Explanation
BACKGROUND: This ordinance authorizes the Director of Neighborhoods to enter into an agreement with Per Scholas via their partnership with KeyBank Business Boost & Build Powered by Jumpstart initiative.
Funds from the grant will be used to provide financial support to My Brother’s Keeper for engagement events that focus on education and information related to exploring tech career pathways, as well as an opportunity to seek relevant industry training and certification through Per Scholas Columbus. The grant period is from July 1, 2019 to June 30, 2020. This legislation is needed to authorize the acceptance of the grant award, and to appropriate the grant funds.
Principal Parties:
Per Scholas
112 Jefferson Ave
Columbus, OH. 43215
Federal ID# 04-3252955
Emergency Action is requested in order to receive the funds and initiate the program as soon as possible and so that funds are available for the 2019 My Brother’s Keeper Conference.
FISCAL IMPACT: This ordinance authorizes the acceptance and appropriation of $7,500.00 within the Department of Neighborhoods Grant Fund in an agreement with Per Sholas via their partnership with Key Bank Business Boost & Build Powered by Jumpstart Initiative for the financial support of My Brother’s Keeper.
Title
To authorize and direct the Director of Neighborhoods to accept a grant from and enter into a grant agreement with Per Scholas in the amount of $7,500.00 to host engagement events that focus on education and information related to exploring tech career pathways to boys and young men of color; to authorize the appropriation of $7,500.00 within the Department of Neighborhoods Grant Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($7,500.00)
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WHEREAS, Per Scholas via their partnership with the KeyBank Business Boost & Build Powered by Jumpstart initiative has awarded the City of Columbus, Department of Neighborhoods, a grant to provide outreach opportunities to My Brother’s Keeper participants; and
WHEREAS, it is nec...
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