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APRIL 12, 200505-88 RESOLUTION
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PURPOSE:SUPPORT CONTINUED COMMUNITY SERVICES BLOCK
GRANT FUNDING
INITIATED BY:MAYOR HARRIS
WHEREAS, ADVOCAP, Inc. is the locally designated Community Action Agency
serving City of Oshkosh and Winnebago, and;
WHEREAS, ADVOCAP, Inc. has a long history of successfully mobilizing
resources to help low-income people achieve economic self-sufficiency by bringing
together the public, private and non-profit sectors; and
WHEREAS, as a result of this resource mobilization ADVOCAP, Inc. has
weatherized more than 7,500 homes in its service area; provided Head Start Services to
more than 1,400 children and their families; helped more than 400 households purchase
their first home; rehabilitated hundreds of homes; developed 98 units of rental housing
including individuals with special needs; provided job training to thousands of
individuals, and provided technical assistance resulting in the creation of more than 500
businesses and 1,500 jobs and provided many other services needed by the residents
of City of Oshkosh and Winnebago County, and
WHEREAS, the federal Community Services Block Grant provides core funding
support and capacity to ADVOCAP, Inc., and
WHEREAS, reauthorization funding, and appropriations are needed for the
federal Community Services Block Grant for Federal Fiscal Year 2006.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Oshkosh Common Council
strongly encourages U.S. Senator Russ Feingold, US Senator Herb Kohl and
Congressman Thomas Petri to support reauthorization funding appropriations of the
federal Community Services Block Grant and its requirement that 90% of the funds be
“passed through” to locally designated Community Action Agencies.