Engage, Empower, Elevate program update from recipient Community Assistance Teams of Flagstaff
 

The Engage, Empower, and Elevate (E3) program provides annual funding to a community-based organization which provides employment opportunities to persons experiencing homelessness or at risk of homelessness, to abate litter in our community.

The City has provided funding to the Community Assistance Teams (CATs) of Flagstaff to implement their program. Staff and CATS will provide an update on this program and highlight its impacts on our community. This will include a presentation from Wendy White, the executive director of CATs.

The Engage, Empower, elevate grant was created by the City of Flagstaff Sustainability Division as a pilot program in response to a twofold challenge in Flagstaff: the record high number of unsheltered community members and keeping Flagstaff litter free is an ongoing challenge. In FY23, the City sought registered community non-profits through a formal solicitation to provide social services to persons at risk of homelessness or experiencing homelessness to help address litter in the city. Community Assistance Teams of Flagstaff was chosen through the formal solicitation process.
In FY24, the City of Flagstaff’s $30,000 in funding was matched by Arizona Department of Housing Funds for a total of $60,000 in fiscal year 2024. The E3 grant program, is funded through the Sustainability Division.