Weatherford
Weatherford City Council (Special Session), Aug. 6, 2013: 1 item; presentations from outside agencies requesting funding via General Fund and Hotel
0 consent items, 1 regular item, 1 public hearing. Written from the minutes.
Receive presentations from outside agencies requesting funding via General Fund and Hotel Occupancy Tax Revenue. Chad Janicek, Director of Office of Management and Budget, introduced the organizations requesting general fund dollars, beginning with Center of Hope. Paula Hood, Director of Operations, spoke about the services that the Center of Hope provides to the community. She noted over 2,500 volunteers, over 60 church partners, local business partners, as well as school and college partners. Ms. Hood spoke about their three programs: Help for Today; Help for Tomorrow; and Camp Hope. Ms. Hood provided statistics and information about the support they provide to Weatherford and Parker County residents. Center of Hope requested the following: $13,500 for Job/Career Preparation; $4,000 for Adult Basic Education; and $6,500 for Financial Education and Management. Catherine Tietjen, Executive Director, spoke on behalf of Freedom House stating that this is the 14th year that she has presented similar requests to the City. Ms. Tietjen spoke about the groups of persons served by Freedom House. Over 50 percent of the people they serve are from the City of Weatherford. Last year, Freedom House served 348 Weatherford residents. City dollars are combined with all of the other funding they receive. They need the City dollars to show their funders that they have the support of the [...]
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Sources: City of Weatherford: council minutes, Aug. 6, 2013 (Granicus); Agenda for this meeting (Granicus); Meeting video (Granicus)