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County committee advances $15,000 ARPA grant for mobile LiveScan and CPR training for caregivers

Cuyahoga County Council Health and Human Services and Aging Committee · November 20, 2025
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Summary

Growing Right Over Wealth requested $15,000 in District 11 ARPA funds to buy a mobile LiveScan unit and CPR/AED training equipment to help low‑income mothers and kin caregivers obtain background checks and hands‑on CPR certification; the committee moved the application to full council for second reading.

The Health and Human Services and Aging Committee advanced a District 11 ARPA award of up to $15,000 to Growing Right Over Wealth (GROW) for a project to expand access to background checks and hands‑on CPR training for low‑income mothers and kin caregivers across Cuyahoga County.

Ebony Spano, GROW founder and executive director, told the committee the proposal would purchase a mobile LiveScan fingerprinting system (quoted cost $9,800), CPR/AED training equipment ($3,000) and three to four adult and infant…

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