File #: 2024-1063    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Resolution Status: Consent
File created: 8/20/2024 In control: Board of Commissioners
On agenda: 8/27/2024 Final action: 8/27/2024
Title: Commission District(s): District 5 An Item to Allocate $5,000 of Youth Violence Prevention Funds Reserved For Appropriation by District 5 to the DeKalb Juvenile Justice Council

                                    

Public Hearing:  YES      NO                                                   Department: Board of Commissioners - District 5                                     

 

SUBJECT:

Title

Commission District(s): District 5

An Item to Allocate $5,000 of Youth Violence Prevention Funds Reserved For Appropriation by District 5 to the DeKalb Juvenile Justice Council

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Information Contact: Mereda Davis Johnson

Phone Number: 404-371-2159

 

PURPOSE:

To approve the appropriation of $5,000 from the Youth Violence Prevention Funds Reserved For Appropriation by District 5 to the DeKalb County Juvenile Justice Council to assist DeKalb juveniles with education, technology, counseling, and other wrap-around services, as well as deliver quality programming to aid in the rehabilitation and redirection of at-risk youth in DeKalb County.

 

NEED/IMPACT:

The mission of the DeKalb Juvenile Justice Council is to support the efforts of the DeKalb County Juvenile Court to recognize and respond to the trauma-related needs of youth and their families, and to develop sustainable pathways to empower youth toward success.

 

This funding is to support the programming of the DeKalb Juvenile Justice Council.

 

FISCAL IMPACT:

$5,000 from the Youth Violence Prevention Fund Reserved for Appropriation by District 5 to the DeKalb County Juvenile Justice Council

 

RECOMMENDATION:

Recommended Action

To approve the resolution and authorize the Chief Executive Officer to execute all necessary documents...