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BACKGROUND: Columbus Public Health has been awarded a grant from U.S. Department of Justice, through the National Association of VOCA Assistance Administrators (NAVAA). This ordinance is needed to accept and appropriate $5,000.00 in grant money to fund the National Crime Victims’ Rights Week Community Awareness Project grant program, for the period March 8, 2021 through June 30, 2021.
The primary purpose of the National Crime Victims’ Rights Week Community Awareness Project grant program, held the week of April 18, 2021 through April 24, 2021, is to renew commitment to serving all victims of crime, to acknowledge the achievements in victim services and allied professions, to honor those who have gone above and beyond in their service to others, and to remember crime victims and survivors.
This ordinance is submitted as an emergency due to the timing of the National Crime Victims’ Rights Week Community Awareness Project grant program, which is held April 18, 2021 through April 24, 2021.
FISCAL IMPACT: The National Crime Victims’ Rights Week Community Awareness Project grant program is entirely funded by the grant from the U.S. Department of Justice, through the National Association of VOCA Assistance Administrators (NAVAA) and does not generate revenue or require a City Match.
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To authorize and direct the Board of Health to accept a grant from the National Association of VOCA Assistance Administrators (NAVAA) in the amount of $5,000.00 for the National Crime Victims’ Rights Week Community Awareness Project grant program that renews commitment to serving all victims of crime, to acknowledge the achievements in victim services and allied professions, to honor those who have gone above and beyond in their service to others, and to remember crime victims and survivors; to authorize the appropriation of $5,000.00 from the unappropriated balance of the Health Department Grants Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($5,000.00)
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WHEREAS, $5,00...
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