Explanation
This ordinance authorizes the City Clerk to enter into a grant agreement with Motherful, a 501(c)(3) organization, in support of resources for single mothers.
Founded in 2018 by three single mothers, Motherful seeks to bridge the gaps experienced by single mothers and their children in Columbus, Ohio. The co-founders recognized the great need for the fellowship and community of other single mothers in their own lives. They also recognized that often the resources and support that they needed as single mothers were hard to come by and not available in one place or location. Motherful was born from a desire to create an organization that would provide a respite of community for single mothers and their children where they would be understood and supported both emotionally and physically.
These funds will support single mothers in many categories ranging from rent, utilities, transportation, food/clothing and legal.
Emergency action is requested in order to avoid any delay in providing the resources necessary to begin the town halls.
Fiscal Impact: Funding is available within the Neighborhood Initiatives subfund.
Title
To authorize the City Clerk to enter into a grant agreement with Motherful in support of resources for single mothers; to authorize an appropriation and expenditure within the Neighborhood Initiatives subfund; and to declare an emergency. ($6,200.00)
Body
WHEREAS, Motherful, a 501(c)(3) organization, seeks to bridge the gaps experienced by single mothers and their children in Columbus, Ohio; and
WHEREAS, Motherful seeks to build a safe, intentional community where single mothers joyfully and peacefully work together,, uplift each other, and share an abundance of resources in a collaborative, equitable collective; and
WHEREAS, Motherful partners with other organizations to provide resource to single mothers;
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the City Clerk's Office in that it is immediately necessary to...
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