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Federal aid applied to youth programs By JEFFREY ALBERTSON newsroom@appenmedia.com DUNWOODY, Ga. — The Dunwoody City Council cruised through a lite agenda May 9 unanimously approving a grant for a summer program for schoolaged children and changing the language in the city’s public art ordinance. The grant, totaling $200,000 and originating from American Rescue Plan money the city received, will be used to subsidize school programs during the summer directed by Corners Outreach. The money will be directed to a K-5 program at the Dunwoody Corners Academy and a program for middle and high school students at Peachtree Middle School. Students will have access to reading, tutoring and camp activities. The city solicited a grant award request, but Corners Outreach was the only applicant. This will be the first time the city has used ARP funding for a community-based program. “Corners Outreach’s original proposal was for $196,000 which was for the funding of staff, equipment and vehicles over the summer for a five-day-a-week, eight-week program of up to 250 students hosted at the Dunwoody Corners Academy Center and Peachtree Middle School collectively,” a memo from Assistant City Manager J. Jay Vinicki said. Some modifications have been made to the original proposal. The original application called for $196,000 for 250 students, or $784 per
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The Dunwoody City Council cleared the May 9 meeting agenda in about 43 minutes, taking up a school summer grant program and a revision to the public art ordinance. student. The current program enrollment is 175 students. Instead of granting funds for teachers and purchasing equipment, the city would provide funds for 175 students totaling $137,200 up front. Every student over 175 the organization is able to enroll, it will receive an additional $784. If Corners Outreach cannot enroll 175 students, it will return $784 for each student under that
threshold. Grant eligibility is based on an income calculation yet to be determined. “Eligibility will be any Dunwoody resident enrolled in school and neighboring cities’ children whose family are a certain percentage of poverty in terms of family income,” Vinicki said in the memo. The contract and final details are still being drafted. The summer pro-
grams are scheduled to start May 31. In another matter, the council discussed revising language for the
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