 11 12 Non-Profit Support 13 Staff originally earmarked $50,000 for non-profit support. The City Council will recall that Roseville 14 provide Northeast Youth and Family Services (NYFS) $10,000 of CARES funds in 2020 to assist in their 15 operations. 16 17 Staff has reviewed ARPA-funded non-profit support programs from around the United States, including 18 the City of Maple Grove, MN. Based on that research, there should be some basic requirements to 19 determine eligibility to receive ARPA funds. Staff suggests the following: 20 21 1) The organization must be a registered non-profit in the state of Minnesota 22 2) The organization must serve residents of Roseville (based on some measurement of the amount 23 of Roseville residents the non-profit provides serves) 24 3) The organization provides a community-based service, event, or program that benefits the greater 25 good of the community and not just the members of that organization 26 4) The organization, program, project, or event does not advocate a political or religious affiliation 27 5) The organization experienced negative financial impacts of the pandemic that can be 28 demonstrated with documentation detailing the negative financial impact OR the organization 29 provides direct services, education, or advocacy to residents of Roseville in response to the 30 pandemic 31 6) Eligible uses of the funds include payroll and benefit costs, utilities, rent/mortgage payments, 32 insurance, and other operating costs. Eligible uses also include providing programs and direct 33 service to community members impacted by the pandemic. 34 Page 1 of 3