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A resolution appropriating $326,800.00 in American Rescue Plan Act funds from Fund #30216 to complete funding allocation to the Office of Family Safety, to be used to address increased demand for therapy and services for victims of abuse, human trafficking and interpersonal violence.
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WHEREAS, on June 15, 2021, the Metropolitan Council passed Resolution RS2021-966, a resolution which accepted grant funds for local government support from the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds established by the American Recovery Plan (ARP) Act of 2021 from the U.S. Department of the Treasury to The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, which was subsequently signed into law by Mayor John Cooper on June 16, 2021; and,
WHEREAS, Resolution RS2021-966 established a COVID-19 Financial Oversight Committee ("the Committee") whose role is to collect, consider, and recommend appropriate uses of the ARP Funds as designated by the Metropolitan Council disbursement plan. The Committee will submit its reports and recommendations to the Mayor, the Director of Finance, and the Metropolitan Council not later than June 30, 2025; and,
WHEREAS, there are federal requirements for use of American Rescue Plan Act funds that require that these funds be expended or obligated on or before December 31, 2024; and,
WHEREAS, on September 21, 2021, Metro Council passed RS2021-1152, which appropriated 3,148,980.00 in ARP Funds to the Office of Family Safety for the Metropolitan Government, to be sued to address increased demand for therapy and services for victims of abuse, human trafficking and interpersonal violence; and,
WHEREAS, client demand for the OFS programs originally supported by RS2021-1152 has exceeded expectations and additional staff are required to support the original scope of activities; and,
WHEREAS, OFS also seeks to broaden the scope of those programs to include crisis advocacy; and,
WHERES, the original OFS request only included allocations f...
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