DEPARTMENT
Community Development
REQUESTED ACTION (Identify appropriate Action or Motion, purpose, cost, timeframe, etc.)
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Request approval of the 2024 Consolidated Community Services Program (CCSP) Evaluation Committee's recommendations in the amount of $5,613,958.00 to the non-profits identified in Attachment "A". CCSP funding will support the delivery of essential community services to Fulton County residents in the areas of: Children and Youth Services; Disabilities; Economic Stability/Poverty; Health and Wellness; Homelessness; Senior Services; and Veterans Services. General funds in the amount of $5,363,958.00 for the Community Services Program, and $1,000,000.00 for the Veterans Services Program was approved by the Fulton County Board of Commissioners at the January 24, 2024, Second Regular Meeting (Agenda item# 24-0051). The contract period runs from January 1, 2024 - 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 jurisdic...
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