Jacksonville Mayor proposes Kids Hope Alliance

Jacksonville — Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry proposed legislation today to combine the Jax Journey and the Jacksonville Children’s Commission to create one organization. It would be called the Kids Hope Alliance.

The proposed alliance would consist of a seven-member board and there would be a Six month period of transition for the two organizations.

The Mayor wants the proposed alliance to focus on at risk kids in Jacksonville. The Mayor highlighted Four areas that he would like the new alliance to focus on.

“Early learning, Literacy and School Readiness; Juvenile Justice Intervention Programs; Out-of-school Programming, and Pre-Teen and Teen Programming.” Mayor Curry says.

The Mayor says the proposal must pass through the city council first.

“By the number of people that are here today, all these council members that are here today, that we’ve had in-depth conversations with it looks like we have legislation that will pass” Mayor Curry says confidently.

If it passes the legislation would take effect on January 1st.