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RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A SUB-RECIPIENT GRANT AGREEMENT WITH HEALTHY ALLIANCES MATTER FOR ALL TO HIRE THREE DISPLACED WORKERS AS COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS TO ASSIST WITH COVID-19 CRISIS RESPONSE FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $58,336.
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CITY PROPOSAL:
RESOLVED, that the proper city officials are hereby authorized to execute a sub-recipient grant agreement, substantially the same as the attached Exhibit A, with Healthy Alliances Matter for All, to hire three workers enrolled with Workforce Development as community health workers to assist with COVID-19 crisis response; the sub-recipient grant will not exceed $58,336 and will be paid from fund no. 268-031-6230-WD30OPIO.
Statement of Purpose
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE: The city’s workforce development department received a grant in the amount $183,530 from the State of Minnesota, acting by and through its Department of Employment and Economic Development, Employment and Training Division ("DEED") under the COVID-19 Disaster Recovery Dislocated Worker Grant Program. This resolution authorizes city officials to execute a sub-recipient grant agreement with Healthy Alliances Matter for All to provide funds in the amount not to exceed $58,336 to be used to hire three dislocated workers as community health workers to assist with COVID-19 response, including building partnerships to bring testing and vaccine clinics to underserved communities, connecting African Heritage and Communities of Focus to vaccines, connecting testing and vaccine participants to community resources and handing out PPE.