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File #: 25-1305    Version: 1
Type: Mayor's Request Status: Referred for Recommendation
File created: 8/21/2025 In control: Finance Committee
On agenda: 8/28/2025 Final action:
Enactment date: Enactment #:
Title: Requesting approval to accept and expend a $10,000 grant with no new match required, from the Department of Mental Health to the Police Department for Jail Diversion Program personnel expenses.
Code sections: Grant/Gift -
Attachments: 1. DMH JDP Grant

Agenda Summary

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Requesting approval to accept and expend a $10,000 grant with no new match required, from the Department of Mental Health to the Police Department for Jail Diversion Program personnel expenses.

 

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To the Honorable City Council:

 

The Mayor respectfully requests that this Council accept and approve expending a grant of $10,000.00 from the Department of Mental Health to the Somerville Police Department, under the provisions of MGL Chapter 44, Section 53A. This grant does not require the commitment of new matching funds.

 

The purpose of this grant is to pay for the Jail Diversion Program personnel expenses for in FY26 Q1.

 

Appropriate staff will be available to answer any questions you may have. Thank you for your consideration of this item.

 

Respectfully submitted,

Katjana Ballantyne, Mayor