IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
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A RESOLUTION authorizing the County Executive to execute a Cooperative Agreement with Connections to Success, Inc., of Kansas City, MO, for the Constructing Futures III Project, at a cost to the County not to exceed $55,000.00, to further the prevention of homelessness and the prevention of drugs and drug-related offenses.
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RESOLUTION #17729, November 7, 2011
INTRODUCED BY James D. Tindall, County Legislator
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WHEREAS, the Constructing Futures Project is a unique public-private partnership designed to provide a structured pathway to allow former drug offenders to enter the construction industry, and at the same time provide permanent housing to those in need; and,
WHEREAS, the project will allow drug offenders and unskilled individuals living in poverty to learn the construction trade by rehabilitating a house that can then be occupied by a family struggling with homelessness; and,
WHEREAS, Connections to Success, Inc., of Kansas City (Jackson County), MO, will serve as the manger for this project; and,
WHEREAS, the Housing Resources Commission and the COMBAT Administration are collaborating on this effort; and,
WHEREAS, the Housing Resources Commission has approved Housing Resources Commission funds in the amount of $35,000.00 for the furnishing of materials and supplies to rehabilitate a house located at 1506 South McCoy, Independence, MO, that will be occupied by a Jackson County family that has recently struggled with homelessness; and,
WHEREAS, the COMBAT Administration has approved Anti-Drug Sales Tax Funds in the amount of $20,000.00 to provide for on-the-job training for Jackson County citizens through Connections with Success to provide the labor for the project, which will further the prevention of drugs and drug-related offenses; now therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED, that the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the County Exe...
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