Metropolitan Nashville and Davidson County, TN - File #: RS2023-66

• File #: RS2023-66
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 10/25/2023
• In control: Metropolitan Council
• On agenda: 11/7/2023
• Final action: 11/7/2023
• Title: A resolution accepting a grant from the U.S. Department of Justice to the Metropolitan Government, acting by and through the Davidson County General Sessions Court, for the Cherished HEARTS (Healing Enslaved and Repressed Trafficking Survivors) Court Expansion to serve justice-involved victims of human trafficking and those at risk of sexual exploitation in the Nashville/Davidson County area.
• Sponsors: Delishia Porterfield, Erin Evans, Ginny Welsch, Brenda Gadd, Mike Cortese, Joy Styles, Zulfat Suara, Kyonzte Toombs

Date	Action By	Action
11/9/2023	Mayor	approved
11/7/2023	Metropolitan Council	adopted
11/7/2023	Public Health and Safety Committee	approved
11/6/2023	Budget and Finance Committee	approved
10/31/2023	Metropolitan Council	filed

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A resolution accepting a grant from the U.S. Department of Justice to the Metropolitan Government, acting by and through the Davidson County General Sessions Court, for the Cherished HEARTS (Healing Enslaved and Repressed Trafficking Survivors) Court Expansion to serve justice-involved victims of human trafficking and those at risk of sexual exploitation in the Nashville/Davidson County area.
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WHEREAS, the U.S. Department of Justice has awarded a grant in an amount not to exceed $930,095 with a required cash match of $313,401 to the Metropolitan Government, acting by and through the Davidson County General Sessions Court, for the Cherished HEARTS (Healing Enslaved and Repressed Trafficking Survivors) Court Expansion to serve justice-involved victims of human trafficking and those at risk of sexual exploitation in the Nashville/Davidson County area; 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 U.S. Department of Justice, in an amount not to exceed $930,095 to the Metropolitan Government, acting by and through the Davidson County General Sessions Court, for the Cherished HEARTS (Healing Enslaved and Repressed Trafficking Survivors) Court Expansion to serve justice-involved victims of human trafficking and those at risk of sexual exploitation in the Nashville/Davidson County area, a copy of which grant is attached hereto and incorporated herein, is hereby approved.
Section 2. That the amount of this grant is to be appropriated to the Davidson County General Sessions Court based on the revenues estimated to be received and any match to be applied.
Section 3. That this resolution shall take effect from and after its adoption, the welfare of The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County re...