City Council approved additional contracts with the Multi-Service Center-Emergency Assistance and Partner in Employment for additional human services at Tuesday’s meeting.
The City is already under contract with these organizations and is now able to provide extra funding utilizing unallocated funds in the 2021-2022 biennial budget.
SeaTac’s policy requires that requests from human services agencies for additional funding outside the standard funding cycle be justified as an urgent need. The definition of an “urgent need” is that a human services agency must demonstrate through data indicating that the current and future needs surpass the available funding.
Eligible human services agencies are agencies that provide services specifically to SeaTac residents and City-operated programs for seniors, youth, teens and/or special needs populations.
In addition, the human service agency requesting off-cycle funding must already be under contract for the 2021-2022 biennium to be deemed eligible.
The City notified all currently contracted human services agencies of this additional funding opportunity on March 16, 2022. As of June 16, 2022, the City received six applications from human services agencies requesting additional funding.
The City Manager has also approved the contracts for additional funding with Westside Baby, Tukwila Pantry, Lutheran Community Resource Center and Catholic Community Services.
If any agency that is currently under contract interested in applying for additional funds, please contact Kim Cooper, Human Services Coordinator at kcoopoer@seatacwa.gov.
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