Local Assistance Grant AgreementLocal Assistance Grant Agreement • August 21st, 2024
I, Brandy Tolbert the duly authorized representative of the above named Grant Recipient, do hereby agree to the following terms that outline the requirements of Columbus, Georgia for organizations/agencies receiving funds from the Columbus Office of Crime Prevention. I have been given the opportunity to ask questions regarding these terms and fully understand my organization’s obligations incurred by accepting this grant. I understand that prior to the disbursements of any funds the following criteria must be met:
Local Assistance Grant AgreementLocal Assistance Grant Agreement • August 21st, 2024
In 2013, Cheryl Flowers began collaborating with Chris Lindsey, Principal at G.W. Carver High School. This was in response to the discipline issues and disruptions they were experiencing at Carver. It has since expanded into fourteen other schools. After working with the kids involved, Mrs. Flowers discovered that the female participants had a unique set of problems. These students could not be dealt with in the same manner as the male students. This prompted Mrs. Flowers to create a separate program, Flourishing Ladies.
Local Assistance Grant AgreementLocal Assistance Grant Agreement • August 21st, 2024
Mission Statement: Teen Advisors, Inc. exists to empower students to impact their culture with integrity for life through positive peer pressure!
Local Assistance Grant AgreementLocal Assistance Grant Agreement • July 19th, 2023
I, Davita Bynam the duly authorized representative of the above named Grant Recipient, do hereby agree to the following terms that outline the requirements of Columbus, Georgia for organizations/agencies receiving funds from the Columbus Office of Crime Prevention. I have been given the opportunity to ask questions regarding these terms and fully understand my organization’s obligations incurred by accepting this grant. I understand that prior to the disbursements of any funds the following criteria must be met:
Local Assistance Grant AgreementLocal Assistance Grant Agreement • July 19th, 2023
Local Assistance Grant AgreementLocal Assistance Grant Agreement • August 25th, 2022
The primary purpose of the organization is to mentor and tutor at risk youth within Muscogee County. This will be accomplished through the director and volunteers. The children will be referred through the juvenile court system and MCSD.
Local Assistance Grant AgreementLocal Assistance Grant Agreement • July 31st, 2023
Young Life effort is to mentor juveniles from ages 14-18 in Carver, Jordan and Hardaway high school. There is also an alumni program that mentors students until they are 21.
Local Assistance Grant AgreementLocal Assistance Grant Agreement • July 19th, 2023
I, Greg Herring the duly authorized representative of the above named Grant Recipient, do hereby agree to the following terms that outline the requirements of Columbus, Georgia for organizations/agencies receiving funds from the Columbus Office of Crime Prevention. I have been given the opportunity to ask questions regarding these terms and fully understand my organization’s obligations incurred by accepting this grant. I understand that prior to the disbursements of any funds the following criteria must be met:
Local Assistance Grant AgreementLocal Assistance Grant Agreement • July 19th, 2023
The Boys and Girls Club of Columbus Delinquency Prevention Initiative will be a collaborative effort to identify and redirect young people away from potential delinquent behaviors. Objectives are to 1) Provide positive role models. 2) Provide a safety net in the form of a case manager who will a) work closely with the Juvenile Court to identify non violent offenders and b) “shepherd” the fifty at risk kids in the program. 3) Provide a tutor that will be available for academic counseling. 4) Provide 12 week programs, (Passport to Manhood and SMART Girls) attendance of which will be required. 5) Be responsible for monitoring attendance, grades and behavior reports.
Local Assistance Grant AgreementLocal Assistance Grant Agreement • August 25th, 2022
Administering Agency: Columbus Office of Crime Prevention Grant Recipient: Columbus Regional Tennis Association Amount: $20,000.00
Local Assistance Grant AgreementLocal Assistance Grant Agreement • July 31st, 2023
In an effort to intervene with the juvenile violence during after school hours and offer quality after school and weekend programming that promotes academic achievement, health and wellness, building relationships, and character development for youth grades 7 to 12, the YMCA of Metropolitan Columbus is seeking funding from the Columbus Consolidated Crime Prevention Office to assist in the development of the Columbus Y Achievers Program.
Local Assistance Grant AgreementLocal Assistance Grant Agreement • August 19th, 2021
Overflow provides a platform of mentoring to significantly at risk youth, many from Rothschild Middle School. The mentoring will come in one on one interaction with thirty plus volunteers and through cosmetology training. Several children mentored have gone on to complete their studies in cosmetology and are now working. None of the funding would go toward overhead or capital expenditures. This program brings two very effective means of intervention, (mentoring and skills training), together into one program.
Local Assistance Grant AgreementLocal Assistance Grant Agreement • August 21st, 2024
Columbus Technical College (CTC) will provide program participants with in-demand skills training and opportunities to acquire multiple industry-specific and nationally recognized professional credentials. The proposal is to serve 140+participants from July 2024 through June 2025. The participants will be from two different groups. Program groups include returning citizens currently residing at the Muscogee County Prison and those residing at the Muscogee County Jail.
Local Assistance Grant AgreementLocal Assistance Grant Agreement • August 25th, 2022
The Legitimation Station’s objective is to help fathers of children born out of wedlock to establish legal relationships with their children through legitimation, which is required to secure a father’s legal rights to custody and visitation of nonmarital children. To achieve this objective, the Legitimation Station seeks funding to employ a project co-ordinator to recruit, train and co-ordinate pro bono attorneys and paralegals to assist fathers in preparing and filing legitimation pleadings in superior court and to maintain the pro se forms on the family law information center website.
Local Assistance Grant AgreementLocal Assistance Grant Agreement • July 31st, 2023
The Board felt that the STEAM competition and the hands on activities with mentors and teachers would be beneficial to the at risk participants. They did not feel that monies should be used toward the purchase of cars. They felt the participates should have some skin in the game and should rely heavily on corporate sponsors for the cars and the building of the cars should be left up to the participants.
Local Assistance Grant AgreementLocal Assistance Grant Agreement • August 25th, 2022
The Mathews Promise Academy is an afterschool and summer program for children and youth ages 5-17. The Academy provides a safe and structured program and intentionally focuses on academic and social development to empower impoverished children and youth as an alternative to criminal activity and to break the cycle of generational poverty.
Local Assistance Grant AgreementLocal Assistance Grant Agreement • July 31st, 2023
I, Ronald Wright the duly authorized representative of the above named Grant Recipient, do hereby agree to the following terms that outline the requirements of Columbus, Georgia for organizations/agencies receiving funds from the Columbus Office of Crime Prevention. I have been given the opportunity to ask questions regarding these terms and fully understand my organization’s obligations incurred by accepting this grant. I understand that prior to the disbursements of any funds the following criteria must be met:
Local Assistance Grant AgreementLocal Assistance Grant Agreement • August 19th, 2021
Project Elevate seeks to assist incarcerated youth with disabilities to reach their maximum potential. According to the Department of Education, the majority of youth in YDCs have an identifiable disability.
Local Assistance Grant AgreementLocal Assistance Grant Agreement • August 25th, 2022
The Youth College and Careers Expo (YCCExpo) exposes participants 4th through 12th grade with access to colleges, universities and STEAM based professionals. Within the YCCExpo, students benefit from visits to over 50 businesses, organizations, colleges and universities, and learn within seminars how to prepare for college/career, how to engage their interpersonal skills and nonverbal communication cues, just to name a few. The low-to-moderate income participants will have direct access to over 50 college and university representatives to apply for admission and learn about the schools' processes, over 80 business professionals in which questions about STEAM careers can be asked, exposure to organizations that some of them may not have known about, and hands-on activities that increase the understanding of how job functions and processes work.
Local Assistance Grant AgreementLocal Assistance Grant Agreement • July 19th, 2023
Instructors from CSO will be placed inside Downtown Elementary, Martin Luther King Jr. and the two Girls Inc. locations. The program will serve over 450 children in MCSD.
Local Assistance Grant AgreementLocal Assistance Grant Agreement • August 19th, 2021
The Family FIRST program is based on a curriculum titled Family Wellness: Survival Skills for Healthy Families. The program teaches patterns and skills that support a healthy family life. This program provides instruction on the role of parents, the role of children and the role of other adults in the family. Single parent homes and step-family concerns are also covered in this program. The examples and exercises used in Family FIRST offer ways to practice the skills taught and a chance to learn the patterns that support healthy family life. Families, including children age 8 and above, attend this program together and learn from other families while participating. All participants will receive encouragement and follow-up communication regarding how to develop and practice the skills to manage their lives and to prevent and solve problems.
Local Assistance Grant AgreementLocal Assistance Grant Agreement • August 21st, 2024
Young Life effort is to mentor juveniles from ages 14-18 in Carver, Jordan and Hardaway high school. There is also an alumni program that mentors students until they are 21.
Local Assistance Grant AgreementLocal Assistance Grant Agreement • July 19th, 2023
The Columbus Dream Center project restores families and equip homes by providing perishable and non-perishable food items, prepared meals, clothing, hygiene care, haircare, case management (connecting families to community resources) and a youth summer program.
Local Assistance Grant AgreementLocal Assistance Grant Agreement • July 19th, 2023
All year around individual and group mentoring program that includes twice weekly basketball training and chess program. Our objective is to keep our young men off the street and in the gym or in a controlled classroom setting. Educating them on how to control their emotions, handle frustration and overcome setbacks that arise from everyday life. Our main goal of this project is to build character and prepare young men for a successful transition into manhood through life skills taught from the game of basketball and chess.
Local Assistance Grant AgreementLocal Assistance Grant Agreement • August 21st, 2024
This project will combined all current mentoring efforts under the name of Men act This Way, Inc. The purpose of this project is to expand our current mentoring efforts in two distinct environments working with young men to shape character that will help them maximize their full academic and social potential as well as becoming productive citizens. The mentoring curriculum being used is a modified version of Project Manhood that was developed by Dr.Sheldon D.Nix.
Local Assistance Grant AgreementLocal Assistance Grant Agreement • September 1st, 2020
The Big Brother – Big Sisters program is there to provide youth facing adversity with strong enduring, professionally supported one-to-one relationships that change their lives for the better, forever. They do this through positive mentoring that improves self confidence, academics and improved family relations. Children involved in BBBS consistently demonstrate 92.6% abstinence from juvenile crime, 72% improvement in school attitude and a 70% improvement in academics.
Local Assistance Grant AgreementLocal Assistance Grant Agreement • August 21st, 2024
• Encourage children and caregivers to “practice” research-based conflict resolution, self-soothing, and naming emotion methods as part of the performance
Local Assistance Grant AgreementLocal Assistance Grant Agreement • September 1st, 2020
Recruit 200 women who are at risk for homelessness, domestic violence and incarceration for at least one 6 week session. Resolve emotional and psychological issues that impede self- confidence and self-esteem. Help reduce the recidivism rate for women through education and mentoring.
Local Assistance Grant AgreementLocal Assistance Grant Agreement • August 25th, 2022
The project proposes to work with approximately 30-40 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students by immersing them into an arts based after school program that provides arts training (percussion, piano, visual art, etc depending on student interests), intensive academic support, weekly male mentoring, outdoor activities, and ongoing exposure to cultural activities. The program will continue to target male students.
Local Assistance Grant AgreementLocal Assistance Grant Agreement • August 19th, 2021
I, Cheryl Bursh the duly authorized representative of the above named Grant Recipient, do hereby agree to the following terms that outline the requirements of Columbus, Georgia for organizations/agencies receiving funds from the Columbus Office of Crime Prevention. I have been given the opportunity to ask questions regarding these terms and fully understand my organization’s obligations incurred by accepting this grant. I understand that prior to the disbursements of any funds the following criteria must be met:
Local Assistance Grant AgreementLocal Assistance Grant Agreement • August 25th, 2022
Columbus Technical College (CTC) will provide program participants with in-demand skills training and opportunities to acquire multiple industry-specific and nationally recognized professional credentials. The proposal is to serve 210 participants from July 2022 through June 2023. The participants will be from three different groups. Program groups include returning citizens currently residing at the Muscogee County Prison (90), adult learners attempting to complete their high school equivalency (HSE) (60), and at-risk youth (60) in the summer youth program.
Local Assistance Grant AgreementLocal Assistance Grant Agreement • August 19th, 2021
I, Neil Richardson the duly authorized representative of the above named Grant Recipient, do hereby agree to the following terms that outline the requirements of Columbus, Georgia for organizations/agencies receiving funds from the Columbus Office of Crime Prevention. I have been given the opportunity to ask questions regarding these terms and fully understand my organization’s obligations incurred by accepting this grant. I understand that prior to the disbursements of any funds the following criteria must be met:
Local Assistance Grant AgreementLocal Assistance Grant Agreement • August 25th, 2022
The primary purpose of the organization is to empower economically disadvantaged youth from high- poverty and high-crime areas in Muscogee County with the tools needed to graduate high school, successfully apply to college, and obtain a Bachelor’s degree. We reach our goal by providing mentoring, enrichment sessions, SAT/ACT prep, financial support and scholarships ($10,000/2,500 over the course of 4 undergraduate years). We believe that the program not only inspires a thirst for learning but also keeps kids out of trouble.
