Explanation
BACKGROUND
This ordinance authorizes the Administrative and Presiding Judge of the Franklin County Municipal Court to accept a grant in the amount of $100,000.00 from Ohio Office of Criminal Justice Services / Ohio Department of Public Safety and to appropriate from the unappropriated balance of the general government grant fund and to enter into a not for profit services contract with Think Make Live Youth (TMLY), a not for profit corporation, in the amount of $100,000.00 from the grant funds.
This grant will fund a contract that provides supportive services to emerging adults (ages 18-25). TMLY helps participants access public assistance programs, acquire identification, secure reliable transportation, and receive mental and physical health assessments and treatment. It also provides housing, career, and education counseling, and ongoing mentorship and support.
These services cannot be provided by existing Court staff as they lack the capacity to do so.
Emergency Legislation is requested so the department can implement contracts and services immediately without using general fund funds.
FISCAL IMPACT $100,000.00 will be expended from the General Governmental Grant Fund.
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To authorize and direct the Administrative and Presiding Judge of the Franklin County Municipal Court to accept a grant in the amount of $100,000.00 from the Ohio Department of Public Safety and to appropriate from the unappropriated balance of the general government grant fund; to enter into a not for profit services contract with Think Make Live Youth (TMLY) for the provision of supportive services to emerging adults and to authorize the expenditure of up to an amount of $100,000.00 from the grant funds; and to declare an emergency. ($100,000.00)
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WHEREAS, a grant for the Ohio Department of Public Safety in the amount of $100,000.00 has been awarded to provide a contract with TMLY; and
WHEREAS, funds up to an amount not to exceed $100,000.00 is provided within this...
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