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Council Gives Green Light for $500K Transfer to Anti-Poverty Initiative Starting Next Week

Official:Authorizing transfers in appropriations for Fiscal Year 2021 from the General Fund, the Council to the General Fund, the Department of Planning and Development.

Sponsor: Council President Clarke

Introduced: October 8, 2020

: Committee on Appropriations

finance social services

No one voted on this bill

This bill was introduced in the 2020–2023 Council term and when that term ran out. The public record shows no committee vote and no floor vote at any stage, so no member of Council ever went on record for or against it.

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Plain-Language Summary

This bill authorizes the Director of Finance to transfer $500,000 from the General Fund to support a public-private anti-poverty initiative called 'Same Day Work and Pay' announced by Council on October 1, 2020.

What This Bill Does

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Transfers $500,000 from the General Fund to the Department of Planning and Development.
The transferred funds are to be used for "Purchase of Services" in the Department of Planning and Development.
The transfer is to support the "Same Day Work and Pay" public-private anti-poverty initiative announced by Council on October 1, 2020.
The Director of Finance is authorized to make this transfer in appropriations for Fiscal Year 2021.