Board of Pardons and Paroles contracts with Firehouse Ministries for recovery‑oriented housing

John Gruce, representing the Board of Pardons and Paroles, presented a new contract with a cooperative downtown ministry doing business as Firehouse Ministries to provide recovery‑oriented housing for participants in Birmingham's day‑reporting center. "It's a contract with a cooperative downtown ministries doing business as Firehouse Ministries for recovery oriented housing for Birmingham day reporting center participants who like housing," Gruce said.

Gruce said the RFP was sent to 146 vendors and produced four responses. The committee asked no further substantive questions in the transcript excerpted; no vote tallies or amendments were recorded in the meeting transcript for this item.

The contract is intended to supply housing support tied to day‑reporting services; the transcript does not list the dollar amount for the contract.