Explanation
BACKGROUND: Columbus Public Health has been awarded additional funding from the U.S. Department of Transportation through the Ohio Department of Health. This ordinance is needed to accept the additional funding of $2,750.00 in grant monies for the Occupant Protection Regional Coordination for the Ohio Buckles Buckeye (OBB) grant program for the period of October 1, 2023 through September 30, 2024. With the additional funds, the grant award totals $71,810.00
The Occupant Protection Regional Coordination grant supports the statewide network of the child passenger safety program, known as Ohio Buckles Buckeyes (OBB). The Occupant Protection Regional Coordinators serve as the regional liaisons between ODH and the county-level contacts at the OBB Sites. This grant supports the regional coordinators as they work with local OBB sites to educate parents, lower child occupant protection misuse rates in Ohio, provide community resources, especially those in underserved and high-risk communities, and provide appropriate car seats to families that qualify under Women, Infant, and Children federal guidelines. Columbus Public Health is the regional coordinator for Region 5, which includes Franklin County and 13 surrounding counties.
This ordinance is submitted as an emergency so as to not delay car seat program services to Franklin County and 13 surrounding counties.
FISCAL IMPACT: The Ohio Buckles Buckeye program is funded by the U.S. Department of Transportation through the Ohio Department of Health and does not generate revenue or require a city match.
Title
To authorize and direct the Board of Health to accept additional funds from the Ohio Department of Health for the Ohio Buckles Buckeye grant program in the amount of $2,750.00; to authorize the appropriation and expenditure of $2,750.00 to the Health Department in the Health Department Grants Fund; to authorize the expenditure of said grant funds; and to declare an emergency. ($2,750.00)
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