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A resolution authorizing a grant in the amount of $700,000 from the Mayor’s Office to the United Way of Middle Tennessee, Inc., to provide financial counseling and other financial education activities to low-income residents in accordance with the Financial Empowerment Center program model.
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WHEREAS, Tennessee Code Annotated Section 7-3-314 provides that metropolitan forms of government may provide financial assistance to nonprofit organizations; and,
WHEREAS, Metropolitan Code of Law Section 5.04.070 provides that the Metropolitan Council may, by resolution, appropriate funds for the financial aid of nonprofit organizations; and,
WHEREAS, Metropolitan Code of Law Section 5.04.076 provides that the Metropolitan Council may, by resolution, approve grant contracts; and,
WHEREAS, the Mayor’s Office recommends that $700,000 of its funds appropriated pursuant to the Fiscal Year 2027 Budget Ordinance (Substitute Bill No. BL2026-1377) be granted to the United Way of Middle Tennessee, Inc., for the purposes of providing financial counseling and other financial education activities to low-income residents in accordance with the Financial Empowerment Center program model as further detailed in the attached grant contract; and,
WHEREAS, it is to the benefit of the citizens of The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County that the grant funds be appropriated to, and the grant contract be approved with, the United Way of Middle Tennessee, Inc.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT OF NASHVILLE AND DAVIDSON COUNTY:
Section 1. That $700,000 of the amount appropriated to the Mayor’s Office pursuant to Substitute Bill No. BL2026-1377 be hereby granted to the United Way of Middle Tennessee, Inc., to provide financial counseling and other financial education activities to low-income residents in accordance with the Financial Empowerment Center program model.
Section 2. The grant contract between The Metropolitan Gove...
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