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Family House
Department of Housing and Community Development
Rosalyn Clemens (x3647)
Revised
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Authorizing the appropriation and expenditure of $291,798 from the General Fund to provide funding support for acquisition and transition costs of a merger between Beach House, Inc. dba Leading Families Home (LFH) and Family House; authorizing the Mayor to enter into an agreement with Leading Families Home; and declaring an emergency.
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SUMMARY & BACKGROUND:
Beach House, Inc. dba Leading Families Home (LFH) and Family House are pursuing an acquisition to create a unified and sustainable organization that will serve as Toledo's leading provider of family homelessness services. To ensure a smooth and effective transition, LFH is seeking funding to cover six months of upfront costs associated with staffing, technology, and infrastructure needs. This investment will allow both organizations to integrate operations, align policies and systems, and preserve uninterrupted services for families experiencing homelessness during the transition.
The merger will result in a more financially stable and operationally efficient organization. By combining administrative functions-such as finance, human resources, information technology, and facilities management, the merged entity will significantly reduce duplicated costs and streamline operations. Shared infrastructure will allow more resources to be directed toward direct services rather than overhead.
To provide support for this merger, this Ordinance authorizes the appropriation and expenditure of $291,798 from the General Fund.
Summary
NOW THEREFORE Be it ordained by the Council of the City of Toledo:
SECTION 1. That the appropriation of $291,798 is authorized from the unappropriated balance of the General Fund to Account Code 1001-16100-5632005STDSTD and the expenditure of same is authorized to provide funding support for the for acquisition and transition costs of a merger between Beach House...
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