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State LECFTF Funding for the Corner Drug Store Interface Youth Program and Spotlight on Youth (B)
Explanation
The 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. State LECFTF funding of an amount not to exceed $5,000 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 provides short-term residential care to truants, runaways, and ungovernable youth. Funding will provide tickets for under-privileged youth to attend the gala will be issued at no cost and credited as compliments of the Gainesville Police Department.
Fiscal Impact
Funds in an amount not to exceed $5,000 for this project are available in the State Law Enforcement Contraband Forfeiture Trust Fund and is allowable per Florida State Statute 932.7055. The available balance is $67,892.00
Recommendation
The City Commission authorize the appropriation of an amount not to exceed $5,000 from the State Law Enforcement Contraband Forfeiture Trust Fund, for the Corner Drug Store Interface Youth Program and Spotlight on Youth.