Explanation
BACKGROUND: The Department of Public Safety has been awarded additional grant funds for the Division of Police to complete the Teens and Police Service Partners (TAPS) Academy. The Division of Police was originally awarded $97,952.00 of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Grant Funds by the Ohio Department of Youth Services in June 2013 to establish the TAPS Academy. The TAPS program is for at-risk juveniles between 12 to 15 years old who have been arrested and have shown a propensity of making bad decisions. These youths will receive intensive mentoring by Police Officers trained in the TAPS Academy curriculum developed by the Houston Police Department. These grant funds in the amount of $18,879.00 will allow the Academy to complete the final five weeks of the Program curriculum. This legislation authorizes the City of Columbus to accept and appropriate these additional funds for the TAPS Academy for the period ending May 31, 2015. As the Local Criminal Justice Coordinating Council for Franklin County, the Franklin County office of Homeland Security and Justice Programs shall be responsible for monitoring compliance with the terms of the award agreement.
This ordinance is submitted as an emergency so as to allow the financial transaction to be posted in the city's accounting system as soon as possible and allow the TAPS program to continue without interruption.
FISCAL IMPACT: This ordinance authorizes the appropriation of an additional $18,879.00 within the General Government Grant Fund in an agreement with Franklin County Commissioners to provide funds to complete the cost of running the TAPS Academy by the Division of Police. The original grant amount of $97,952.00 was appropriated in ordinance 1400-2013.
Title
To authorize and direct the Mayor of the City of Columbus to accept supplemental grant funds from the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Subgrant Award issued by the Ohio Department of Youth Services to f...
Click here for full text