Decision details

(i)  To delegate authority to the Chief Operating Officer to take all actions necessary to accept the grant and deliver the project.

(ii)  To accept, in accordance with Financial Procedure Rules, a grant of £398,952 from the Rough Sleeping Programme (2016/2020), and to act as Accountable Body for the project.

(iii)  To approve, in accordance with Financial Procedure Rules, revenue expenditure of £398,952 for the Rough Sleeping Project over 2016/17, 2017/18 and 2018/19 following receipt of the grant.

1.  Under Financial Procedure Rules, the matter requires a decision in order to accept the grant award from the DCLG and deliver the Rough Sleeping project.

2.  The project will tackle the complex, multiple factors that can drive treatment resistant drinkers and/or illicit drug users towards a life of entrenched rough sleeping. People who only intermittently engage with existing services or frequently fail to progress in their supported pathway, and whose behaviours result in on-going treasury costs.  Grant funding will enable the project to co-join current provision and deliver over 24 months:

•  Intensive therapeutic intervention to support 40 adults new to rough sleeping or at risk of becoming homeless due to continuing addiction issues;

•  Dedicated assessment accommodation and access to private sector housing options;

•  A new 24-hour on-call crisis response service;

•  Personalised support plans and flexible personalisation budgets;

•  Improved risk assessment tools and discharge protocols;

•  In-service training for specialist and non-specialist staff working with rough sleepers.

Reject the Grant Offer

To not accept the Rough Sleeping Grant would result in the loss of external funding and cancellation of a proposed project to reduce levels of rough sleeping in the City.