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A resolution accepting a grant from the U.S. Department of Justice to the Metropolitan Government, acting by and through the Davidson County General Sessions Court, for the Cherished HEARTS (Healing Enslaved and Repressed Trafficking Survivors) Court Expansion to serve justice-involved victims of human trafficking and those at risk of sexual exploitation in the Nashville/Davidson County area.
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WHEREAS, the U.S. Department of Justice has awarded a grant in an amount not to exceed $930,095 with a required cash match of $313,401 to the Metropolitan Government, acting by and through the Davidson County General Sessions Court, for the Cherished HEARTS (Healing Enslaved and Repressed Trafficking Survivors) Court Expansion to serve justice-involved victims of human trafficking and those at risk of sexual exploitation in the Nashville/Davidson County area; and,
WHEREAS, it is to the benefit of the citizens of The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County that this grant be accepted.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT OF NASHVILLE AND DAVIDSON COUNTY:
Section 1. That the grant by and between the U.S. Department of Justice, in an amount not to exceed $930,095 to the Metropolitan Government, acting by and through the Davidson County General Sessions Court, for the Cherished HEARTS (Healing Enslaved and Repressed Trafficking Survivors) Court Expansion to serve justice-involved victims of human trafficking and those at risk of sexual exploitation in the Nashville/Davidson County area, a copy of which grant is attached hereto and incorporated herein, is hereby approved.
Section 2. That the amount of this grant is to be appropriated to the Davidson County General Sessions Court based on the revenues estimated to be received and any match to be applied.
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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This resolution accepts a grant from the U.S. Department of Justice to the Davidson County General Sessions Court for the Cherished HEARTS (Healing Enslaved and Repressed Trafficking Survivors) Court expansion in an amount not to exceed $930,095 with a required cash match of $313,401. The grant will be used to serve justice-involved victims of human trafficking and those at risk of sexual exploitation in the Nashville and Davidson County area. The grant period begins October 1, 2023, and ends September 30, 2027.