Explanation
Background:
This legislation will authorize the City Attorney to accept a grant award from the State of Ohio, Office of the Attorney General in the amount of $10,826.00 for the State Victims Assistance Act (SVAA) Domestic Violence Advocates Grant #2008-SA-DSCE-537 for the funding of the SVAA Domestic Violence Advocates program within the City Attorney's Office. The Domestic Violence unit of the City Attorney's Office assists witnesses and victims of domestic violence through the legal process and provides counseling, referrals, and linkage with agencies and community resources.
Emergency action is requested to allow for the uninterrupted continuation of this grant program.
Fiscal Impact:
There are no matching funds required and therefore no cost to the general fund by accepting this grant.
Title
To authorize the City Attorney to accept, and to authorize the appropriation of, a SVAA grant award from the State of Ohio, Office of the Attorney General in the amount of Ten Thousand Eight Hundred Twenty-six Dollars for the funding of the SVAA Domestic Violence Advocates program, and to declare an emergency. ($10,826.00)
Body
WHEREAS, the State of Ohio, Office of the Attorney General has awarded the Columbus City Attorney's Office, a grant in the amount of Ten Thousand Eight Hundred Twenty-six Dollars ($10,826.00) for the SVAA Domestic Violence Advocates Grant No. 2008-SA-DSCE-537 for the grant period of October 1, 2007 through September 30, 2008. There is no required match for this grant.
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the daily operation of the Columbus City Attorney's Office in that it is necessary to immediately accept and appropriate the grant award in order that the services supported may continue uninterrupted and for the preservation of the public health, peace, property, safety and welfare; now, therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS, OHIO
SECTION 1. That the Columbus City Attor...
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