TO: Mayor and Members of City Council
THRU: Kelly Olivera, Assistant City Manager
FROM: Albert Baker - Assistant Economic & Community Development Director
DATE: February 20, 2024
RE:
Title
Fayetteville Day Resource Center (DRC) Presentation
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COUNCIL DISTRICT(S):
Council District(s)
City Wide
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Relationship To Strategic Plan:
Goal II: The City of Fayetteville will have a Responsive City Government supporting a diverse and viable economy.
• Objective 2.2: To invest in community places to ensure revitalization and increase quality of life
Goal IV: Desirable Place to Live, Work and Recreate
• Objective 4.6: To reduce poverty and homelessness.
Executive Summary:
The Day Resource Center is a multi-disciplinary day center for people at risk or currently experiencing homelessness. The center at 128 South King Street opened on August 21, 2023, and the operator, Cumberland HealthNET Inc., has submitted a presentation with updates for the City Council.
Background:
The Day Resource Center is part of the City’s transformational and critical initiatives aimed at reducing poverty and homelessness. The center is a $6.99 million project entirely grant-funded through the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Community Development Block Grant - Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) via the North Carolina Office of Recovery and Resiliency (NCORR), American Rescue Plan Act and State Capital Infrastructure Grants. The purpose is to provide a public facility that allows for resiliency within our City by increasing disaster response capacity in Fayetteville and Cumberland County, centralizing service providers, and removing barriers during non-emergency times as a day center.
Issues/Analysis:
The Fayetteville Day Resource Center has faced challenges but also great successes. The following presentation shares some of those successes and challenges with a few highlights below:
• The center had a goal to serve 200 unduplicated clients, and reports from August 21, 2023 - January 31, 2024, to have served 991 unduplicated clients;
• Reports 5,149 client visits to access multiple services;
• Currently have 14 community partners;
• Recorded over 462 hours of volunteer service.
Budget Impact:
The City currently funds the activities at the Fayetteville Day Resource Center with $300,000 from the American Rescue Plan Act and $30,000 in funds from the Community Development Block Grant.
Options:
• Receive the presentation.
• Do not receive the presentation.
Recommended Action:
Staff recommends that Council receives the information.
Attachments:
Day Resource Center 5 Month Update