Explanation
This ordinance authorizes the Office of the Mayor to modify three contracts to provide additional funding in the amount of $27,766.00 collectively as outlined below and keep current contract end date as December 31, 2018. Those modifications are needed for Community Health Workers as part of the deliverables in the CelebrateOne Community Connector Corps Project.
Additional Funding
Contract Amount End Date
SomaliCAN $7,258.00 12/31/2018
First Church of God $7,258.00 12/31/2018
The Columbus Urban League $13,250.00 12/31/2018
$27,766.00
Every year in Franklin County, approximately 150 babies die before their first birthday. While national infant mortality rates are decreasing, in 2014, Ohio ranked 12th worst in the nation for overall infant mortality. In 2017, infant motality rate was 8.2, far exceeding the national Health People 2020 goal of 6.0.
Emergency action is requested for these contract modifications in order to ensure that the work on reducing infant mortality is not interrupted.
FISCAL IMPACT: The funds for these contract modifications are budgeted within the City’s Private Grants Fund, Fund Number 2291.
Title
To authorize the Mayor’s Office to modify by increasing three existing contracts to provide Community Health Workers for the CelebrateOne Community Connector Corps Project through December 31, 2018; to authorize the expenditure of $27,766.00 from the City’s Private Grant Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($27,766.00)
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WHEREAS, $27,766.00 in ad...
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