City of Baltimore - File #: 16-0299R

• File #: 16-0299R
• Version: 0
• Name: Investigative Hearing - Fuel Fund of Maryland Local Partnerships
• Type: City Council Resolution
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 4/7/2016
• In control: Urban Affairs and Aging Committee
• Final action: 5/16/2016
• Title: Investigative Hearing - Fuel Fund of Maryland Local Partnerships FOR the purpose of calling on the Fuel Fund of Maryland to maintain its partnerships with nonprofit agencies throughout Central Maryland, and especially in Baltimore City, to assist Baltimore's most fragile population with preventing power terminations and securing power restorations; and inviting representatives of the Fuel Fund of Maryland, its local non-profit partners, and Baltimore Gas and Electric (BGE) to appear before the Council to discuss how the City and BGE can help the Fuel Fund retain its ties with these partners and breathe new "energy" into a pre-eminent program adopted nationwide but requiring an infusion of renewed commitment here at home.
• Sponsors: Mary Pat Clarke, President Young, Warren Branch, Brandon M. Scott, Carl Stokes, Eric T. Costello, James B. Kraft, Bill Henry, Edward Reisinger, Sharon Green Middleton, Robert Curran, Helen L. Holton, Nick Mosby, Rochelle Spector, William "Pete" Welch
• Indexes: Fuel, Fund, Investigative Hearing, Maryland, Partnership

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
5/16/2016	0	City Council	Adopted
5/16/2016	0	Urban Affairs and Aging Committee	Recommended Favorably
5/12/2016	0	Urban Affairs and Aging Committee	Recommended Favorably	Pass
5/2/2016	0	Urban Affairs and Aging Committee	Scheduled for a Public Hearing
4/7/2016	0	City Council	Assigned
4/7/2016	0	City Council	Introduced

* WARNING: THIS IS AN UNOFFICIAL, INTRODUCTORY COPY OF THE BILL.
THE OFFICIAL COPY CONSIDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IS THE FIRST READER COPY.
INTRODUCTORY*

CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL R
(Resolution)

Introduced by: Councilmember Clarke


A RESOLUTION ENTITLED

A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
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Investigative Hearing - Fuel Fund of Maryland Local Partnerships
FOR the purpose of calling on the Fuel Fund of Maryland to maintain its partnerships with nonprofit agencies throughout Central Maryland, and especially in Baltimore City, to assist Baltimore's most fragile population with preventing power terminations and securing power restorations; and inviting representatives of the Fuel Fund of Maryland, its local non-profit partners, and Baltimore Gas and Electric (BGE) to appear before the Council to discuss how the City and BGE can help the Fuel Fund retain its ties with these partners and breathe new "energy" into a pre-eminent program adopted nationwide but requiring an infusion of renewed commitment here at home.
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The Fuel Fund of Maryland is a pre-eminent energy assistance program serving low-income families facing electricity turnoff or desperately trying to restore lost service to their homes.

Now throughout Central Maryland and even nationwide, the Fuel Fund was established as a non-profit organization in Baltimore City by then-City Councilwoman Victorine Q. Adams after two of her constituents froze to death in their home. It now serves more than 10,000 Maryland households with incomes limited to 200% of the Federal Poverty Guidelines.

Since expanding, the Fund has relied on local non-profit agencies t...