BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the appropriation and expenditure of $25,000.00 from the Emergency Human Services Fund. These funds will be used by Columbus Public Health to provide grant assistance to The Center for Healthy Families, which provides emergency operating assistance for pregnant and parenting teens. Financial support will include assistance with operating costs, emergency building repairs, assistance to homeowners, service to youth, earned income tax assistance, and health equipment and supplies.
This legislation is presented as an emergency in order to prevent interruptions in the delivery of vital program services.
FISCAL IMPACT: Funds are allocated from the FY2012 Emergency Human Services Fund.
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To authorize the appropriation of $25,000.00 from the unappropriated balance of the Emergency Human Services Fund to Columbus Public Health; to approve the grant application from The Center for Healthy Families seeking emergency assistance for costs associated with the delivery of their program pursuant to Columbus City Codes, 1959; to authorize the Board of Health to execute a grant agreement with The Center for Healthy Families to provide support for on-going administrative and operating costs; to authorize the expenditure of $25,000.00 from the Emergency Human Services Fund; and to declare an emergency ($25,000.00).
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WHEREAS, it is the desire of the Board of Health to appropriate funds from the unappropriated balance of the Emergency Human Services Fund and to grant funds to The Center for Healthy Families to provide support for on-going administrative and operating costs; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 371.02(c) of the Columbus City Codes, 1959, City Council is authorized to allocate funds annually to assist social service agencies in the city with the emergency costs of delivering programs; and
WHEREAS, Columbus Public Health has reviewed and approved the Grant Application and desires to enter into a grant agreement ...
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