File #: RS2024-746   
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 9/19/2024 In control: Public Health and Safety Committee
On agenda: 10/15/2024 Final action: 10/15/2024
Title: A resolution amending Resolutions RS2021-1152, as amended, which appropriated $3,148,980 in American Rescue Plan Act funds and RS2023-1952 which appropriated an additional $326,800 American Rescue Plan Act funds to the Office of Family Safety for the Metropolitan Government to reallocate the use of funds and approving Amendment 2 to grant agreements between the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, acting by and through the Office of Family Safety, to various nonprofit organizations.
Sponsors: Courtney Johnston, Jennifer Gamble, Sandra Sepulveda, Delishia Porterfield, Erin Evans, Ginny Welsch, Tasha Ellis, Zulfat Suara, Terry Vo, Brenda Gadd, Kyonzte Toombs, Quin Evans-Segall
Attachments: 1. Grant Contract Amendment Exhibit, 2. Amendment No. 1 to RS2024-746
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A resolution amending Resolutions RS2021-1152, as amended, which appropriated $3,148,980 in American Rescue Plan Act funds and RS2023-1952 which appropriated an additional $326,800 American Rescue Plan Act funds to the Office of Family Safety for the Metropolitan Government to reallocate the use of funds and approving Amendment 2 to grant agreements between the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, acting by and through the Office of Family Safety, to various nonprofit organizations.
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WHEREAS, Resolution RS2021-1152, as amended, and Exhibit A, attached thereto, appropriated $3,148,980 in American Rescue Plan Act Funds to the Office of Family Safety for the Metropolitan Government ("OFS"), to be used to address increased demand for therapy and services for victims of abuse, human trafficking and interpersonal violence, specifically allocating ARP Funds to various nonprofit organizations; and,
WHEREAS, Resolution RS2022-1423, as amended, awarded contracts to select nonprofit organizations; and,
WHEREAS, Resolution RS2023-1952, and Exhibit A, attached thereto, appropriated an additional $326,800 in American Rescue Plan Act Funds to complete funding to OFS to be used to address increased demand for therapy and services for victims of abuse, human trafficking and interpersonal violence, specifically allocating ARP Funds to various nonprofit organizations; and,
WHEREAS, Resolution RS2024-178 approved Amendment 1 to the grant contracts, which extended the contract term for Nashville Children's Alliance, Agape, and the Sexual Assault Center; and,
WHEREAS, some of the funds allocated for emergency transportation and emergency needs, as well as some of the funds allocated to nonprofit partners are deemed secondary to the need to keep funding available for staffing case managers; and,
WHEREAS, OFS has requested that $99,930 of the ARP funds be reallocated from emergency funding for transportation and emergency needs to case management operatio...

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