File #: RS2024-683    Name:
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 Café 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 Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County requiring it.

 

Agenda Analysis

Analysis

 

This resolution appropriates $200,000 from the Davidson County Juvenile Court to various nonprofit organizations selected to receive Community Partnership Fund grants. The Juvenile Court received applications from nonprofit organizations and recommended the distribution of funds to these organizations. The Mayor has accepted these recommendations.

 

Funds will be distributed as follows:

                     $90,000 to Café Momentum for to provide for workforce development training and a living-wage work opportunity through its Culinary Workforce Development for Justice-Impacted Youth program;

 

                     $60,000 to Oasis Center, Inc. to provide for personnel and other direct program expenses for its Reaching Excellence as Leaders (READ) program; and

 

                     $50,000 to Stars Nashville to support an intensive outpatient treatment program for adolescents and youth with substance abuse and co-occurring disorders for the Youth Overcoming Drug Abuse (YODA) program. 

This resolution authorizes the Metropolitan Government to enter into grant contracts with these nonprofit organizations for the amounts and purposes provided above.

The terms for these grants are from July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025.