File #: RS2024-160   
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 1/4/2024 In control: Metropolitan Council
On agenda: 1/16/2024 Final action: 1/23/2024
Title: A resolution appropriating a total of $25,000 from the Juvenile Court to The Center for Health Policy/Meharry Medical College, a nonprofit organization selected to receive Community Partnership Fund grants.
Sponsors: Delishia Porterfield, Erin Evans, Ginny Welsch, Quin Evans-Segall, Brenda Gadd, Kyonzte Toombs, Terry Vo
Attachments: 1. Grant Contract Exhibit
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A resolution appropriating a total of $25,000 from the Juvenile Court to The Center for Health Policy/Meharry Medical College, a nonprofit organization selected to receive Community Partnership Fund grants.
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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, the Juvenile Court has accepted applications from nonprofit organizations to receive Community Partnership Fund grants; and,
WHEREAS, the Mayor has accepted the recommendation of the Juvenile Court that $25,000 in Community Partnership Fund grants should be disbursed to the Center for Health Policy/ Meharry Medical College, a nonprofit organization, for their Choosing How I Lead Life (C.H.I.L.L.) program that provides a collaborative public health approach to address youth violence; 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 the Center for Health Policy/ Meharry Medical College.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT OF NASHVILLE AND DAVIDSON COUNTY:
Section 1. There is hereby appropriated $25,000 from the Juvenile Court to Center for Health Policy/ Meharry Medical College for their Choosing How I Lead Life (C.H.I.L.L.) program that provides mentoring services to Davidson County runaway female youth.
Section 2. The grant contract between the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County and to the Center for Health Policy/Meharry Medical College, a nonprofit organization, for their Choosing How I Lead Life (C.H.I.L.L.) program that provides a collaborative public health approach to...

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