Board of Estimate and Contract:
RESOLVED, that an Ordinance adopted by the City Council on July 8, 2026, and signed by the Mayor on July 8, 2026, authorizing the Mayor to Enter into an Agreement with Family Services of Westchester (FSW) as Lead Agency Project Rise Funding in the Amount of $103,161.19 for the Mount Vernon Youth Bureau - (grant revenues shall be deposited into Revenue Code A2229.8, with expenditures appropriated to Project RISE Budget Codes A6295-101, A6295-104, A6295-402, A6295-405, A6295-458, and A6295-467); be, and the same is hereby approved.
City Council:
AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR
TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH
FAMILY SERVICES OF WESTCHESTER (FSW),
AS LEAD AGENCY TO ACCEPT PROJECT RISE
FUNDING IN THE AMOUNT OF $103,161.19
FOR THE MOUNT VERNON YOUTH BUREAU
Whereas, in correspondence dated June 25, 2026, the Executive Director of the Youth Bureau formally requested authorization for the Mayor to enter into an agreement with Family Services of Westchester ("FSW"), as lead agency for Project RISE, and to execute any and all related documents necessary to accept grant funding in the amount of $103,161.19 for the period of July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2027, in a form approved by the Corporation Counsel; and
Whereas, FSW, as the lead agency for Project RISE, has awarded funding to the City of Mount Vernon Youth Bureau in the amount of One Hundred Three Thousand One Hundred Sixty-One Dollars and Nineteen Cents ($103,161.19) to support community-based youth programming; and
Whereas, the grant period shall commence on July 1, 2026, and continue through June 30, 2027; and
Whereas, the funding will enable the Mount Vernon Youth Bureau to provide Project RISE-related services, including a second session of the Drone Academy for high school students during the Spring of 2027, the Culinary Academy during the Summer of 2026, together with program essentials, instructional supplies, equipment, and personnel nece...
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