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A resolution appropriating a total of $1,621,095 from the Metropolitan Government, acting by and through the Metropolitan Board of Health, to Nashville Cares and approving a grant contract by and between the Metropolitan Board of Health and Nashville Cares, for the provision of early intervention services, emergency financial assistance, food assistance, housing services, linguistic services, medical case management, mental health services, non-medical case management, outpatient ambulatory care, psychosocial services, and transportation for participants in the Ryan White Part A program.
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WHEREAS, Section 7-3-314 of the Tennessee Code Annotated states that metropolitan forms of government may provide financial assistance to nonprofit organizations in accordance with the guidelines of the Metropolitan Government; and,
WHEREAS, Section 5.04.070 of the Metropolitan Code of Laws provides that the Council may, by Resolution, appropriate funds for the financial aid of nonprofit organizations; and,
WHEREAS, Metropolitan Charter Section 10.104 provides that the Board of Health has the duty to contract for such services as will further the program and policies of the Board, subject to confirmation by Resolution of Council; and,
WHEREAS, The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, acting by and through the Metropolitan Board of Health, wishes to appropriate funding and contract with Nashville Cares to provide early intervention services, emergency financial assistance, food assistance, housing services, linguistic services, medical case management, mental health services, non-medical case management, outpatient ambulatory care, psychosocial services, and transportation for participants in the Ryan White Part A program; and,
WHEREAS, it is to the benefit of the citizens of The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County that this contract be approved.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT OF NASHVILLE AND DAVIDSON COUNTY:
Section 1. There is hereby appropriated One Million Six Hundred Twenty-One Thousand Ninety-Five Dollars (1,621,095) from the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, acting by and through the Metropolitan Board of Health, to Nashville Cares for the purposes herein stated.
Section 2. The Metropolitan Government is hereby authorized to enter into a grant contract, attached hereto and incorporated herein, with Nashville Cares for the amount provided herein and the purposes stated.
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.
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Analysis
This resolution appropriates a total of $1,621,095 from the Board of Health to Nashville Cares for the provision of early intervention services, emergency financial assistance, food assistance, housing services, linguistic services, medical case management, mental health services, non-medical case management, outpatient ambulatory care, psychosocial services, and transportation for participants in the Ryan White Part A program receiving care for HIV/AIDS.
The grant would be effective from the date it is approved by all required parties and filed in the Clerk’s Office and concludes February 28, 2026. Nashville Cares will be allowed to submit invoices and be paid for services beginning March 1, 2025.
Tenn. Code Ann. section 7-3-314 authorizes the Metropolitan Government to provide financial assistance to nonprofit organizations. Section 5.04.070 of the Metropolitan Code of Laws provides that the Metropolitan Council may by Resolution appropriate funds for the financial aid of nonprofit organizations. Metropolitan Carter Section 10.014 provides that the Board of Health has the duty to contract for services that will further the program and policies of the Board subject to confirmation by resolution of Council.