Explanation
This ordinance authorizes the City Clerk to enter into a grant agreement with Jewish Family Services in support of an expansion of their CREW program.
Jewish Family Services (JFS) receives support for the CREW program from Franklin County. The City’s support will allow JFS to serve more people in need of job placement support that do not meet the TANF qualifications restricting the majority of the County’s dollars. CREW is a job placement program, with a highly successful placement rate of 96% in the most recent program year.
This grant to expand CREW will support personnel costs and allow JFS to serve an additional 50 individuals, including about a dozen childcare workers who were recently displaced due to a closure. JFS is an ideal partner for this work due to their extensive community partnerships and employer relationships that promote placement and retention success for job seekers.
Emergency action is required due to the urgent needs of displaced workers from a specific local childcare center. Jewish Family Services cannot proceed with the expansion of the CREW program without timely City support.
FISCAL IMPACT: Funding for this grant agreement is available within the Job Growth subfund.
Title
To authorize the City Clerk to enter into a grant agreement with Jewish Family Services in support of an expansion of their CREW program; to authorize an appropriation and expenditure within the Job Growth subfund; and to declare an emergency. ($95,000.00)
Body
WHEREAS, Jewish Family Services is a local nonprofit offering a number of services to Columbus residents including job training and placement services through their CREW program; and
WHEREAS, Columbus City Council seeks to support pathways to prosperity for all Columbus residents, including displaced workers; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Clerk's Office in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the Clerk to enter into a grant agreement with Jewish Family Services in support of an expansion of their CREW program and help provide for the needs of displaced workers from a local childcare center, for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, property, amd safety; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the City Clerk is hereby authorized to enter into a grant agreement with Jewish Family Services, in an amount of up to $95,000.00, in support of an expansion of their CREW program.
SECTION 2. That the City Auditor is hereby authorized and directed to appropriate $95,000.00 in the Job Growth subfund, fund 1000, subfund 100015, per the accounting codes in the attachment to this ordinance.
SECTION 3. That per the action authorized in Section 1 of this ordinance, the expenditure of $95,000.00, or so much thereof as necessary, is hereby authorized in the Job Growth subfund, fund 1000, subfund 100015, per the accounting codes in the attachment to this ordinance.
SECTION 4. That the funds necessary to carry out the purpose of this ordinance are hereby deemed appropriated, and the City Auditor shall establish such accounting codes as necessary.
SECTION 5. That the City Auditor is authorized to make any accounting changes to revise the funding source for all contracts or contract modifications associated with this ordinance.
SECTION 6. That for the reasons stated in the preamble hereto, which is hereby made a part hereof, the ordinance is hereby declared to be an emergency measure and shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and approval by the Mayor, or ten days after passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.