Explanation
BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Director of the Department of Development to enter into a grant agreement with Community Refugee & Immigration Services (CRIS) for a twelve-month period for a total amount of $100,000.
CRIS helps refugees and immigrants become self-sufficient and achieve successful integration into the Central Ohio Community. CRIS assists refugees and immigrants with various services including but not limited to adjustment of status, asylum applications, naturalization/citizenship, employment services, and English as a second language.
Emergency action is necessary to avoid causing interruptions in the delivery of program services.
FISCAL IMPACT: Funding for this expenditure is allocated from the Emergency Human Services Fund ($50,000) and the Health Special Revenue Fund ($50,000).
Title
To authorize the Director of the Department of Development to execute a grant agreement with Community Refugee & Immigration Services (CRIS) to provide the Community Empowering Change program; to authorize an expenditure within the Emergency Human Services Fund; to authorize an appropriation and expenditure within the Health Special Revenue Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($100,000.00)
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WHEREAS, the Director of the Department of Development desires to enter into a grant agreement with Community Refugee & Immigration Services (CRIS) for the continued provision of social services; and
WHEREAS, Community Refugee and Immigration Services (CRIS) helps refugees and immigrants become self-sufficient and achieve successful integration into the Central Ohio Community; and
WHEREAS, the grant will be funded with a combination of Emergency Human Services Funds and the Health Special Revenue fund; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Development in that it is immediately necessary to enter into a grant agreement with Community Refugee & Immigration Services (CRIS) to avoid causing interruptio...
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