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Council approves $1.375M in contracts for community violence intervention programs
Summary
Columbus City Council approved contracts that provide funding to the Columbus Urban League and Community for New Direction to expand violence-intervention staffing and street- and school-based services coordinated by the Office of Violence Prevention.
Columbus City Council voted to approve two contracts administered by the Office of Violence Prevention to expand community-based violence-intervention programs.
Council approved a contract authorizing up to $725,000 to the Columbus Urban League and a second contract authorizing up to $650,000 to Community for New Direction. Both contracts waive competitive-bidding requirements and were declared emergency expenditures; the council approved both measures in committee and by roll call.
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