Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Fifteen Thousand Dollars ($15,000.00) in the form of a grant for two charitable donations, awarded by the Frank R and Elizabeth Simoni Foundation Inc. to be administered by the Police Department. The grant will fund training initiatives for the Homicide and Youth Violence Strike Force Units.
The grant will fund a comprehensive inter-agency agency strategy that connects law enforcement, employment, education, public health and youth development agencies to reduce youth violence in the Commonwealth and Dr. Number 0802 message in order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expand the amount of $15,000 in the form of a grant for two charitable donations awarded by Frank R and Elizabeth Simone Foundation, Inc. to be administered by the police department. The grant will fund training initiatives for the Homicide and Youth Violence Strike Task Force Strike Strikeforce units. Thank you. The Chair recognizes counsel, Florida Chair of the Committee on Public Safety, Criminal Justice Counsel. Clarity. You have the floor. Thank you, Mr. President. The Safe and Successful Youth Initiative is a Youth Violence Prevention and Intervention Initiative that is funded annually by the Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services. The council has already passed the annual grant program, which was used to complement the grant funding distributed through COVID Recovery Violence Intervention Grant last October as sueh a lead agency, the Boston Public Health Commission coordinates referrals through community organizations to provide transitional services following outreach and intensive case management. They're also able to offer a behavioral health counseling plus education and employment services. Each year, the case managers enroll over 120 young adults to this program, and they also arrange supports for partnering organizations. The docket in front of us today is a $50,000 supplemental grant, to which 26,500 was distributed to the program's partnership. Community organizations. An additional 10,000 was dedicated to individuals assistance for jobs in the form of work, boots and tools plus transportation to and from behavioral health and medical health appointments throughout the city. The four case managers were budgeted for approximately 11,500 increase in personnel, along with charges of 2000 were committed towards purchasing air purification devices and PPE. Since the award period ends tomorrow, June 30th, I'm asking this body to suspend in pass doc in 0801 as it pertains to zero. Docket 080. This docket has grant funding from two charitable donations that were awarded by the Frank R and Elizabeth Simone Foundation to be administered by the Boston Police Department. This grant would fund training initiatives for the Homicide and Youth Violence Strike Force. As chair of Public Safety, I'm asking the stock to be suspended and passed so we can expeditiously spend this one $15,000 grant. Thank you, Mr. President. Thank you, counsel. Firing. Mr. Clarke, before we. Before we vote. Please let the record reflect that counsel and O'Hara's present counsel of clarity seek suspension of the roles and passage of Docket 0801. All those in favor say I am opposed. Say no. The ayes have it. Docket 0801 is passed. Council five receives suspension of the roles. Passage of docket 0802. All those in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed say no. The ayes have it. Docket 0802 has passed. Mr. Clerk, can you please read Docket 0803, please? I can. Number 0803 message an order authorizing the city of Boston to accept and expend the amount of $6,460 in the form of a grant for the federal fiscal year 22 senior companion program awarded by the Corporation for National and Community Service to be administered by the Eight Strong Commission.