Explanation
Background
To authorize the Director of the Department of Neighborhoods to enter into grant agreements with the following non-profit entities Africentric Personal Development Shop Inc, Columbus Urban League and Ohio Haitian Community Network; This ordinance authorizes to encumber and expend grant funding for programming to serve boys and young men of color and the purchase of food and/or beverage items at various outreach events, which serve the public for the purpose of youth engagement to advance equity an address youth violence. Food and/or beverage purchases will be subject to what is allowable in the respective grant agreements. Costs will not exceed $15 per person and any purchase of alcohol is strictly prohibited.
In 2014 President Obama called on cities, non-profits, and the private sector to collaborate and close opportunity gaps for boys and young men of color (B&YMOC). Columbus was one of the first cities to answer this call. The city and partner organizations brought together more than 500 B&YMOC to ensure that Columbus’ My Brother’s Keeper (MBK) work was grounded in testimony from the target population. Numerous non-profit service providers, schools, and companies have created programs to serve vulnerable youth of color since the launch of the national MBK initiative.
The services cannot be provided by existing city employees because these services are beyond the City’s current responsibility and capacity to provide.
Emergency Action is necessary to avoid causing interruptions in the delivery of program services to address the needs of boys and young men of color, including access to mentors and mental health services.
Fiscal Impact: Funding is available within the General Fund.
Contract Compliance:
033495 Africentric Personal Development Shop Inc and is valid 11/14/2024
006073 Columbus Urban League and is valid 6/9/2025
021274 Ohio Haitian Community Network and is pending. Contract Compliance will be completed before grant fundin...
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