City and County of Denver - File #: 23-0132

• File #: 23-0132
• Version: 1
• Type: Bill
• Status: Passed
• File created: 2/6/2023
• In control: Finance & Governance Committee
• On agenda: 2/27/2023
• Final action: 3/7/2023
• Title: A bill for an ordinance authorizing expenditures in the General Government Special Revenue Fund based on a letter of intent from the United States of America to award funding to the City and County of Denver for the "Denver Great Kids Head Start FY 2023-2024" program. Appropriates $10,423,277 based on a letter of intent from the United States Department of Health and Human Services to fund the Denver Great Kids Head Start (DGKHS) Grant for program year 2023-2024. The Committee approved filing this item at its meeting on 2-14-2023.
• Indexes: Lucas Palmisano

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
3/7/2023	1	Mayor	signed
3/6/2023	1	Council President	signed
3/6/2023	1	City Council	placed upon final consideration and do pass	Pass
2/27/2023	1	City Council	ordered published
2/14/2023	1	Finance & Governance Committee	approved by consent

Finance Item/Grant Request Template

Date Submitted: 2-13-2023

Requesting Agency: Department of Finance, Budget and Management Office on behalf of the Office of Children's Affairs.
Division:

Subject Matter Expert Name: Breanna Chavez/ Dr. Al Martinez
Email Address: breanna.chavez@denvergov.org / Al.Martinez@denvergov.org
Phone Number:

Item Title & Description:
(Do not delete the following instructions)
These appear on the Council meeting agenda. Initially, the requesting agency will enter a 2-3 sentence description. Upon bill filling, the City Attorney's Office should enter the title above the description (the title should be in bold font).

Both the title and description must be entered between the red "title" and "body" below. Do not at any time delete the red "title" or "body" markers from this template.
title
A bill for an ordinance authorizing expenditures in the General Government Special Revenue Fund based on a letter of intent from the United States of America to award funding to the City and County of Denver for the "Denver Great Kids Head Start FY 2023-2024" program.
Appropriates $10,423,277 based on a letter of intent from the United States Department of Health and Human Services to fund the Denver Great Kids Head Start (DGKHS) Grant for program year 2023-2024. The Committee approved filing this item at its meeting on 2-14-2023.
body

Affected Council District(s) or citywide? Citywide

Executive Summary with Rationale and Impact:
Detailed description of the item and why we are doing it. This can be a separate attachment.
Request budget appropriation of $10,423,277 for the Denver Great Kids Head Start Program from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Head Start is a federally funded program providing qualified families access to preschool and limited healthcare at no cost. The Office of Children's Affairs (OCA) receives this grant on an annual basis. OCA is requesting to establish budget based off the award letter from the funder whi...