City Council Agenda Report
Meeting Date: January 21, 2025
From: Daniel Calleros, Interim City Administrator
Department: City Administration
Submitted by: Diana Figueroa, Senior Management Analyst Subject
Vernon CommUNITY Fund Grant Committee Awards and Direct Service Grantee Certificates for Fiscal Year (FY) 2024-25
Recommendation
A. Receive and file the report; and
B. Present Certificates to FY 2024-25 Direct Service Grant Recipients.
Background
At its Regular meeting on November 20, 2024, and at a Special meeting on December 11, 2024, the Vernon CommUNITY Fund Grant Committee (Grant Committee) awarded 18 Direct Service Grants to the applicants recommended (listed below) for a combined total of $280,000. 1) Catholic Big Brothers Big Sisters - $10,000; 2) Dolores Mission School - $15,000; 3) Family Health Care Centers - $15,000; 4) Helping Hands Society of Los Angeles - $15,000; 5) Jovenes, Inc. - $15,000; 6) Los Angeles Center for Law and Justice - $20,000; 7) Mental Health Advocacy - $15,000; 8) Newstart Housing Corporation – $15,000; 9) Project Return Peer Support Network - $15,000; 10) Proyecto Pastoral - $15,000; 11) PUENTE Learning Center - $15,000; 12) So'ohShinálí Sister Project - $15,000; 13) Southeast Community Development Corporation - $10,000; 14) Southeast Community Foundation – $25,000; 15) Southeast Rio Vista Family YMCA - $15,000; 16) Vernon City Elementary School – $25,000; 17) Woodcraft Rangers - $15,000; and 18) Youth Champions, Inc. - $10,000.
Section 2.48.130 of the Vernon Municipal Code requires the Grant Committee Executive Director (City Administrator) provide the City Council a report of grant related actions taken by the Grant Committee. A representative from each of the organizations awarded grants has been invited to the January 21, 2025 Council meeting to be presented with a commemorative certificate.
Fiscal Impact
The fiscal impact is $280,000. Sufficient funds are available in the City’s General Fund, Community Promotion Department, Good Neighbor Program Account No. 011-010-140- 529715 for the current fiscal year.
Attachments
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