Explanation
Background:
This legislation will authorize an appropriation of grant funds in connection with the State Opioid & Stimulant Response grant. The State Opioid & Stimulant Response grant will be utilized to provide funding for resource development and dissemination, technical assistance, and training for practitioners within Ohio's Aging Network, home- and community-based settings, assisted living, and nursing homes. Specifically, developing resources and training on the intersection of opioid use disorder and stimulant use disorder and co-occurring conditions, including mental illness, chronic pain, and cognitive decline within older adults.
Grant funds are being made available to the Central Ohio Area Agency on Aging from the Ohio Department of Aging for the period May 1, 2024, through September 29, 2024.
Fiscal Impact:
To appropriate the amount of $33,350.00 to the Recreation and Parks Department for the Central Ohio Area Agency on Aging upon receipt of executed grant agreement. This appropriation will enable the Central Ohio Area Agency on Aging to implement various programs in accordance with rules of the State Opioid & Stimulant Response grant.
Title
To authorize an appropriation in the amount of $33,350.00 to the Recreation and Parks Grant Fund for the Central Ohio Area Agency on Aging in connection with the State Opioid & Stimulant Response grant from the Ohio Department of Aging. ($33,350.00)
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WHEREAS, the Central Ohio Area Agency on Aging has a need to appropriate grant funds received from the Ohio Department of Aging related to the State Opioid & Stimulant Response grant; and
WHEREAS, Grant funds are being made available to the Central Ohio Area Agency on Aging from the Ohio Department of Aging for the period May 1, 2024, through September 29, 2024; and
WHEREAS, The State Opioid & Stimulant Response grant will be utilized to provide funding for resource development and dissemination, technical assistance, and training for practitioners within Ohio's Aging Network, home- and community-based settings, assisted living, and nursing homes. Specifically, developing resources and training on the intersection of opioid use disorder and stimulant use disorder and co-occurring conditions, including mental illness, chronic pain, and cognitive decline within older adults; NOW, THEREFORE
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the Director of Recreation and Parks on behalf of the Central Ohio Area Agency on Aging, is hereby authorized and directed to accept a grant award of $33,350.00 from the Ohio Department of Aging for the State Opioid & Stimulant Response program for the period May 1, 2024, through September 29, 2024.
SECTION 2. That from the unappropriated monies in the Recreation and Parks Grant Fund and from all monies estimated to come into said fund from any and all sources and unappropriated for any other purpose during the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, the sum of $33,350.00 is appropriated to the Recreation and Parks Department, Department No. 51, Fund No. 2286, upon receipt of executed grant agreement per the accounting codes in the attachment to this ordinance.
SECTION 3. That the monies in the foregoing Section 1 shall be paid upon the order of the Director of Recreation and Parks; and that no order shall be drawn or money paid except by voucher, the form of which shall be approved by the City Auditor.
SECTION 4. That the City Auditor is authorized to make any accounting changes to revise the funding source for all contracts or contract modifications associated with this legislation.
SECTION 5. That the Central Ohio Area Agency on Aging is hereby authorized and directed to accept any additional grant awards for the State Opioid & Stimulant Response grant for the period May 1, 2024 through September 29, 2024.
SECTION 6. At the end of the grant period, any repayment of unencumbered balances required by the grantor is hereby authorized and any unused City match monies may be transferred back to the City fund from which they originated in accordance with all applicable grant agreements.
SECTION 7. That this ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after the earliest period allowed by law.