DATE:
May 24, 2022
11
TO:
Board of Supervisors
SUBJECT
Title
NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT PROGRAM & COMMUNITY ENHANCEMENT GRANTS (DISTRICT: 4)
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)
CHAIR NATHAN FLETCHER
1. Allocate $10,000 from the Community Enhancement Program budget (Org 12900) to Veterans in Business Network to support their Business Development Training and Veteran 2 Veteran Business Cohorts which helps guide the established Veteran business owner in assessing their business for strategic growth and success.
2. Allocate $6,500 from the Community Enhancement Program budget (Org 12900) to Media Heritage, Inc. to help fund artists' fee at the Film Out San Diego 2022 LGBTQ Film Festival that will enhance our communities by providing San Diego County residents and visitors with the opportunity to engage in-person with filmmakers and actors telling LGBTQ stories.
3. Allocate $5,000 from the Community Enhancement Program budget (Org 12900) to the San Diego Museum of Art to support the Front-End Evaluation Project for "Wonders of Creation: Art, Science, and Innovation in the Islamic World," an exhibition of Islamic visual culture in San Diego that engages the most diverse and widest possible audience.
4. Allocate $10,000 from the Community Enhancement Program budget (Org 12900) to Shelter Providers of San Diego, dba HomeAid San Diego to fund operational support for them to continue to provide needed services to the most vulnerable populations.
5. Allocate $7,500 from the Community Enhancement Program budget (Org 12900) to Alternative Healing Network to provide Community Wellness Collaborative with funds for their Free Community Wellness events to low-income community residents, Organizational Capacity Building that will develop outreach materials in...
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