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File #: 1028-2025    Version: 1
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 4/9/2025 In control: Neighborhoods, Recreation, & Parks Committee
On agenda: 4/21/2025 Final action: 4/24/2025
Title: To authorize the Director of the Office of Education to enter into a grant agreements with two (2) non-profit organizations in support of summer youth engagement and employment programs; to authorize the transfer of $75,740.00 within the general fund; to authorize the expenditure of $235,740.00 from the general fund; and to declare an emergency ($235,740.00).
Attachments: 1. Education Grant Agreement Funding.pdf, 2. SOS FACCES.pdf, 3. SOS for Schealthness.pdf
Explanation
Background: This ordinance authorizes the Office of Education to enter into a grant agreement with the following non-profit organizations for the listed amount.

From January 13, 2025, through February 14, 2025, the City of Columbus accepted applications through an open and competitive process to provide funding to support non-profit organizations looking to establish or grow summer youth programs focused on promoting improved academic performance, health and well-being, and/or enhanced career readiness and workplace skills. These areas are designed to empower youth to learn, grow, and develop during the summer months and beyond.

Funding proposals were then evaluated by an interdepartmental review committee comprised of representatives from various Departments.

The services included in these grant agreements cannot be provided by existing city employees because these services are beyond the city’s current responsibility and capacity to provide.

Award Amounts and Grantees:
$170,000.00 Family Adolescent & Child Community Engagement Services (FACCES)
$65,740.00 Schealthness, Inc.

Fiscal Impact: This ordinance authorizes an expenditure of $235,740.00 from the general fund. These funds are budgeted and available in the general fund.
Emergency action is requested to ensure that funding can be disbursed prior to the start of the summer youth program period on May 1, 2025.

Title
To authorize the Director of the Office of Education to enter into a grant agreements with two (2) non-profit organizations in support of summer youth engagement and employment programs; to authorize the transfer of $75,740.00 within the general fund; to authorize the expenditure of $235,740.00 from the general fund; and to declare an emergency ($235,740.00).

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WHEREAS, the City of Columbus is looking to invest in our community partners that are so vital to the success of our children and teens; and

WHEREAS, the Office of Education desires to enter into a grant...

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