Explanation
This legislation authorizes and directs the Director of Development to enter into contract with the Somali Community Association of Ohio, a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting self-sufficiency through employment, education, cultural and social support, and economic empowerment for Columbus' growing Somali population. The SCAO targets low-income Somali families who are new to the United States.
Columbus has the second largest Somali population in the country, and the Somali Community Association of Ohio has been providing much needed services to this growing community of refugees and immigrants since 2000. The SCAO provides information, referral, and outreach services, home management services, transportation, translation, employment assessments, on the job training, English as a Second Language programming, and numerous other services. Councilmember Craig sponsored an amendment to the 2010 Operating Budget to expand said services.
This legislation authorizes and directs the Director of Development to enter into and administer a contract with the Somali Community Association of Ohio for the purpose of supporting these outreach efforts. This ordinance authorizes the use of $50,000 of General Funds to contract with the Somali Community Association for that purpose.
FISCAL IMPACT: Funds for this contract are budgeted within the 2010 Operating Budget pursuant to a City Council amendment earlier this year.
Title
To authorize and direct the Director of the Department of Development to enter into and administer a contract with the Somali Community Association of Ohio for the purpose of administering programs and services and to authorize the expenditure of $50,000 from the General Fund. ($50,000.00)
Body
WHEREAS, the Somali Community Association of Ohio, a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting self-sufficiency through employment, education, cultural and social support and economic empowerment for Co...
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