Explanation
BACKGROUND: In 2010, Columbus Public Health was awarded a grant from the Ohio Department of Health in the amount of $6,612,162.00 for the Women, Infants and Children (WIC) program for the grant period October 1, 2010 through September 30, 2011. Because of an unusually high level of vacancies and difficulties in hiring staff for a new service within the WIC program, not all of the grant monies could be spent. The purpose of this ordinance is to authorize a refund of unused grant funds and interest income in an amount not to exceed $281,541.37 to the Ohio Department of Health.
The primary objective of the Women, Infants and Children (WIC) program is to provide nutritionally desirable food and nutrition education to pregnant and lactating women, infants, and children at nutritional risk in Franklin County who meet categorical, income and nutritional risk requirements for eligibility.
The interest that was earned on this grant is also being returned, as required by the Ohio Department of Health, and is included in the amount being refunded to the grantor.
This ordinance is submitted as an emergency to comply with the Ohio Department of Health GAPP Federal requirement that unspent funds must be returned within forty-five (45) days of
the grant end date.
FISCAL IMPACT: Monies for this refund are available within the Health Department Grants Fund, Fund No. 251, 2010-11 Women, Infants and Children (WIC) Grant Project. It is necessary to transfer $275,095.40, of appropriation authority from Object Level One - 01, Personnel, 02, Supplies and 03, Services, to Object Level One - 05, Other Expenditures within the Health Department Grants Funds in order to refund the unused grant funds. In order to refund the interest income to the Ohio Department of Health, a supplemental appropriation of $6,445.97 to Object Level One - 05, Other Expenditures, is necessary.
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To authorize the Board of Health to return unused grant monies and intere...
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