Public Hearing: YES ☐ NO ☒ Department: Board of Commissioners - District 2
SUBJECT:
Title
Commission District(s): Commission District 2
District 2 ARP Funding for Trellis Horticultural Therapy Alliance
Body
Information Contact: Commissioner Jeff Rader
Phone Number: 404-371-2863
PURPOSE:
To provide funding from District 2 ARP POETA Account 105744.63258.521209.01.02.602479 in the amount of $142,560.00 to Trellis Horticultural Therapy Alliance for mental health services for those who have been severely impacted by COVID-19.
NEED/IMPACT:
Trellis Horticultural Therapy Alliance seeks to connect individuals living with disability to the mental health and wellness benefits that gardening, and nature can offer. Because disability comes in many forms - mental health disorders, aging and dementia, intellectual disability, injury and degenerative diseases, Trellis serves a variety of populations. Trellis’s primary service model is the design and delivery of customized group therapeutic gardening programs. The primary operating space is at Callanwolde Fine Arts Center located in DeKalb County District 2. Trellis will connect with Central DeKalb Senior Center, Veterans and other vulnerable populations in District 2 in order to reach the needs of citizens who have suffered under the effects of isolation during the past two years.
FISCAL IMPACT:
District 2 ARP POETA Account 105744.63258.521209.01.02.602479
RECOMMENDATION:
Recommended Action
To approve the appropriation of $142,560.00 to Trellis Horticultural Therapy Alliance and authorize the Chief Executive Officer to execute all necessary documents to support this appropriation.