Explanation
Mayor Ginther's vision for Columbus, America’s Opportunity City, is that every child in Columbus is ready for kindergarten. To meet this goal, the City must engage organizations that are positioned to assist in this effort.
Therefore, the Mayor’s Office of Education requests authorization to contract with Future Ready Five, a public/private not-for-profit organization focused on supporting a prenatal to age five approach to education in Franklin County. Their mission is to know and support every child by coordinating existing services, empowering families, and promoting innovation.
Future Ready Five will work to implement a comprehensive prenatal to age five strategy to ensure the success of all Columbus children.
This contract is being awarded pursuant to Chapter 329 of the City Code, which allows for the City to negotiate not-for-profit service contracts. This organization was selected due to their prior experience and success in providing the same services in 2024. This contract is being awarded to Future Ready Five as the Office of Education employees have neither the expertise nor the capacity to execute this work.
FISCAL IMPACT: Funding for this contract ($400,000.00) is available within the 2025 Mayor’s Office of Education General Fund budget.
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To authorize the Executive Director of the Mayor’s Office of Education to enter into a not-for-profit service contract with Future Ready Five to implement a comprehensive prenatal to age five strategy for activities related to the achievement of the Mayor’s goal that every child in Columbus is ready for kindergarten; and to authorize the expenditure of four hundred thousand dollars ($400,000.00) from the General Fund. ($400,000.00)
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WHEREAS, Mayor Ginther's vision for Columbus, America’s Opportunity City, is that every child in Columbus is ready for kindergarten; and
WHEREAS, Future Ready Five is a public/private not-for-profit organization focused on supporting a prenatal ...
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