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Requesting the acceptance of a Metro North Regional Employment Board Summer Youth Works grant of $39,300 for summer youth employment.
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Dear Honorable Board Members:
The Health & Human Services Department of the City of Somerville has been awarded a Metro North Regional Employment Board Summer Youth Works Grant in the amount of $39,300.00.
These funds will be used to pay 24 summer youth and The Career Place which will offer services to the youth and a portion of the Human Services Director’s salary to support the youth.
In accordance with M.G.L. Chapter 44, section 53A which requires a vote of the Board of Alderman for the expenditure of grants or gifts from the federal government and from a charitable foundation, private corporation, or an individual, or from the Commonwealth, a County or Municipality or agency thereof, I request approval to accept the initial payment of this grant which totals $39,300.00.
Respectfully submitted
Joseph A. Curtatone
Mayor