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A resolution appropriating a total of $200,000 from the Office of Family Safety 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 Office of Family Safety has accepted applications from nonprofit organizations to receive Community Partnership Fund grants; and,
WHEREAS, the Mayor has accepted the recommendations of the Office of Family Safety 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 Office of Family Safety to nonprofit organizations as follows:
a) $50,000 to The Mary Parrish Center to provide housing navigation services to high-risk case management clients; and,
b) $50,000 to AGAPE to provide professional, trauma-informed services, assistance, referrals, and assessments; and,
c) $40,000 to The Nashville Children's Alliance (NCA) to provide comprehensive wrap-around assistance, services and referrals to families in crisis due to allegations of child maltreatment; and,
d) $40,000 to Sexual Assault Center (SAC) to provide forensic exams at SAC's SAFE Clinic and therapy sessions to Spanish-speaking Davidson County victim/survivors of sexual assault; and,
e) $10,000 to The YWCA of Nashville a...
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