Explanation
BACKGROUND: The Board of Health has a need to make funds
available to modify and increase a contract with Neighborhood House, Inc.,
which is a community-based, not-for-profit organization. The Columbus
Health Department has been awarded an additional grant award of $94,697
from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to fund the
Healthy Start Program through July 31, 2004. Neighborhood House Inc.
will provide care coordination/case management services to pregnant and
parenting women in the target areas of South Linden, the Near East and the
Near South for the Federal Healthy Start grant program. The grant funds
awarded provide for an increased contract with Neighborhood House Inc.
for an additional amount not to exceed $54,225
Emergency action is required to ensure the continued operation of the
Healthy Start program.
FISCAL IMPACT: This contract is entirely funded by a grant from the
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The program does not
generate revenue or require a City match.
Title
To authorize the Board of Health to modify and increase a contract with Neighborhood House Inc. to provide additional funding to the Contractor for care coordination/case management services; to authorize the expenditure of an additional $54,225 from the Health Department Grant Funds to pay the cost thereof, and to declare an emergency, ($54,225)
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WHEREAS, funding is available from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to modify and increase a contract with Neighborhood House Inc., to provide care coordination and case management services for the Healthy Start grant program; and,
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Columbus Health Department in that it is immediately necessary to enter into contracts with Neighborhood House Inc. for the immediate preservation of the public health, peace, property, safety and welfare; Now, therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the Board of Health is hereby authorized and directed to modify and increase contract DL005985 with Neighborhood House Inc. for care coordination and case management services for the Healthy Start grant program for the period June 1, 2003 through July 31, 2004.
SECTION 2. That to pay the costs of said contracts, the expenditure of $54,225 is hereby authorized from the Health Department Grants Fund, Fund No. 251, Health Department, Division 50-01, Grant No. 503017, OCA Code 503017, Object Level One 03, Object Level Three 3337.
SECTION 3. That this contract is awarded in accordance with Sections 329.15 of the Columbus City Code.
SECTION 4. That for reasons stated in the preamble hereto, which is hereby made a part hereof, this ordinance is declared to be an emergency measure and shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and approval by the Mayor, or ten days after passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.