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A resolution appropriating a total of $48,000 from a certain account of the Community Safety Fund to Pass the Beauty and approving a grant contract by and between the Metropolitan Government, acting by and through the Metropolitan Board of Health, and Pass the Beauty, for the provision of a community safety program that mitigates financial stress, strengthens anti-violence social norms and peer relationships, and provides peer support and therapy.
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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; 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, Metropolitan Charter Section 10.104 provides that the Board of Health has the duty to contract for such services as will further the program and policies of the Board, subject to confirmation by Resolution of Council; and,
WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Public Health Department has accepted applications from nonprofit organizations to receive Community Safety Fund grants; and,
WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Board of Health has recommended that a total of $48,000 of the funds appropriated for community safety grants in the Budget Ordinance (Substitute BL2025-833), be distributed to Pass the Beauty for the provision of a community safety program that mitigates financial stress, strengthens anti-violence social norms and peer relationships, and provides peer support and therapy; and,
WHEREAS, it is to the benefit of the citizens of The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County that this contract be approved.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT OF NASHVILLE AND DAVIDSON COUNTY:
Section 1. There is hereby appropriated a total of Forty-Eight Thousand Dollars ($48,000) from the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and ...
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