Committee on Budget and Government Operations
May 26, 2021 City Council Meeting
ORDINANCE
WHEREAS, the Annual Appropriation Ordinance for the year 2021 ("2021 Appropriation Ordinance") of the City of Chicago (the "City") contains estimates of revenues receivable as grants from agencies of the state and federal governments and public and private agencies; and,
WHEREAS, the American Rescue Plan will provide amounts of $1,982,000,000 not previously appropriated, with approximately $991,000,000 to be appropriated in a first tranche in 2021, and approximately $991,000,000 to be appropriated in a second tranche thereafter; and,
WHEREAS, the Office of the Mayor will receive approximately $164,000,000 for the purposes of Violence Prevention and Street Intervention Programs in the amount of $24,000,000; through the Chief Equity Officer to implement a Reparations Pilot Program (approximately $60,000,000) and Guaranteed Basic Income Pilot Program (approximately $30,000,000); and through Workforce Innovation divisions to establish Youth Jobs Programming ($50,000,000); and,
WHEREAS, the Department of Housing will receive approximately $75,000,000 for the purposes of Emergency Housing relief for renters and homeowners (including foreclosure prevention) in the amount of $50,000,000, and for the Low Income Housing Trust Fund in the amount of $25,000,000, for permanent supportive housing and other forms of emergency rental assistance; and,
WHEREAS, the Department of Assets, Information and Services will receive approximately $100,000,000 for the purposes of acquiring, rehabilitating, developing, or maintaining permanent supportive housing, vaccine centers, community health centers, and community mental health clinics, and that these sites may be developed as needed with other relevant departments or intergovernmental agencies; and,
WHEREAS, the Department of Public Health will receive approximately $100,000,000 to establish mental health emergency response for a Chicago Crisis Car...
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