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Irving staff recommends funding three nonprofits in $230,000 homeless-prevention program
Summary
City staff recommended allocating $230,000 in Homeless Prevention Program funds to three organizations — Family Gateway, Catholic Charities and Irving Cares — using a proportional merit model after the RFP drew $867,000 in requests. Awards would be disbursed 50% up front and monitored with monthly reports and a six-month check-in.
City staff presented recommendations to the Irving City Council on March 12 to allocate $230,000 from the Homeless Prevention Program to three nonprofit providers after receiving seven applications requesting roughly $867,000.
Imelda Speck, housing and redevelopment staff, said the city used a 100-point scoring framework to rank proposals and found a clear break among the top three. Under staff's merit-based, proportional allocation model, Family Gateway would receive the full $75,000 it requested; Catholic Charities would receive just over $82,000; and Irving Cares would receive about $72,790. Speck said the model ensures no organization receives more than it requested and distributes available funds relative to each…
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