Explanation
This ordinance authorizes the City Clerk to enter into a grant agreement with Femergy in support of operational capacity building.
Femergy provides girls and women with the skills-training they need to overcome gender barriers in public and private spheres. Femergy’s holistic programs enhance girls and women in the areas of education, leadership, health, and wellness by encouraging them to explore and celebrate their strengths, their voices, who they are today, and who they will become in the future.
Femergy intends to expand existing workforce development programming and support services. Through project-based learning, mentoring, career coaching, case management, internship opportunities, hands-on workshops, and more, Femergy is teaching and training girls and women how to create and maintain economic self-sufficiency and contribute to the Central Ohio community and workforce.
In 2023, Femergy officially opened the Femergy Restorative Center, a centralized hub for equitable access to resources, programming, and collaborative community development. The Femergy Center not only contributes to workforce development for girls (12-18) and women (21+) in Central Ohio, but also supports other local non-profits and small businesses through co-working/co-creating opportunities. Opening the Femergy Center in downtown (43215) Columbus fosters collective impact with surrounding school districts, businesses and other agencies.
With this funding, Femergy will be able to add additional personnel to assist with program management and expansion at the Femergy Center. This impact investment would allow the organization to extend co-creating/co-working memberships and launch an additional memberships for purchase. The initial five memberships to be sponsored by the City would allow for local startup businesses and grassroots nonprofit organizations to apply and receive a one-year membership that would provide business mentorship, facility usage, financial counse...
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