Board of Estimate & Contract:
RESOLVED, that a resolution adopted by the City Council on August 14, 2024, and signed by the Mayor on August 15, 2024, authorizing the Mayor to Retroactively Enter Into an Agreement with Break Bread, Not Hearts for the Mount Vernon Youth Bureau's Safe Place for Our Girls and Safe Haven Summer Programs - ($7,800.00, with funds equally allocated from Expense Codes A7318-405 and A7314-458), be and the same is hereby approved.
City Council:
AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR
TO RETROACTIVELY ENTER INTO AN
AGREEMENT WITH BREAK BREAD, NOT
HEARTS FOR THE MOUNT VERNON YOUTH
BUREAU'S SAFE PLACE FOR OUR GIRLS AND
SAFE HAVEN SUMMER PROGRAMS
Whereas, by letter dated July 21, 2024, the Deputy Director for the Youth Bureau has requested that the City Council enact legislation authorizing the Mayor to retroactively enter into an agreement with Break Bread not Hearts, for the provision of nutrition and cooking instruction sessions for the Mount Vernon Youth Bureau's Safe Place for Our Girls and Safe Haven Summer Programs for the period of July 9, 2024, through August 16, 2024; and
Whereas, the City of Mount Vernon is committed to supporting the well-being and development of its youth through various programs and initiatives; and
Whereas, the Mount Vernon Youth Bureau's Safe Place for Our Girls, serving 32 participants, and Safe Haven Summer Programs, serving 71 participants, provide essential services and opportunities for young people in the community; and
Whereas, in an ordinance dated September 13, 2023, the Mount Vernon Youth Bureau was approved to accept a grant from the Department of Health & Human Services and the Administration for Children and Families for the Safe Place for Our Girls program in the amount of $999,999.00 for the contract period of August 30, 2023, to August 30, 2024; and
Whereas, an ordinance dated March 13, 2024, authorized the Mayor to enter into a retroactive service agre...
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