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A resolution approving a grant contract between the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, acting by and through the Office of Family Safety, and The Sexual Assault Center and appropriating an additional $100,000 from the General Fund for the grant.
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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; 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, pursuant to the FY25 Budget Ordinance (Substitute BL 2024-373), the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County intended to enter into a grant agreement with The Sexual Assault Center to provide medical legal exams, therapy sessions, and other services to victims and survivors of sexual assault; and,
WHEREAS, Substitute BL 2024-373 appropriated $75,000 (seventy-five thousand dollars) of the funds appropriated for the administration of justice grants be distributed for this grant contract to The Sexual Assault Center; and
WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Government, acting by and through the Office of Family Safety, wishes to increase the amount received by The Sexual Assault Center pursuant to the grant agreement by $100,000 (one-hundred thousand) to $175,000 (one-hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars); and
WHEREAS, it is to the benefit of the citizens of the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County that this grant contract be approved and that these funds be appropriated to The Sexual Assault Center.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT OF NASHVILLE AND DAVIDSON COUNTY:
Section 1. There is hereby appropriated an additional $100,000 from Fund No. 10101 to The Sexual Assault Center to provide services contained within the contract attached hereto and incorporated herein.
Section 2. The grant contract between the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County and The Sexual Assault Center for the amount provided herein and the purposes stated, a copy of which is attached hereto and incorporated herein, is hereby approved.
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 approves a grant contract between the Office of Family Safety and the Sexual Assault Center and appropriates an additional $100,000 from the General Fund for the grant.
T.C.A. § 7-3-314 provides that metropolitan governments may provide financial assistance to nonprofit organizations. Section 5.04.070 of the Metropolitan Code of Laws provides that the Council may appropriate funds for the financial aid of nonprofit organizations if approved by a resolution receiving 21 affirmative votes.
The operating budget, as approved by Substitute Ordinance No. BL2024-373, appropriated $75,000 to the Sexual Assault Center for the purpose of a grant. The Office of Family Safety desires to increase this grant by $100,000, for a total grant of $175,000. This ordinance would approve the appropriation of $100,000 for this increased grant total.
Pursuant to the terms of the agreement, the Sexual Assault Center will provide 100 medical legal exams to Davidson County resident victims/survivors of sexual assault at the SAFE Clinic and 500 therapy sessions to Davidson County resident victims/survivors or sexual assault. In addition, the grant will fund the completion and maintenance of a mobile Safe Bar app for bar-goers, distribution of drug detection cards, and other promotional and marketing materials and efforts with the goal of enhancing awareness of the Safe Bar program.
The total grant amount is $175,000. The term of the grant is 12 months, beginning July 1, 2024, and ending June 30, 2025.