RESOLUTION NO. R17-39
A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GLENDALE, MARICOPA COUNTY, ARIZONA, AUTHORIZING THE CITY TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE HICKEY FAMILY FOUNDATION AND ACCEPT A RESCUE OF YOUTH PROJECT GRANT IN THE APPROXIMATE AMOUNT OF $10,000, ON BEHALF OF THE GLENDALE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
Staff Contact: Rick St. John, Police Chief
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Purpose and Recommended Action
Recommendation [enter the recommendation here]
This is a request for City Council to waive reading beyond the title and adopt a resolution authorizing the City Manager to accept a Rescue of Youth Project Grant from the Hickey Family Foundation on behalf of the Glendale Police Department in the approximate amount of $10,000.
Background
The Hickey Family Foundation (HFF) is a 501(c)(3) trust which provides financial support to projects that help young people who are socially, medically, or educationally at risk from achieving productive lives. The mission of the HFF consists of three categories: supporting rescue of youth projects, supporting medical technology development projects, and supporting medical training center development projects. The HFF uses their network and research to get in touch with appropriate organizations and invite proposals for potential projects to be submitted for funding consideration. Because the HFF is a small foundation, they do not accept or consider unsolicited requests for funds, and grant applications are provided by invitation only. The HFF contacted the Glendale Police Department regarding criminal activity in the City of Glendale related to domestic sex trafficking and sexual exploitation of minors.
Combating sex trafficking is important to the Glendale Police Department and in 2016 an Anti-Sex Trafficking Unit was created. The mission of the Unit is to rescue victims, investigate individuals, and dismantle organizations engaged in sex trafficking, child prostitution, and other related crimes within the City of Glendale. With an invit...
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