File #: RS2024-683   
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 8/22/2024 In control: Metropolitan Council
On agenda: 9/3/2024 Final action: 9/3/2024
Title: A resolution appropriating a total of $200,000 from the Juvenile Court to various nonprofit organizations selected to receive Community Partnership Fund grants.
Sponsors: Delishia Porterfield, Erin Evans, Zulfat Suara, Ginny Welsch, Burkley Allen, Olivia Hill, Terry Vo, Brenda Gadd, Kyonzte Toombs
Attachments: 1. Grant Contract Exhibit
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A resolution appropriating a total of $200,000 from the Juvenile Court 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 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) $90,000 to Caf? Momentum for Culinary Workforce Development for Justice-Impacted Youth program;

(b) $60,000 to Oasis Center, Inc. for the Reaching Excellence as Leader (REAL) program;

(c) $50,000 to Stars Nashville for the Youth Overcoming Drug Abuse (YODA) program; and

Section 2. The Metropolitan Government is hereby authorized to enter into grant contracts with the nonprofit organizations listed in Section 1 above for the amounts provided herein and the purposes stated. Such contract shall specify the terms and conditions under which the grant funds are to be spent.

Section 3. This Resolution shall take effect from and after its adoption, the welfare of The Metropo...

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