City of Columbus - File #: 2248-2022

• File #: 2248-2022
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 8/1/2022
• In control: Health & Human Services Committee
• On agenda: 9/12/2022
• Final action: 9/15/2022
• Title: To authorize and direct the Board of Health to accept a grant from the Ohio Department of Health for the Integrated Naloxone Access and Infrastructure Grant in the amount of $17,250.00; to authorize the appropriation of an additional $17,250.00 to the Health Department in the Health Department’s Grants Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($17,250.00)

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
9/15/2022	1	CITY CLERK	Attest
9/14/2022	1	MAYOR	Signed
9/12/2022	1	COUNCIL PRESIDENT	Signed
9/12/2022	1	Columbus City Council	Approved	Pass

Explanation

BACKGROUND: Columbus Public Health has been awarded a grant from the Ohio Department of Health to support the Integrated Naloxone Access and Infrastructure Grant, called Project DAWN. This ordinance is needed to accept and appropriate an additional $17,250.00 in grant monies to fund the Project DAWN Expansion grant program through December 31, 2022. ORD No. 2481-2021 authorized appropriation and acceptance of the original awarded grant amount of $91,000.00 from the Ohio Department of Health to support the Integrated Naloxone Access and Infrastructure Grant, called Project DAWN for the period of September 30, 2021 through September 29, 2022. The Ohio Department of Health has extended the grant period through December 31, 2022 and awarded an additional $17,250.00 in grant monies. The total awarded grant from the Ohio Department of Health to Columbus Public Health to support the Integrated Naloxone Access and Infrastructure Grant, called Project DAWN is now $108,250.00 for the period September 30, 2021 through December 31, 2022.

The Project DAWN Expansion Grant will eliminate social and geographic barriers that might prevent individuals from acquiring Naloxone, provide overdose prevention education, and furnish Naloxone.

The increased pollution of street drugs with fentanyl has caused the illicit drugs to become more deadly, putting residents who either use drugs recreationally or who are living with a substance use disorder at extreme risk of accidental overdose death. In the 2020-2021 grant year of the Integrated Naloxone grant, in partnership with Columbus Division of Fire, CPH was able to reach 2,589 people and furnish 2,627 doses of Naloxone. The life-saving drug Naloxone has been critical in reversing the dangerous effects of an overdose and saving lives. The continuation of this grant award allows CPH to continue to provide this life-saving resource and reduce further harm. This grant seeks to serve the broader community with a priority of s...