Explanation
Background:
This ordinance authorizes the Director of the Department of Neighborhoods to enter an advance-pay grant agreement with Directions for Youth and Families (DFYF) in support of the Crittenton Community Center After-School Program and Eastland for Everyone Plan implementation. This ordinance authorizes an expenditure from the General Fund. Grant funding for programming including the purchase of food and/or beverage items, which serve the public for the purpose of administering the after-school programming. Food and/or beverage purchases shall not exceed the cost per person per diem rate established by the Department of Finance and Management. Costs will not exceed $15 per person and any purchase of alcohol is strictly prohibited.
DFYF is a resiliency-oriented and trauma-informed agency, whose mission is to build and inspire hope, healing, and resilience for youth, families, and communities in Central Ohio through counseling and education. They employ licensed counselors and qualified mental health specialists who provide treatment and prevention services to over 8000 youth and their families annually, including school-based clinical counseling and prevention services, community-based clinical counseling, after-school and summer youth programs, early childhood education, and service-learning programming.
DFYF’s Crittenton Community Center provides youth ages 8-17 with positive and stimulating educational and recreational afterschool/summer programming in the Eastland area. Programming aligns with the Eastland for Everyone Plan’s Youth & Education and Community Well-being & Services Big Ideas. Youth & Education Objectives A.1, 2, 3, 6, 7, and 9; Objective B. 2, 3, and 4; and Objective C. 1 and 3 are accomplished through currently provided programming which includes academic assistance and homework help, free transportation to and from our centers, priority referrals to our clinical mental health services, providing opportunities for service ...
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