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Evansville approves bundle of CDBG-funded service contracts for 2024 allocations

Evansville City Board/Board of Public Works (meeting record) · November 21, 2024
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Summary

The board approved a set of Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) contracts allocating funds to meals on wheels, youth programs, housing counseling, childcare, workforce and ombudsman services totaling multiple contract awards across items H–T.

During its meeting the board approved multiple CDBG-funded contracts (items H through T) that city staff said were already authorized through Finance Ordinance F2024-06 on June 11, 2024. The contracts fund a range of service providers and programs in 2024.

Among the actions the board approved: an $8,680 contract with Southwestern Indiana Regional Council on Aging to operate Meals on Wheels; a $50,000 contract with Advantix Development Corporation for the YouthBuild of Evansville program; a $5,000 contract with the Evansville Association for the Blind for low-vision screening; a $40,000 housing-counseling contract with Hope of Evansville; a $125,000 contract with Memorial Community Development Corporation to operate a garden market program; a $40,000 weekend-childcare contract and a $50,000 first-shift childcare contract also with Memorial Community Development Corporation; a $100,000 contract for a comprehensive youth development program; a $35,000 Fit for the Future program contract; a $25,000 contract to fund a new family-services coordinator position (described as a 2024 new program); a $200,000 youth employment program (YEP) contract; an $18,000 contract with Voices Inc to operate the long-term care ombudsman program; and a $15,000 contract with the YMCA of Southwestern Indiana to operate consolidated youth programs at the CenterPoint Energy YMCA building.

Miss Hale, presenting on behalf of DMD, confirmed these items are CDBG allocations and noted the finance ordinance that previously authorized the spending. Each item was moved, seconded and approved by voice vote as presented.

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