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State LECFTF Funding for Corner Drug Store Interface Youth Program and Spotlight on Youth Campaign (B)
This item requests that the City Commission appropriate and expend funds from the State Law Enforcement Contraband Forfeiture Trust Fund for the Corner Drug Store Interface Youth Program and Spotlight on Youth Campaign.
Explanation
The seventh annual Spotlight on Youth fundraiser is a unique program that features talented youth throughout Gainesville/Alachua County and exhibits their artistic talents in one gala event held annually at the University Performing Arts Center. Law Enforcement Contraband Forfeiture Trust Funds will be used to enhance services in the Interface Youth Program/Shelter Central for at-risk youth who are in the early stages of system penetration and may be diverted from incarceration. The facility is a twenty-bed operation that provides short-term residential care to truants, runaways, and ungovernable youth. Tickets for under-privileged youth to attend the gala will be issued at no cost and credited as compliments of the Gainesville Police Department. A similar contribution is being requested from the Alachua County Sheriff's Office.
Fiscal Impact
Funds for this expenditure are available in the State Law Enforcement Contraband Forfeiture Trust Fund, as allowed under FSS 932.7055(4)(a). The current balance of the State Law Enforcement Contraband Forfeiture Trust Fund is $28,511.
Recommendation
The City Commission authorize the appropriation of an amount not to exceed $10,000 from the State Law Enforcement Contraband Forfeiture Trust Fund for the Corner Drug Store Interface Youth Program and Spotlight on Youth Campaign.
Alternative Recommendation A: The City Commission decline the appropriation and advise staff to not fund the request from the Corner Drug Store. There is no fiscal impact.