18-06 Accept Funds for "Family to Family"

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18-06 ORDINANCE NO. fr~:r>¢F, BY: Antonio~ Butler~ Demro, Dever, FitzGerald, Madigan, Seelie. AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE authorizing and direc~ng the Mayor of the CitY of Lakewood, on behalf of the CitY, to eater into an Agreement with the Cuyahoga County Department of Children and Family Services to accept and eXpend funds for the Family to Family System of Care Expansion Project. WHEREAS, the CitY of Lakewood has been awarded a two-year grant estimated at $460,000 to provide wrap around services targeting identified at-risk youth and families in Lakewood; and WHEREAS, the CitY of Lakewood, Department of Human Services, will participate in a communitY collaborative that will act as a forum for public and private agencies to make decisions about services, explore barriers to accessing these services and available funding opportunities; and WHEREAS, the CitY of Lakewood, Department of Human Services, will provide system of care services made up of partnerships between parents, natural support systems, public and private entities to implement the Vroon-Vandenberg model of wraparound services as spedfied by Cuyahoga County; and WHEREAS, the City of Lakewood, Department of Human Services, will deveop an individualized service plan that builds on the unique strengths of each child and family that is consistent with the family's culture and language; and WHEREAS, this Council by ,a vote of at least five (5) members elected thereto determines that this ordinance is an emergency measure, and that this ordinance shall take effect at the earliest date possible as set forth in ARTICLE III, SECTONS 10 and 13 of the SECOND AMENDED CHARTER OF THE C~TY OF LAKEWOOD, and that it is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public property, health and safety, and to provide for the usual daily operation of municipal departments ia that the contract for the current program year begins April t, 2006. Now Therefore, BE ~1- ORDAINED BY THE c[-rY OF LAKEWOOD, STATE OF OHIO Section 1. That the Mayor or his designee, on behalf of the City, is hereby authorized to enter into an Agreement with the Coyahoga County Department of Children and Family Services to accept and expend funds for the Family to Family System of Care Expansion Project. Section 2. It is found and determined that all formal actions of this Council' concerning and relating to the passage of this ordinance were adopted in an open meeting of this council, and that all such deliberations of this Council and any of its committees that resulted in such formal action, were in meetings open to the public, in compliance with all legal requirements. Section 3. That thLs ordinance is hereby declared to be an emergency measure necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, prbporty, health, safety and welfare in the CitY and for the usual daily operation of the CitY for the reasons set forth and defined in the preamble to this ordinance, and provided it receives the affirmative vote of at least five (5) of its members etected to Council, this ordinance shall take effect and be in force immediately upon its adoption by the Council and approval by the Mayor otherwise, it shall take effect and be in force after the earliest pedod allowed by law. Adopted:~t ~,/-~ 2-~, ::L~) ' /~. ~, ~ President ApProved: