ORDINANCE NO. 250549
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Sponsor: Court Administrator
Authorizing the acceptance of a $160,000.00 grant from the Health Forward Foundation to implement a Fathers For Change curriculum for the Domestic Violence Court; designating requisitioning authority; and recognizing this ordinance as having an accelerated effective date.
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WHEREAS, a majority of domestic violence cases are filed in the Kansas City Municipal Domestic Violence Court which has jurisdiction over cases including intimate partner violence, child abuse, child endangerment, violations of protection orders, stalking, and violence between family members; and
WHEREAS, Fathers for Change is a fatherhood focused individual and family intervention that addresses co-occurring intimate partner violence and child maltreatment. There are no other programs that directly and comprehensively address the effect of intimate partner violence on children in the home despite the fact that more than one third of children involved with child protective services live in homes with intimate partner violence; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:
Section 1. That the Court Administrator, on behalf of the City of Kansas City, Missouri, is authorized to accept a $160,000.00 grant from the Health Forward Foundation to implement a Fathers For Change curriculum for the Domestic Violence Court.
Section 2. That the revenue in the following account of the General Grants Fund is hereby estimated in the following amount:
26-2580-270001-479977-G27HFF25FFC Health Forward Foundation -
Fathers for Change $160,000.00
Section 3. That the sum of $160,000.00 is hereby appropriated in the following account of the General Grants Fund:
26-2580-275800-B-G27HFF25FFC Health Forward Foundation -
Fathers for Change $160,000.00
Section 4. That the Administrator of Municipal Court is designated requisitioning authority for Account No. 26-2580-275800.
Section 5. That this ordinance, appropriating money, is recognized as an ordinance with an accelerated effective date as provided by Section 503(a)(3)(C) of the City Charter and shall take effect in accordance with Section 503, City Charter.
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I hereby certify that there is a balance, otherwise unencumbered, to the credit of the appropriation to which the foregoing expenditure is to be charged, and a cash balance, otherwise unencumbered, in the treasury, to the credit of the fund from which payment is to be made, each sufficient to meet the obligation hereby incurred.
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Tammy L, Queen
Director of Finance
Approved as to form:
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Andrew Bonkowski
Assistant City Attorney