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A resolution appropriating a total of $200,000 from the Juvenile Court of Nashville and Davidson County to various nonprofit organizations 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 of Nashville and Davidson County has accepted applications from nonprofit organizations to receive Community Partnership Fund grants; and,
WHEREAS, the Mayor has accepted the recommendations of the Juvenile Court that $200,000 in Community Partnership Fund grants should be disbursed to specific nonprofit organizations; 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 these nonprofit organizations.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT OF NASHVILLE AND DAVIDSON COUNTY:
Section 1. There is hereby appropriated $200,000 from the Juvenile Court to nonprofit organizations as follows:
a) $50,000 to Pathways Kitchen to provide culinary workforce development training and living wage opportunities with life-skills and social skills supportive services provided by a trauma-informed team to justice-impacted youth; and
b) $25,000 to EPIC Girl, Inc. to provide sixty (60) girls identified as high risk with psycho-educational instruction and empowerment programming at Davidson County alternative schools; and,
c) $25,000 to Oasis Center, Inc. to provide evidence=based programming for youth of color to empower them with strengths and skills to perform better in school, develop positive relationships and avoid ...
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