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EVERETT CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM COVER SHEET <br /> PROJECT TITLE: COUNCILBILL # <br /> Washington Youth and 11/19/2014 Briefing <br /> Families Fund Memorandum Proposed Action Originating Department Planning <br /> of Understanding Consent Contact Person Dave Koenig <br /> 11/26/2014 Action • <br /> Phone Number 425-257-8736 <br /> First Reading FOR AGENDA OF 11/19/2014 <br /> Second Reading 11/26/2014 <br /> Third Reading <br /> • <br /> Public Hearing <br /> Initialed by: <br /> Department Head ,��__ <br /> CAA <br /> Council President <br /> Location Preceding Action Attachments Department(s)Approval <br /> Approval of two Memorandum Planning and Community <br /> previous Memorandum of Understanding Development <br /> of Understandings in <br /> 2004 and 2009 <br /> Amount Budgeted -0- <br /> Expenditure Required -0- Account Number(s): <br /> Budget Remaining -0- <br /> Additional Required -0- " <br /> DETAILED SUMMARY STATEMENT: <br /> The City of Everett participated with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation(The Foundation),nonprofits, <br /> and other local governments on the Sound Families Initiative to assist 1,500 homeless families with housing <br /> and social service needs. This effort is complete.An outgrowth of those efforts was the Washington <br /> Families Fund. The first-phase was the creation of the Washington Families Fund which in collaboration <br /> with the private sector, state funding was matched to assist homeless families with services. The second <br /> phase of The Foundation effort continued to help homeless families by expanding the purpose of the <br /> Washington Families Fund to test and implement a new county and state level system response to help end <br /> family homelessness.The Foundation funded`Pilot Communities"who were King,Pierce, and Snohomish <br /> Counties. The Counties were responsible to implement and test the promising practices for ending family <br /> homelessness at the county level. Results are summarized in the attached MOU. This third phase is to add <br /> youth and young adults to the priority for funding. The Memorandum of Understanding is a statement of <br /> support and desire to collaborate in the new effort. <br /> RECOMMENDATION(Exact action requested of Council): <br /> Authorize the Mayor to sign the Washington Youth and Families Fund Memorandum of Understanding. <br /> 19 <br />