Explanation
BACKGROUND: The Board of Health has a need to make funds available to
increase a contract with Council On Healthy Mothers and Babies. The Council On
Healthy Mothers and Babies provides health education/promotional services,
supports the Local Health System Action Plan, holds public forums, meetings,
committees, prenatal care committees, and links pregnant women with appropriate
providers through Pregnancy Care Connection (centralized first PNC appointment
scheduling system). This contract increase will provide funding in order to increase
the capacity of the Pregnancy Care Connection Network. The contract period is July
1, 2009 through May 31, 2010. This contract increase will be in an amount not to
exceed $5,000.00, for a total contract not to exceed $39,049.00. The Federal ID number
is 421546970. It is a non-profit organization and is therefore exempt from contract
compliance.
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. The monies are budgeted in the 2010 Health Department
Grants Fund.
Title
To authorize the Board of health to modify a contract with the Council On Healthy Mothers and Babies in order to provide funding to increase the capacity of the Pregnancy Care Connection Network for the Healthy Start grant program to authorize the expenditure of $5,000.00 from the Health Department Grant Funds to pay the cost thereof; and to declare an emergency. ($5,000.00)
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WHEREAS, The Caring For 2 Program has a contract in place with Council On Healthy Mothers and Babies in order to provide health education and promotional services as well as to operate a centralized first prenatal care appointment scheduling system for the Healthy Start grant program; and,
WHEREAS, $5,000.00 in additional funds are needed to increase the capacity of the
Pregnancy Care Connection Network 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 modify a contract with the Council On Healthy Mothers and Babies 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 a contract with the Council On Healthy Mothers and Babies to increase the capacity of the Pregnancy Care Connection Network for the Healthy Start grant program for the period June 1, 2009 through May 31, 2010.
SECTION 2. That to pay the costs of said contracts, the expenditure of $5,000.00 is hereby authorized from the Health Department Grants Fund, Fund No. 251, Health Department, Division 50-01, Grant No. 509117, OCA Code 509117, Object Level One 03, Object Level Three 3337.
SECTION 3. 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.