TO: Mayor and Members of City Council
THRU: Kelly Olivera, Assistant City Manager
FROM: Christopher Cauley, MPA, Economic and Community Development Director
Albert Baker - Assistant Economic & Community Development Director
DATE: November 25, 2024
RE:
Title
Day Resource Center FY25 First Quarter Report
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COUNCIL DISTRICT(S):
Council District(s)
District 2
b
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. In May 2024, Council authorized the engagement of Manna Dream Center as the operator of the DRC with a one-year contract beginning July 1, 2024. Manna Dream Center has submitted first quarter update 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 resource center. Manna as the operator has rebranded the city facility to Fayetteville Cares Day Resource...
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