Explanation
BACKGROUND: This ordinance authorizes the Director of the Department of Development to enter into a contract with the YMCA of Central Ohio to continue support of truancy intervention activities. The contract will provide $100,000 from the General Government Grant Fund.
Ordinance 0906-2005, passed June 13, 2005, authorized the acceptance and appropriation of a $200,000 grant from the Columbus Board of Education and the expenditure of $100,000 of those funds through the YMCA. The remaining balance of those grant funds, $100,000, will now be used for an additional Truancy Intervention Center by the YMCA through a second contract.
This contract will increase the YMCA's capacity to expand on reductions in truancy through educational procedures, case management and other interventions. In addition to monetary support, the Columbus Public Schools will continue to be responsible for coordination and communication of program expectations to its' school system and to the at-large community. The City of Columbus will continue to facilitate police officers to transport truant students to a truancy center, and to serve as the fiduciary for the contract.
Emergency action is requested so that so that program activities can coincide with the school year.
FISCAL IMPACT: This legislation authorizes the expenditure of a $100,000 from the General Government Grant Fund.
Title
To authorize the Director of the Department of Development to enter into contract with the YMCA of Central Ohio to support truancy intervention activities; to authorize the expenditure of $100,000 from the General Government Grant Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($100,000)
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WHEREAS, the Director of the Department of Development desires to contract with the YMCA of Central Ohio to support truancy intervention activities; and
WHEREAS, the Columbus Public Schools will coordinate, monitor, provide monetary support and communicate program expectations ...
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