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Authorize the County's contribution of $500 from the General Fund contribution allocated to District 5 to benefit Healthy Vallejo Support Services Inc.
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DEPARTMENTAL RECOMMENDATION:
Supervisor Mashburn requests that the Board authorize the County's contribution of $500 from the General Fund contribution allocated to District 5 to benefit Healthy Vallejo Support Services Inc.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
Healthy Vallejo is creating jobs for young adults, 16 to 24 years of age, that give them the opportunity to roll up their sleeves and work on projects that help their community and save our environment. Healthy Vallejo's Youth Employment and Delinquency Prevention program has youth currently working on weed abatement and trash/debris removal and is teaching educational, vocational, and life skills. They are working to address issues of high youth unemployment and undereducation, while simultaneously working to protect the environment. Healthy Vallejo employs disconnected youth coming out of human trafficking, drug addicted parents, drive by shootings, as well as trauma and poverty at levels hard to describe. This donation will support their ongoing job programs.
Guidelines for Grant Funding Requests:
During the FY2023/24 Budget Hearings, the Board appropriated $75,000; $15,000 to each supervisorial district, to allow Board members to support community service programs. The Board directed County Counsel to provide guidelines on how to recommend funding for qualifying agencies or programs.
The Guidelines are as follows:
1. Each supervisor must submit the proposed expenditure to County Counsel and the Auditor-Controller for initial review.
2. The Board must approve the expenditure by a majority vote.
3. The Board must determine that the expenditure is for a public purpose.
4. The Board may authorize an expenditure of public funds to a nonprofit organi...
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