Explanation
The purpose of this ordinance is the authorize the City Clerk to enter a grant agreement with Our Helpers to provide upfront financial support for their Central Ohio Rapid Response Network. The mission of Our Helpers is to improve the lives of immigrant and refugee families in Central Ohio by connecting and providing resources in all aspects of human services. Their vision is a community where every immigrant family feels welcomed, supported, and able to thrive.
Our Helpers' Central Ohio Rapid Response Network provides trusted referrals and navigation of immigration processes. The Network exists to unify stakeholders across nonprofit, government, and faith-based sectors to provide comprehensive, timely, and compassionate services for children and vulnerable communities. Our Helpers accomplishes this through know-your-rights workshops, safety and protection strategies, volunteer mobilization, and amplification of authentic voices to counter harmful or false narratives. Grant funding authorized under this legislation will be used to defray operating expenses incurred by Our Helpers for the implementation of CORRN, including the cost of the program's full-time manager.
Title
To authorize and direct the City Clerk to enter a grant agreement with Our Helpers to provide upfront financial support for their Central Ohio Rapid Response Network; and to authorize an expenditure from the Neighborhood Initiatives Subfund. ($50,000.00)
Body
WHEREAS, the mission of Our Helpers is to improve the lives of immigrant and refugee families in Central Ohio by connecting and providing resources in all aspects of human services; and
WHEREAS, Our Helpers' Central Ohio Rapid Response Network provides trusted referrals and navigation of immigration processes; and
WHEREAS, the purpose of the Network is to provide comprehensive, timely, and compassionate services for children and vulnerable communities; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the City Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to enter a grant agreement with Our Helpers to provide upfront financial support for their Central Ohio Rapid Response Network.
SECTION 2. That the expenditure of $50,000.00, or so much thereof as may be needed pursuant to the action authorized in SECTION 1 of this ordinance, is hereby authorized from the Neighborhood Initiatives Subfund, subfund 100018, per the accounting codes attached to this ordinance.
SECTION 3. That the funds necessary to carry out the purpose of this ordinance are hereby deemed appropriated, and the City Auditor shall establish such account codes as necessary.
SECTION 4. That the City Auditor is hereby authorized to make any accounting changes to revise the funding source for all grant agreements or modifications associated with this ordinance.
SECTION 5. That this ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after the earliest period allowed by law.