DEPARTMENT
Community Development
REQUESTED ACTION (Identify appropriate Action or Motion, purpose, cost, timeframe, etc.)
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Request approval of the 2024 Veterans Services Program (VSP) Evaluation Committee's recommendations in the amount of $750,000.00 to the non-profits identified in Attachment "A". VSP funding will support the delivery of essential community services to Fulton County Veterans in the areas of: Health and Wellness, and Homeless and Housing. The Fulton County Board of Commissioners approved $1,000,000.00 in General Funds for the Veterans Services Program at the January 24, 2024, Second Regular Meeting (Agenda item# 24-0051). The contract period runs from July 1, 2024 through December 31, 2024. (APPROVED)
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REQUIREMENT FOR BOARD ACTION (Cite specific Board policy, statute or code requirement)
Pursuant to O.C.G.A. Sec. 36-1-19.1, the Board of Commissioners may appropriate money for or the making of any grant or contribution for purely charitable purposes in the form of contracts for services, with "purely charitable purposes" meaning charitable, benevolent, or philanthropic purposes for health, education, social welfare, arts and humanities, or environmental organizations.
Pursuant to Fulton County Code Sec. 1-117, the Board of Commissioners has exclusive jurisdiction and control in directing and controlling all the property of the county, as they may deem expedient, according to law, having the care, management, keeping, collecting, or disbursement, of money belonging to the county, or appropriated for its use, making such rules and regulations for the support of the poor of the county, and for the promotion of health, as are not inconsistent with law, and to exercise such other powers as are granted by law, or are indispensable to their jurisdiction over county matters and county finances.
STRATEGIC PRIORITY AREA RELATED TO THIS ITEM (If yes, note strategic priority area below)
Health and Human Services
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