BALTIMORE (WBFF) — The Baltimore Children and Youth Fund (BCYF) will not send money to Mayor Brandon Scott’s office this year following a $6 million partnership last summer that sparked backlash from city leaders.
BCYF operates as a nonprofit that relies on Baltimore City taxpayer dollars allocated each year through the General Fund. Scott’s preliminary budget proposed last month revealed BCYF is expected to receive roughly $17 million in the upcoming fiscal year to support local youth programs.
BCYF sent about $6 million to the Mayor’s Office of Employment Development (MOED) last year to fund YouthWorks summer jobs for local adolescents, as well as funding for the mayor’s “Summer Youth Engagement Strategy.”…