IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
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AN ORDINANCE appropriating $6,000.00 from the undesignated fund balance of the 2023 Grant Fund in acceptance of grant funds awarded to the Family Court Division by the Family Court Committee of the Supreme Court of Missouri for the Juvenile Justice Program Assistance Grant.
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ORDINANCE NO. 5840, April 1, 2024
INTRODUCED BY Venessa Huskey, County Legislator
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WHEREAS, by Ordinance 5772, the Family Court Division was awarded grant funds in the amount of $18,000.00 by the Family Court Committee of the Supreme Court of Missouri for the Juvenile Justice Program Assistance (JPPA) Grant for the period of July 1, 2023, through June 30, 2024; and,
WHEREAS, an appropriation of an additional $6,000.00 was awarded to the Family Court Division by the Family Court Committee of the Supreme Court of Missouri to further support services for a juvenile nurse; and,
WHEREAS, the award for the Juvenile Justice Program Assistance Contractual Detention Nurse grant now totals $24,000.00; and,
WHEREAS, the goal of this program is to provide the Jackson County Family Court Juvenile Detention facility a registered nurse who will provide treatment for youth in secured detention; and,
WHEREAS, the nurse's additional duties will include responding to sick calls, conducting medical charting, providing assistance to the doctor and dentist, and monitoring youth during telepsychology visits; and,
WHEREAS, the grant does not require local matching funds; and,
WHEREAS, an appropriation is necessary to place the additional grant funds in the proper spending account; now therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the following appropriation be made from the undesignated fund balance of the 2024 Grant Fund:
DEPARTMENT/DIVISION
CHARACTER/DESCRIPTION
FROM
TO
Grant Fund
Family Court
010-2101
45300 - Increase Revenue
$6000
Non-Specific
010-9999
32810 -
Undesignated F...
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