kuchokera ku ideastream: Cleveland City Council ivomereza ndalama za American Rescue Plan pa ntchito zothandizira anthu

Wolemba Nick Castele

Cleveland City Council idavomereza $10.6 miliyoni m'ndalama zolimbikitsira boma pamapulogalamu azothandiza anthu pantchito zaposachedwa kwambiri kuchokera pagawo la New York la America Rescue Plan Act.

Ndalamazo ndi gawo chabe la $ 102.5 miliyoni mumalingaliro a ARPA omwe khonsolo ndi utsogoleri wa Meya Justin Bibb adalengeza mpaka pano chaka chino.

Purezidenti wa Khonsolo a Blaine Griffin adati khonsolo ndi oyang'anira akugwira ntchito yomvera komiti pazotsatira zonse, zomwe zikuphatikiza $ 50 miliyoni kuti amange ndikukonzanso nyumba.

"Ndikuganiza kuti tili ndi njira yabwino yopitira mwachangu kapena mwachangu pa madola awa, komabe onetsetsani kuti tili ndi kuyang'anira kwakukulu," adatero Griffin.

Council Lolemba usiku idavomereza pafupifupi $ 2.7 miliyoni kuti apatse ogwira ntchito zamaphunziro aubwana kusaina ndikusunga mabonasi. Ndalama zina zokwana madola 1.9 miliyoni zingathandize mabanja kulipira ndalama zothandizira ana. Starting Point yopanda phindu idzayang'anira mapulogalamu onsewa.

Ndalamazi zithandizira $ 500 kusaina mabonasi kwa anthu 500 omwe akuyamba kapena kubwerera kuntchito m'munda wamaphunziro oyambilira. Mabonasi osungira $250 azipezeka kwa anthu 5,000 omwe amagwira ntchito m'mapulogalamu ovomerezeka osamalira ana ku Cleveland. Mabonasi ozungulira a $200 apezeka miyezi isanu ndi umodzi pambuyo pake.

Bungweli lidasainiranso ndalama zothandizira mabungwe angapo omwe amagwira ntchito ndi omwe adazunzidwa kapena kugwiriridwa. Cleveland Rape Crisis Center ilandila $ 2.5 miliyoni. Journey Center for Safety and Healing idavomerezedwa $1.75 miliyoni. Canopy, yomwe imathandizira ana omwe apulumuka kuzunzidwa, adzalandira $ 500,000.

Bungwe la Legal Aid Society of Cleveland's Ufulu wopereka uphungu, lomwe limapereka mwayi kwa ochita lendi omwe akuthamangitsidwa, alandila $ 1 miliyoni. Bungweli lidayambitsa pulogalamuyi mu 2019 ndi 2020 ndi adayika $500,000 kuti agwiritse ntchito mu bajeti ya mzinda wa 2022.

Kupatula pakugwiritsa ntchito ntchito zothandizira anthu, khonsolo idavomereza $ 2.3 miliyoni kuti akhazikitse makamera a dashboard m'magalimoto apolisi. Komiti ya chitetezo cha Council idzakhala ndi msonkhano wa Sept. 28 pa ndondomeko yogwiritsira ntchito ndalama za ARPA pa teknoloji yowunikira mfuti ya ShotSpotter, wapampando wa komiti Michael Polensek adati.

Akuluakulu oyang'anira Bibb adapereka lingaliro la $ 102.5 miliyoni ku khonsolo kumapeto kwa Ogasiti, kutsatira chilengezo cha June cha a Dongosolo la $ 53 miliyoni landalama za ARPA zoyandama ndi Griffin ndi khonsolo zomwe zimayikanso chidwi pa mapulogalamu a nyumba.

Lingaliro lomwe lidakhazikitsidwa mu Ogasiti lidapanga gawo limodzi mwa magawo atatu a ndalama zokwana $310 miliyoni za ARPA zomwe zatsala kuti zigawidwe, malinga ndi chiwonetsero cha mzinda. Malamulo a boma amafuna kuti Cleveland apereke ndalama zake zonse za ARPA pofika chaka cha 2024. Ndalamazo ziyenera kugwiritsidwa ntchito pofika 2026.

Pamsonkhano wa ARPA womwe udakhala Lolemba masana, Khansala wa Ward 16 a Brian Kazy adafunsa akuluakulu aboma kuti awonetsetse bwanji kuti opereka chithandizo atha kugwiritsa ntchito ndalama zawo pofika tsiku lomaliza.

“Kodi ndi nthawi yanji yomwe timati, ‘Eya, tiyenera kubweza ndalamazi n’kuzigawiranso kapena chinachake?’” Kazy anafunsa. "Ndikutanthauza, tili ndi zenera lalifupi pano."

Mkulu wa zachuma a Ahmed Abonamah ati mzindawu ukulemba zomwe zalembedwa m'mapangano awo ndi omwe akulandira thandizo lomwe likufuna kuti afotokozere za momwe amawonongera ndalama kwa akuluakulu amzindawu. Mzindawu ukhoza kubweza ndalama kuchokera kumabungwe omwe sagwiritsa ntchito madola a ARPA mwachangu, adatero.

Mzindawu walembanso ganyu kampani yazamalamulo ya Bricker ndi Eckler kuti iwunikenso malingaliro a ARPA kuti awonetsetse kuti akutsatira malangizo aboma. Council Lolemba usiku idavomereza pempho lokulitsa mgwirizano wake ndi Bricker kuchokera pa $191,000 mpaka $400,000.

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