Number
171722
Version
ORIGINAL
Reference
Sponsor
Ald. Johnson
Title
Resolution relative to the acceptance and expend funding of a Medical College of Wisconsin Healthier Wisconsin Partnership Program Change Incubator Capacity Building funding for the Eviction Prevention project.
Analysis
This resolution authorizes the Department of Administration - Community Development Grant Administration to accept and expend grant funds in the amount of $10,000 from the Advancing a Healthier Wisconsin Endowment Healthier Wisconsin Partnership Program (HWPP) Change Incubator Capacity Building funding stewarded by the Medical College of Wisconsin, for the Eviction Prevention project.
Body
Whereas, The Advancing a Healthier Wisconsin (AHW) Endowment, stewarded by the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW), has a mission to work with partners to catalyze health improvement in Wisconsin communities, and the Healthier Wisconsin Partnership Program’s Change Incubator funding aims to invest in community-based partnerships to overcome challenges or key next steps to increase their readiness for and effectiveness in carrying out larger community health improvement initiatives. Funding will support partnerships of diverse organizations and perspectives to collaborate on infrastructure development, action planning and partnership development to jumpstart the collaborative planning, implementation, evaluation, dissemination and sustainability processes of a community health improvement initiative; and
Whereas, The City of Milwaukee is eligible for the Medical College of Wisconsin Healthier Wisconsin Partnership Program (HWPP) Change Incubator Capacity Building grant for the City of Milwaukee Eviction Prevention project; and
Whereas, The Eviction Prevention project will create a coalition of local stakeholders involved in eviction and its prevention, to study the eviction system and develop solutions for change needed to affect health disparities in the region; and
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