HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 2005.04.28 - 27774MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION #05 086 April 28, 2005
By: General Government Committee, William R. Patterson, Chairperson
IN RE: BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS - SUPPORT OF HR 341 — REAUTHORIZATION OF
COMMUNITY SERVICES BLOCK GRANT (CSBG)
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS the Oakland Livingston Human Service Agency (OLHSA) is a 501(c)(3) non-
profit community action agency serving Oakland and Livingston Counties; and
WHEREAS there are more than 1,135 community action agencies throughout the county
serving more than 96% of all counties nationwide; and
WHEREAS the nationwide poverty level has increased each year since 2000, leaving
4.3 million more Americans in poverty than at the beginning of the decade; and
WHEREAS 3.4 percent of the population of Livingston County is in poverty; 5 percent of
the population of Oakland County is in poverty; and 22.1 percent of the population of the City of
Pontiac is in poverty; and
WHEREAS OLHSA receives $1.2 million from CSBG, or $17 per individual below
poverty in Oakland and Livingston Counties; and
WHEREAS OLHSA leverages, from those core funds, an additional $30 for every CSBG
dollar for a total funding of more than $31 million; and
WHEREAS OLHSA served over 43,000 impoverished individuals during 2004, nearly
8,000 more than the previous year; and
WHEREAS the CSBG funds make possible every program that OLHSA provides to the
community; and
WHEREAS the CSBG funding has made it possible for OLHSA to build and renovate 39
new, energy efficient, quality, affordable homes in Pontiac and Royal Oak Township; and
WHEREAS the CSBG funding has made it possible for OLHSA to operate JOBSTART
OLHSA, a successful job training program providing comprehensive job readiness preparation,
industry specific skill training and paid employment; and
WHEREAS the CSBG provided the initial funding and ongoing support for the creation of
the Individual Development Account program; and
WHEREAS the CSBG funds were used to develop a pilot program, SEED, funded by the
Ford Foundation and others to open 529 college savings accounts for 500 children in the Head
Start program.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of
Commissioners does hereby go on record in support of the reauthorization of the Community
Services Block Grant and continued funding at current or increased levels.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
recognizes that counties depend on the low-income services funded by the Community Services
Block Grant and that the CSBG network of community action agencies is a unique partner with
county, state and federal government in assisting low-income individuals toward achieving self-
sufficiency.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
requests the Oakland County Clerk to forward copies of this adopted resolution to the Oakland
County delegation to the United States Congress and Senate.
Chairperson, on behalf of the General Government Committee, I move adoption of the
foregoing resolution. ,
SRNM
General Government Committee Vote:
Motion carried on a roll call vote with Crawford absent.
GENERAL G ERNMENT COMMITTEE
Resolution #05086 April 28, 2005
Moved by Patterson supported by Hatchett the resolution be adopted.
AYES: Douglas, Gershenson, Gregory, Hatchett, Jamian, KowaII, Long, Melton, Middleton,
Molnar, Moss, Nash, Palmer, Patterson, Potter, Scott, Suarez, Wilson, Woodward, Zack, Bullard,
Coleman, Coulter, Crawford. (24)
NAYS: None. (0)
A sufficient majority having voted therefore, the resolution was adopted.
STATE OF MICHIGAN)
COUNTY OF OAKLAND)
I, Ruth Johnson, Clerk of the County of Oakland, do hereby certify that the foregoing resolution is a true and
accurate copy of a resolution adopted by the Oakland County Board of Commissioners on April 28, 2005 with
the original record thereof now remaining in my office.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the County of Oakland at
Pontiac, Michigan this 28th day of April, 2005.
Ruth Johnson, County Clerk