DATE:
April 26, 2022
20
TO:
Board of Supervisors
SUBJECT
Title
COMMUNITY ENHANCEMENT AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN AND NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT PROGRAM GRANTS (DISTRICT: 1)
Body
OVERVIEW
The County of San Diego is fortunate to have an opportunity to reinvest taxpayer money into our communities for the benefit of the public. This action will assist the County in meeting the needs of the community.
RECOMMENDATION(S)
VICE-CHAIR NORA VARGAS
1. Allocate $25,000 from the Community Enhancement American Rescue Plan Program budget (Org 12905) to California Federation of Women's Club d.b.a. San Ysidro Women's Club to support community projects aimed at addressing the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on low-income and minority communities by providing funding towards the distribution of blankets, books, backpacks, and school supplies. This grant request includes support towards scholarships that would help support students from low-income and minority communities in San Ysidro who historically have faced challenges acquiring, receiving, and completing higher education which were exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic.
2. Allocate $15,000 from the Community Enhancement American Rescue Plan Program budget (Org 12905) to OnStage Playhouse, Inc. to support a diverse variety of theatre productions and community events aimed at addressing the unique economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on theatre productions as a result of prolonged venue closures that have made it difficult for theatre arts programs to recover from the pandemic by providing funding towards an Arts in the Park event in Chula Vista, stipends for performing artists, support for their educational program Page to Stage, support for their Community Conversations event, and to purchase marketing materials for community outreach activities.
3. Allocate $10,000 from the Community Enhancement American Rescue Plan Program budget (Org 12905) to Transcendance Youth Arts Project d.b.a. "transcenDANCE" to su...
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