$5.2M Kids Hope Alliance Youth Empowerment Appropriation

Recommended

NCSPHS Approve 7-0; Rules Approve 5-0.

Debated

The ordinance appropriates $5,200,000 from the Special Committee on Youth Empowerment contingency account to Kids Hope Alliance for programs, services, and activities to be competitively procured; funding will be disbursed pursuant to a future RFP currently being drafted by KHA. The draft RFP — which was not reviewed by the Special Committee on Youth Empowerment — targets youth and young adults ages 16–24 residing in 61 designated dual-distressed census tracts, caps single awards at $1,000,000, requires a match for grants over $250,000, and contemplates multi-year implementation subject to future Council appropriation. The bill was introduced by CM Freeman and co-sponsored by CMs White, Amaro, Clark-Murray, Gay, and Arias.

Decided

PASSED — appropriates $5,200,000 from the Youth Empowerment Special Committee contingency account to KHA for competitively procured programs targeting ages 16–24.