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File #: 250591    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 7/10/2025 In control: Council
On agenda: 7/31/2025 Final action: 7/31/2025
Title: Sponsor: Director of Neighborhood Services Department Accepting a $250,000.00 Capacity Building Grant from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation by expanding the City's Neighborhood Empowerment Grant program to include technical assistance programming for grant recipients.
Sponsors: Director of Neighborhoods
Attachments: 1. TMP-5726_Docket Memo, 2. Ordinance Kauffman Capacity Grant 2025 - Empowerment TA, 3. TMP-5726_Approp Admin, 4. Slides for Ordinance 7.29
ORDINANCE NO. 250591

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Sponsor: Director of Neighborhood Services Department

Accepting a $250,000.00 Capacity Building Grant from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation by expanding the City's Neighborhood Empowerment Grant program to include technical assistance programming for grant recipients.

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WHEREAS, the City of Kansas City is committed to supporting non-profit neighborhood organizations through capacity building and strategic funding, and providing opportunities to neighborhoods to improve livability, protect quality of life, increase resident involvement and support community-led projects; and

WHEREAS, the City's Neighborhood Services Department administers the Neighborhood Empowerment Program that provides funding to n-profit neighborhood organizations for projects aimed to strengthen and uplift Kansas City's diverse communities and their residents, bolster community engagement, enhance neighborhood identity, promote public safety strategies, improve natural environments, provide youth programming and advance economic mobility; and

WHEREAS, the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation has awarded a $250,000.00 grant to the City to provide administrative support to the Neighborhood Services Department for the implementation and oversight of a technical assistance program for the Neighborhood Empowerment Grant; NOW, THEREFORE,

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:

Section 1. That the Director of Neighborhood Services is authorized to accept a $250,000.00 grant from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation to provide funding for administrative and financial training and support for grantees of the Neighborhood Empowerment Grant Program.

Section 2. That the Director of Neighborhood Services is authorized to execute a grant agreement with the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation to govern the administration of the grant. A copy of the grant agreement is on file with the Director of the...

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