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MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION #18351
BY: Commissioners Michael J. Gingell, District #1; David Woodward, District #19;
IN RE: BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS — RENEWED PARTNERSHIP WITH OAKLAND HOPE TO
PROVIDE HUMAN SERVICES ASSISTANCE FOR LOW INCOME INDIVIDUALS
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS Oakland Hope launched in 2016 as Oakland County's only non-profit one-stop shop human
service agency providing a wide-range of resources in a single location; and
WHEREAS Oakland Hope is a non-profit, volunteer-driven human service organization that has recently
formed within our county following in the footsteps of Focus Hope and Macomb Hope; and
WHEREAS Oakland Hope provides a client choice food pantry for the working poor, fulfilling a critical
nutritional need for low income individuals in the area; and
WHEREAS Oakland Hope aims to provide humanitarian services most requested by families in need,
including assistance in obtaining benefits, job training, and counseling; and
WHEREAS Oakland Hope receives regular donations and operates a thrift store, with a supply of clothing,
furniture and other household items; and
WHEREAS the 2016 report "Map the Meal Gap" from the organization Feeding America found that 164,400
individuals in Oakland County were "food insecure", meaning they met the USDA's definition of limited or
uncertain access to adequate food; and
WHEREAS the Department of Health and Human Services is responsible for the administration of the
human services functions of county government, including programs that are targeted to ensure maximum
availability of food and nutrition to low income residents of Oakland County; and
WHEREAS the Department of Health and Human Services has established a partnership with Oakland
Hope to provide low income individuals an opportunity to receive necessary items such as food or resale
items that would provide an excellent opportunity to partner with Oakland Hope.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners hereby approves
a renewed partnership with Oakland Hope for the one-time amount of $50,000 to provide human services
assistance for low income individuals.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED the Board of Commissioners authorizes the Chairman of the Board to
execute a contract for this program, subject to review by the poupty Executive contract review, process,
and approve expenditures for this project.
Chairperson, I move the adoption of the foregoing Resoluti
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Resolution #18351 October 10, 2018
The Chairperson referred the resolution to the Finance Committee. There were no objections.