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Council recognizes Human Services Advisory Committee after recommending $7.7 million in nonprofit funding and a large impact award
Summary
Council passed a resolution recognizing the 21‑member Human Services Advisory Committee (HSAC) for recommending $7.7 million in human‑services funding and awarding a second “Impact Award” that HSAC said will leverage a multi‑partner effort described in the meeting transcript.
City Council recognized the Human Services Advisory Committee (HSAC) for its volunteer work evaluating and recommending human‑services funding and for selecting recipients for the city’s second Impact Award.
Council member Janan Owens introduced the HSAC members and said the committee reviewed 141 proposals and recommended 74 programs that together received about $7,700,000 in funding from the city. Owens said HSAC’s recommendations focused on three priority categories set by council: workforce development (24 projects), youth gun‑violence prevention and reduction (25 projects), and securing and stabilizing housing for high‑risk populations (25 projects).
Owens said the HSAC recommended the second Impact Award to a partnership titled Safe Network Hunger and Healing and Hope, described in the meeting as a food‑system and community‑safety approach to be led by Children’s Hospital and 12 partner organizations; the transcript records the committee’s description of that initiative as “totaling a $108,150,000 dollars.” Council members thanked HSAC volunteers for the hours they invested in review and deliberation.
HSAC is a 21‑member volunteer board appointed by the mayor; Owens noted members are required to participate in bias training, declare conflicts of interest and invest substantial time to review applications. The council adopted the recognizing resolution on the floor and recorded votes in the roll call.
Council and administration officials present praised the committee’s work and the administration’s Deanna White was singled out as the staff lead coordinating HSAC processes. The council’s resolution recognizes HSAC’s role in advising the city on human‑services investments and in guiding the second Impact Award process.
