HomeMy WebLinkAboutR-2021-077 Resolution authorizing application for the 2021 OJJDP Comprehensive Youth Violence Prevention and Reduction Program grant and take all steps necessary to complete and submit the grant applicationRESOLUTION NO. R-2021-077
A RESOLUTION authorizing application for the 2021 OJJDP Comprehensive Youth
Violence Prevention and Reduction Program grant and take all steps
necessary to complete and submit the grant application.
WHEREAS, the Gang Reduction and Intervention Task Force (GRIT) currently has
two programs administered by the City of Yakima —the Yakima Youth Leadership
Program and the Walk About Yakima program; and
WHEREAS, both of these programs currently rely upon federal and state grant
money, which funding is set to expire in the next few years; and
WHEREAS, the City has an opportunity to seek additional funding, through 2024,
through an OJJDP grant for such programs; and
WHEREAS, the if the grant is awarded, the grant award will come back to the City
Council for final review and decision; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Yakima finds that it is in the best
interest of the City and its residents to allow staff to take all necessary steps to complete
and submit the OJJDP Comprehensive Youth Violence and Prevention and Reduction
Program grant; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF YAKIMA:
Staff is authorized to apply for the 2021 OJJDP Comprehensive Youth Violence Prevention and
Reduction Program grant and take all steps necessary to complete the grant application.
ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL this 1st day of June 2021.
ATTEST:
Sonya off- . r Tee, City Cler
;atricia Byers, M. yor
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BUSINESS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
YAKIMA, WASHINGTON
AGENDA STATEM ENT
Item No. 4.1.
For Meeting of: June 1, 2021
ITEM TITLE: Resolution authorizing application for the 2021 OJ J DP
Comprehensive Youth Violence Prevention and Reduction
Program grant and take all steps necessary to complete and submit
the grant application
SUBMITTED BY: Sara Watkins, City Attorney
SUMMARY EXPLANATION:
The Yakima Youth Leadership Program (YYLP) currently is funded through a FY 2019 OJJ DP
grant set to expire on September 30, 2022. The Walk About Yakima (WAY) program's funding is
also ending. A new grant opportunity has arisen which will allow the City to apply for additional
funding for FY 2021-2024 to continue one or both of these programs (we are still discussing the
strategy for the application). Staff is seeking authorization to apply for the grant and take all
necessary steps to finalize the grant application. This generally authorizes the City Manager
and/or the Mayor to sign the necessary application documents, depending on the document. If
the grant is awarded, staff will return to City Council for final authorization to accept the grant
funds.
ITEM BUDGETED:
NA
STRATEGIC PRIORITY: Public Safety
APPROVED FOR SUBMITTAL BY THE CITY MANAGER
RECOMMENDATION:
Adopt resolution.
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