1. U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, through Miami-Dade County Homeless Trust, Specialized Unsheltered Homelessness Program, in the approximate amount of $2,180,000.
Miami-Dade County, through the Miami-Dade County Homeless Trust has requested applications for new projects to address unsheltered homelessness. The County is seeking respondents to apply for new federal funding to provide housing, support services, and other eligible activities benefiting persons experiencing homelessness. The City Administration is applying for funding for the following two projects in the approximate combined amount of $2,180,000 through the City’s Department of Housing and Community Services.
Hand-Up
The City’s Hand-Up program will include Peer Specialists and a Support Supervisor with a clinical background that will provide supportive services to homeless persons that have limited access to resources. Grant funding will aid in obtaining life-sustaining benefits that will support successful housing retention. The City is requesting approximately $577,800 to help fund Hand-Up for three years. Local matching funds in the total approximate amount of $158,900 are available from account numbers 011-0560-000111-23-405-574-00-00-00 and 011-0560-000349-23-405-575-00-00-00.
MB Cares
The City’s MB Cares program will be providing support services to unsheltered, chronically homeless, highly vulnerable households without children. MB Cares proposes to serve 50 referrals. Support Services using a multidisciplinary team approach, including a Care Coordinator, Housing Specialist, Social Worker and Peer Specialist are proposed for 50 households. The City is requesting approximately $1,602,200 to help fund MB Cares for three years. Local matching funds in the total approximate amount of $509,300 are available from account number 011-0560-000349-23-405-575-00-00-00.
2. Firehouse Subs Public Safety Foundation, in the approximate amount of $26,200 for Ocean Rescue Division Defibrillators.
Firehouse Subs Public Safety Foundation was founded in 2005 in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. The Foundation has awarded millions of dollars in lifesaving equipment and resources to fire, police and public safety organizations across the country.
The City Administration is applying for 18 Automated External Defibrillators (AED’s) to supply the Ocean Rescue Division inventory, valued at the approximate amount of $26,200. These 18 new AED’s will replace the 11 existing and outdated AED’s that are maintained by the Fire Department’s Ocean Rescue Division. Matching funds are not required for this grant donation.
3. Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Coastal Partnership Initiative Grant Program, in the approximate amount of $40,000 for Ocean Terrace Dune Habitat Restoration.
The Florida Department of Environmental Protection provides federal funding through the Coastal Partnership Initiative, Florida Coastal Management Program, to Florida's 35 coastal counties and all municipalities within the counties' boundaries to promote the protection and effective management of Florida’s coastal resources.
The City Administration is applying for funding in the approximate amount of $40,000 for dune habitat restoration in Ocean Terrace. The project proposes dune habitat management through the strategic restoration of the dune system by targeting a vulnerable area within a five-block section of the dune system to increase resilience, provide storm surge protection to upland properties, resist sea level rise damage, and reduce beach erosion. Local matching funds in the total approximate amount of $40,000 are available from account 178-6886-000312-21-402-508-00-00-00.
4. Miami-Dade County, FY22-23 Emergency Medical Services Grant Program through Florida Department of Health, in the approximate amount of $6,800 for resuscitation equipment.
The Florida Department of Health provides grants to Boards of County Commissioners for the purpose of improving and expanding medical services. The Emergency Medical Services (EMS) County Grant program provides emergency medical services providers, first responder organizations, and other emergency medical service-related organizations with funds for projects to acquire, repair, improve, or upgrade emergency medical services systems, or equipment.
The City Administration is applying for grant funding as a County subrecipient in the approximate amount of $6,800 for a pediatric resuscitation system proven to save lives and reduce errors. This system is the leading platform designed to give clinical teams rapid access to lifesaving dosing, equipment and drip information while documenting every critical action accurately. Matching funds are not required by this grant.
5. United States Department of Homeland Security, through Florida Division of Emergency Management for the State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program, in the approximate amount of $498,000 for Cybersecurity Enhancements.
Through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security is providing $185 million to address cybersecurity risks and cybersecurity threats to information systems owned or operated by, or on behalf of, state, local and territorial governments.
The City Administration is applying for funding in the approximate amount of $498,000 for a Cybersecurity Enhancement project. The project intent is to enhance the City’s security posture. It will increase internal control, ensuring that the IT security posture is within the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Framework standards. Local matching funds in the approximate amount of $55,300 are available from account numbers 550-0640-000325-14-413-582-00-00-00- and 550-0640-000312-14-413-582-00-00-00-. This is a Bipartisan Infrastructure Law grant.