On August 12, 2015, City Council approved the Fiscal Year 2016 inter-local agreement between the City of Houston and Harris County Department of Education (HCDE) to provide funding to support youth out-of-school programs and activities. The program is managed by the HCDE's after-school division, the Cooperative for After-School Enrichment (CASE) and is called CASE for Kids City Connections (the Program).
Applicants selected for funding must serve children between kindergarten through 12th grade during the hours before school, after school, on weekends and/or during summer. Projects funded by the Program will take place in a variety of locations, including schools, community centers, and churches. Eligible applicants must be a Texas school district or be an IRS-designated 501(c)3 and be formally registered with the Texas Secretary of State as a Not-for-Profit entity for at least one calendar year prior to August 1, 2015. Program fund recipients must match the total amount of funding on a dollar-for-dollar basis. The match may be cash or in-kind support from other sources.
The Original Agreement maximum contract amount is $700,000 including $150,000 from Council District Service Funds. The proposed First Amendment to the original agreement would add $200,000 from the Council District Service Fund to increase the maximum contract amount to $900,000 in order to provide additional funding into the Program for certain City Council Districts