Explanation
Background:
This ordinance authorizes the Director of the Department of Neighborhoods to enter into a grant agreement with Directions for Youth & Families, Inc. (DFYF) to administer the Community Restoration Initiative senior and intergenerational community-based programming. This program is in alignment with the Eastland for Everyone Plan implementation to improve the quality of life for residents.
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. DFYF’s Community Restoration Initiative is a program that collaborates with a community to identify its challenges and barriers, and then brings in partners to address those issues, ultimately aiming to create a prosperous community that does not rely on gentrification.
Grant funding for the programming includes the purchase of food and/or non-alcoholic beverage items, which serve the public for the purpose of administering youth programming. Food and/or non-alcoholic beverage purchases will be subject to what is allowable in the grant agreement. Any cost of food and/or non-alcoholic beverage incurred before the effective date of the ordinance will not be reimbursed. Costs will not exceed $15 per person and any purchase of alcohol is strictly prohibited.
Fiscal Impact: This ordinance authorizes the expenditure of up to $18,000.00 from the General Fund.
Title
To authorize the Director of the Department of Neighborhoods to enter into a grant agreement with Directions for Youth & Families, Inc. (DFYF); and to authorize the expenditure from the General Fund; and to authorize the payment of non-food related program expenses; and to allow food and/or non-alcoholic beverage expenses incurred after the effective date of the ordinance. ($18,000.00)
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WHEREAS, Directions for Youth & Families, Inc. (DFYF) is working in alignment with the ...
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