Appropriations Requests for : Oakland County Neighborhood & Housing Development Division

1. Cosponsoring legislators:

No Cosponsors

Recipient Information

2. Intended legislatively directed spending item recipient:

Oakland County Neighborhood & Housing Development Division

3. Physical address of legislatively directed spending item recipient and the intended location of the project or activity:

1200 N. Telegraph Rd. Building 34E, Pontiac, MI. 48341

4. The recipient's employer identification number:

386004876

Funding Details

5. Requested amount of the legislatively directed spending item:

$1,600,000.00

6. What is the purpose and how does the legislatively directed spending item provide a public benefit that is an appropriate use of taxpayer money?

Oakland County will provide a coordinated response in collaboration with non-profit partners and community-based organizations to protect Oakland County residents from experiencing homelessness due to evictions or other life crises and emergencies. Oakland County will create and utilize a prevention model to keep people stably housed that can be replicated and shared with other counties and municipalities in Michigan. Oakland County is requesting $1.6 million to pilot a prevention model that will that prevents families, children, and individuals from becoming homeless by utilizing a scope of prevention interventions in a team-based model. Oakland County will create a curriculum that will be made available to other counties, and municipalities that will model out the infrastructure, partnerships, funding priorities and evaluation, necessary to support people with what they need to prevent homelessness. This would be built around the already established Oakland Connects team and Blueprint to End Homelessness. It incorporates the strategies to support people at all levels in their housing journey.

7. Has the legislatively directed spending item previously received or been awarded any of the following types of funding in the past 5 years?

No previous funding received

8. Estimated time frame for completion of the legislatively directed spending item project:

24 months

Additional Information For Nonprofit Corporations

9. Is the recipient a nonprofit corporation?

No

Certification By Sponsoring Legislator

• "I certify that my immediate family members, legislative staff members, and I have no direct or indirect pecuniary interest in the requested legislatively directed spending item."
• "I certify that the intended recipient of this legislatively directed spending item is not a for-profit entity."
• "I certify that the information in this form is true to the best of my knowledge."

Senator Rosemary Bayer