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Consider approving a Project Funding Agreement with All About Understanding, subject to All About Understanding also approving the agreement, and once the agreement is approved by both parties, allocate to All About Understanding an amount up to $74,861.00 from the PROPEL CIP in accordance with the intent of Resolution 23-75, Section C.5 to provide funding for youth programs, as recommended by the Youth and Family Affairs Committee.
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INITIATOR: Councilperson Mary Ann Hankins
STAFF INFORMATION SOURCE: Christine James, Internal Auditor; Joe Don Dunham, Finance Director; Donalynn Blazek-Scherler, City Clerk
BACKGROUND: All About Understanding, established in 2020, is a program that aims to mentor the youth of Lawton-Fort Sill with programs focused on understanding oneself and the development of life skills. Their program is based on encouragement, mentorship, and motivation to assist you in being the best version of themselves. All About Understanding provides social and emotional life skills classes, a social and emotional life skills transition program, parenting classes in social and emotional health, and social and emotional life skill sessions for SCORE students. All About Understanding also participates in several volunteer programs, including the ABUT Community Service Clean-Up Day, the Great Plains Special Olympics, and the "Events By Our Team" Mental Health Big Drive and Young Entrepreneurs events. The program attendance for 2023 was 275 students. ABU's future goals include the establishment of a community center, continued program growth, increasing the number of activities available to at risk youth, increasing parent workshops, and to establish a training program that will transition selected mentees into mentors and paid staff. Current staffing level are 6 full time staff and 20 part time volunteers.
The requested funding would be used for program supplies, insurance, special events/youth incentives, vehicle expenses, repair...
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