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File #: 25-0282    Version: 1
Type: Mayor's Request Status: Approved, Awaiting Mayoral Review
File created: 2/18/2025 In control: City Council
On agenda: 2/27/2025 Final action: 3/13/2025
Enactment date: 3/13/2025 Enactment #: 218533
Title: Requesting approval to accept and expend a $15,000 grant with no new match required, as a sub-award through the Fenway Community Health Center to the Police Department for the Post-Overdose Support Team (POST).
Code sections: Grant/Gift -
Attachments: 1. SPD Subrecipient Agreement

Agenda Summary

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Requesting approval to accept and expend a $15,000 grant with no new match required, as a sub-award through the Fenway Community Health Center to the Police Department for the Post-Overdose Support Team (POST).

 

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Official Text

To the Honorable City Council:

 

The Mayor respectfully requests that this Council accept and approve expending a grant of  $15,000.00 as a sub-award through the Fenway Community Health Center 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 post-overdose follow-up outreach.

 

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