Explanation
BACKGROUND:
This ordinance authorizes the Director of Development to execute a grant agreement with Lead With Purpose, in an amount up to $37,500.00, for The Lead With Purpose Summer Youth Academy for Black Girls.
Lead With Purpose is a 501C3 organization that was founded in 2019. Its motto is “Cultivating Leadership, Empowerment, Adaptability, and Discipline through Intentionality and Purpose”. Their mission is “to offer substantive programming, training, workshops, and opportunities which foster leadership, self-confidence, personal value, and progressive decision-making.” The L.E.A.D. With Purpose Academy teaches and enhances effective leadership skills, self-confidence, personal value, progressive decision making, effective goal setting, positive attitudes, healthy relationship building, and life skills through mentoring, training, social entrepreneurship, academic excellence, and community engagement.
The Lead With Purpose Summer Youth Academy for Black Girls will help develop strong neighborhoods by delivering culturally relevant programming, emphasizing global citizenship, and promoting connectedness. The summer academy provides a platform for youth to give input, share reflections, and participate in conversation. Youth will participate in academic enrichment, group presentations, civic engagement education, and activities that engage community partners and evaluate core values. The program will also include resume workshops, mock interviews, and entrepreneurship education. Girls will also receive assistance with learning to complete a scholarship application and a college application.
The summer experience seeks to address the socio-economic gaps, racial and ethnic biases, and wellness issues affecting Black Girls. The material will be relevant to data derived from the Commission on Black Girls Report.
Emergency action is necessary to ensure summer programming continues without interruption.
FISCAL IMPACT: Funding is available in the General Fund, Neighborhood Initiatives subfund.
CONTRACT COMPLIANCE: the vendor number is 035890 and expires on 06/01/2023.
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To authorize the Director of Development to execute a grant agreement with Lead With Purpose, in an amount up to $37,500.00, for The Lead With Purpose Summer Youth Academy for Black Girls; to authorize an appropriation and expenditure of $37,500.00 from the General Fund , Neighborhood Initiatives subfund; and to declare an emergency. ($37,500.00)
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WHEREAS, the L.E.A.D. With Purpose Academy teaches and enhances effective leadership skills, self-confidence, personal value, progressive decision making, effective goal setting, positive attitudes, healthy relationship building, and life skills through mentoring, training, social entrepreneurship, academic excellence, and community engagement; and
WHEREAS, the Lead With Purpose Summer Youth Academy for Black Girls will help develop strong neighborhoods by delivering culturally relevant programming, emphasizing global citizenship, and promoting connectedness; and
WHEREAS, youth will participate in academic enrichment, group presentations, civic engagement education, and activities that engage community partners and evaluate core values; and
WHEREAS, the program will include resume workshops, mock interviews, and entrepreneurship education; and
WHEREAS, the material will be relevant to data derived from the Commission on Black Girls Report as the summer experience will address the socio-economic gaps, racial and ethnic biases, and wellness issues found in the report; and
WHEREAS, the Director of the Department of Development desires to enter into a grant agreement with Lead With Purpose for The Lead With Purpose Summer Youth Academy for Black Girls; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Development in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the Director to execute a grant agreement with Lead With Purpose and to make the funds available to ensure summer programming will continue without interruption thereby preserving the public health, peace, property, safety and welfare; now, therefore
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That from the unappropriated monies and from all monies estimated to come into said fund from any and all sources and unappropriated for any other purpose during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021, the sum of $37,500.00 is appropriated in Fund 1000 (General Fund), Subfund 100018, Dept-Div 44-01 (Administration), in object class 03 (Services) per the account codes in the attachment to this ordinance.
SECTION 2. That the Director of the Department of Development is hereby authorized to enter into a grant agreement with Lead With Purpose for The Lead With Purpose Summer Youth Academy for Black Girls in an amount up to $37,500.00.
SECTION 3. That the expenditure of $37,500.00 or so much thereof as may be needed is hereby authorized in Fund 1000 (General Fund), subfund 100018, Dept-Div 4401 (Administration) Object Class 03 (Services), per the accounting codes in the attachment to this ordinance.
SECTION 4. Funds are hereby deemed appropriated and expenditures and transfers authorized to carry out the purposes of this ordinance and the City Auditor shall establish such accounting codes as necessary.
SECTION 5. That the City Auditor is authorized to make any accounting changes to revise the funding source for all contracts or contract modifications associated with this ordinance.
SECTION 6. That for the reasons stated in the preamble hereto, which is hereby made a part hereof, this ordinance is hereby declared to be an emergency measure and shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and approval by the Mayor, or ten days after passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.