ORDINANCE NO. 210895
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Authorizing an application to the Missouri Development Finance Board for the authorization of state tax credits in the amount not to exceed $250,000.00 to support the Niles Home for Children Project; and authorizing the City Manager's Office to execute a tax credit agreement with the Missouri Development Finance Board in connection with the tax credits.
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WHEREAS, Niles Home for Children ("Niles"), located at 1911 E. 23rd Street, Kansas City, Missouri, in the 3rd Council District, was originally established in 1924 and later opened its behavioral healthcare residential center in the 1960s and Niles Prep Day Treatment in 1987; and
WHEREAS, Niles provides intensive therapeutic intervention in a safe and structured environment; and
WHEREAS, in 2017, Niles joined KVC Health Systems, determining that this alliance provided Niles the opportunity to focus on strengthening and expanding programs, enhancing program quality, and realigning fiscal sustainability; and
WHEREAS, KVC Niles/KVC Missouri is raising funds for a campaign of at least $1 million to provide significant facility remodeling to address critical issues like sewer line, roof, electrical, playground/outdoor fitness space, to add bedrooms, and to facilitate significant program expansions in Missouri along its continuum of care (the "Project"); and
WHEREAS, Niles is seeking expansion of additional program areas that increase the success of youth once they are discharged from Niles. These program expansion services include treatment foster care and aftercare services; and
WHEREAS, in total, this Project represents $1 million dollars of new investment in the facility and building conservation; and
WHEREAS, construction of this Project, estimated to require $1,047,000.00 of investment, is to commence in early 2022 and has a target completion date of December 2022, contingent on remaining fundraising;...
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