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A resolution accepting a grant from the Tennessee Office of Criminal Justice Programs to the Metropolitan Government, acting by and through the Office of the District Attorney General, to provide partial funding for four specialized Victim Witness Coordinators to work with Spanish-speaking victims and within the Crimes Against Children unit.
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WHEREAS, the Tennessee Office of Criminal Justice Programs has awarded a grant in an amount not to exceed $252,204.00 with no required cash match to the Metropolitan Government, acting by and through the Office of the District Attorney General, to provide partial funding for four specialized Victim Witness Coordinators to work with Spanish-speaking victims and within the Crimes Against Children unit; and,
WHEREAS, at the time the Office of the District Attorney General applied for the grant, the Tennessee Office of Criminal Justice Programs required a local match, reflecting that the project would be funded 80% by the grant award and 20% by cash match from the Metropolitan Government; and,
WHEREAS, when the grant award was issued, the Tennessee Office of Criminal Justice Programs waived the local cash match requirement but did not increase the funding to cover the entire project; and,
WHEREAS, the 20% of funding needed to cover the remaining funding for the project, in the amount of $63,501.00, will be assessed against the Office of the District Attorney General's general fund appropriations; and,
WHEREAS, it is to the benefit of the citizens of The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County that this grant be accepted.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT OF NASHVILLE AND DAVIDSON COUNTY:
Section 1. That the grant by and between the Tennessee Office of Criminal Justice Programs, in an amount not to exceed $252,204.00, to the Metropolitan Government, acting by and through the Office of the District Attorney General, to provide partial funding for four specia...
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