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June 24.19~7 ,: The property has been appraised for $3 400.00; and such sum as the Court shall order as compe%ation shall be paid according to order of said Court." Ayes: Berm, Clemons, Griffin, Martin, Pitts, Robinett, Holley Nays: None 97- 184 - Adoption of a resolution in support of the Partners in Prevention Initiative. Recommendation: · Adoption of a resolution in support of the Partners in Prevention Initiative. Purpose and Need: · The Partners in Prevention Initiative focuses on reducing non.marital births in Portsmouth. · Between 1991 and 1995, Portsmouth was ranked sixth out of 136 Virginia communities in its numbers of non-marital births. The Commonwealth of Virginia will provide technical and other forms of start up assistance to any Virginia locality that officially partners with the State in competition for the federal award, and the State proposes to distribute any federal award Virginia receives directly to its Partners in Prevention. A leadership team composed of representatives from the Portsmouth Health Department, the Department of Social Services community agencies, and citizens will present a plan to the State by July 1, 1997. The State will notify localities that are selected to be "Partners" around mid-August. Financial Impact: · The State intends to distribute any federal incentive grant award to communities who partner with the State. · Communities who become partners will be a able to use up to 2% of their Virginia Initiative for Employment not Welfare (VIEW) allocation to initiate programs. Motion by Mr. Benn, and seconded by Mr. Robinett, to adopt the following resolution, and was adopted by the following vote: "A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA IN SUPPORT OF THE PARTNERS IN PREVENTION INITIATIVE OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA. WHEREAS, the Federal government has allocated $100 million dollars in each of Federal fiscal years 1999 through 2002 to be divided among the five states that have most reduced out-of-wedlock births ig_ the previou~s two years without an increase in the abortion rate; WHEREAS. the Commonwealth of Virginia has 'become the first state in the nation to announce its candidacy for one of these Federal awards by supplying ~ncentives to local governments, service agencies, religious institutions, nonprofit organizations and citizens to develop local solutions to the out-of-wedlock birth' problem; WHEREAS. the Commonwealth of Virginia will provide technical and other forms of startup assistance to any Virginia localities that officially partner with the State in competition for the Federal award, and the State proposes to distribute any Federal award Virginia receives directly to its Partners in Prevention.