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A resolution amending Substitute Resolution RS2023-2143, which appropriated $471,694 in American Rescue Plan Act Funds to Big Brothers Big Sisters of Middle Tennessee, in partnership with Tennessee State University, to extend the projected program term through December 31, 2024.
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WHEREAS, Substitute Resolution RS2023-2143 appropriated $471,694 in American Rescue Plan Act Funds to Big Brothers Big Sisters of Middle Tennessee, in partnership with Tennessee State University, to provide mentoring services for first-year college students through an initiative called Big Futures; and,
WHEREAS, Exhibit A to Substitute Resolution RS2023-2143 provided for a projected project term through September 30, 2024; and,
WHEREAS, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Middle Tennessee has requested that the projected project term be extended through December 31, 2024; and,
WHEREAS, it is to the benefit of the citizens of The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County that the project term be extended.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT OF NASHVILLE AND DAVIDSON COUNTY:
Section 1. The Metropolitan Council accepts this resolution as a recommendation of the COVID-19 Financial Oversight Committee.
Section 2. That Exhibit A to Substitute Resolution RS2023-2143 is hereby amended by extending Big Brothers Big Sisters of Middle Tennessee’s projected program term through December 31, 2024.
Section 3. That this Resolution shall take effect from and after its adoption, the welfare of The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County requiring it.
Agenda Analysis
Analysis
This resolution amends Substitute Resolution No. RS2023-2143, which allocated $471,694 of American Rescue Plan Act Funds to the Big Brothers Big Sisters of Middle Tennessee, in partnership with Tennessee State University. The original resolution provided funding to Big Brothers Big Sisters of Middle Tennessee for mentoring services for first-year college students through an initiative called Big Futures.
The amendment under consideration would amend Exhibit A to extend the program term from September 30, 2024 to December 31, 2024.