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A resolution appropriating $400,000.00 in American Rescue Plan Act funds from Fund #30216 to the Tennessee College of Applied Technology (TCAT) Nashville for the creation of a workforce development apprenticeship program.
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WHEREAS, Resolution RS2023-1947 appropriated $10,000,000.00 in American Rescue Plan Act funds from Fund #30216 to be allocated to neighborhood needs through a community-led participatory budgeting program; and,
WHEREAS, one project that won through the community-wide participatory budgeting ballot process is a $400,000.00 grant to the Tennessee College of Applied Technology (TCAT) Nashville for the creation of a workforce development apprenticeship program; and,
WHEREAS, it is to the benefit of the citizens of The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County that these funds be appropriated to TCAT Nashville.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT OF NASHVILLE AND DAVIDSON COUNTY:
Section 1. That $400,000.00 from the American Rescue Plan Fund #30216 is hereby appropriated to the Tennessee College of Applied Technology (TCAT) Nashville to be used for the creation of a workforce development apprenticeship program as described in Exhibit A, attached hereto.
Section 2. 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 appropriates $400,000 in American Rescue Plan Act (“ARPA”) funds from Fund #30216 to the Tennessee College of Applied Technology (“TCAT”) for the creation of a workforce development apprenticeship program.
Resolution No. RS2023-1947 appropriated $10,000,000 in ARPA funds for a community-wide participatory budgeting program. One of the winning projects selected through the participatory budgeting ballot process was for a grant to TCAT in the amount of $400,000 for the creation of a workforce development apprenticeship program.
Fiscal Note: This $400,000 appropriation comes from the $10,000,000 appropriation in American Rescue Plan Act funding, previously approved by RS2023-1947, which established a participatory budgeting fund.