Explanation
BACKGROUND:
This ordinance authorizes the Director of Development to execute a grant agreement with Local Matters, in an amount up to $140,000.00, to support essential food education and access for Columbus children and families.
Local Matters offers comprehensive food access and education programming that reaches low-income people of all ages across Central Ohio. This includes education programs, offered free of charge, to thousands of participants at schools and other community organizations across the region, at low cost through Veggie Van, and at a sliding scale in our Community Kitchen. Through this programming, Local Matters currently provides inclusive virtual and hands-on culinary skills training that encourages healthy eating across diverse populations and ages. Programs offered by Local Matters serve people across the life course, with a concentration on populations that qualify for federal benefits programs, such as SNAP, and free-and-reduced lunch.
Emergency action is necessary to allow program services to be implemented without delay.
FISCAL IMPACT: Funding is available within the Administration's General Fund budget ($80,000.00) and Neighborhood Initiatives subfund ($60,000.00).
CONTRACT COMPLIANCE: vendor number is 000411 and expires on 10/06/2022.
Title
To authorize the Director of Development to execute a grant agreement with Local Matters in an amount up to $140,000.00 to support essential food education and access for Columbus children and families; to authorize the appropriation of $60,000.00 within the Neighborhood Initiatives subfund; to authorize a transfer between the Administration Division’s General Fund object classes of $60,000.00; to authorize an expenditure of $140,000.00 from the General Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($140,000.00)
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WHEREAS, Local Matters offers comprehensive food access and education programming that reaches low-income people of all ages across Central Ohio; and
WHEREAS, programs of...
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