Explanation
BACKGROUND
This ordinance authorizes the Administrative and Presiding Judge of the Franklin County Municipal Court to accept a grant in the amount of $10,044.00 from the Franklin County Office of Justice Policy & Programs, and to appropriate the total amount of the grant from the unappropriated balance of the general government grant fund to the Specialized Docket of the Franklin County Municipal Court. This grant will fund a Peer Support Specialist to be assigned to the Learning to Identify and Navigate Change (LINC) Mental Health Specialty Court. The Specialized Dockets have increased their understanding of and value for that of a Peer Support Specialist, an individual with lived experience and specific training to assist in the rehabilitation of participants. This Peer Support Specialist will be a mentor specifically to the participants of the LINC Mental Health Specialty Court.
Emergency Legislation is requested so that the grant funds can be utilized as soon as possible.
FISCAL IMPACT
$10,044.00 will be expended from the General Government Grant Fund.
Title
To authorize and direct the Administrative Judge of the Franklin County Municipal Court to accept a grant award from the Franklin County Office of Justice Policy and Programs; to appropriate $10,044.00 from the unappropriated balance of the general government grant fund to the Franklin County Municipal Court Specialized Docket to fund a Peer Support Specialist to be assigned to the LINC Mental Health Specialty Court; and to declare an emergency. ($10,044.00)
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WHEREAS, it is in the city's best interest that the Franklin County Municipal Court receive support to provide a Peer Support Specialist to act as a mentor to the participants of the LINC Specialty Court; and
WHEREAS, grant monies from the Franklin County Office of Justice Policy & Programs, in the amount of $10,044, are available for this purpose; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Fra...
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