Explanation
BACKGROUND: Columbus Public Health has been awarded additional funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services through the Ohio Department of Health. This ordinance is needed to accept the additional funding of $22,250.00 in grant monies for the Dental Sealant .Program for the period of January 1, 2024 through December, 31, 2024. With the additional funds, the grant award total is $111,250.00.
The primary purpose of the Dental Sealant Program is to prevent dental caries among school children through an evidence-based community approach. The program targets higher-risk schools in order to reach higher-risk children in 2nd and 6th grades. In addition to seeing/serving the current second and sixth grade students, the program will recheck the now third and seventh grade students that were seen the previous year.
This ordinance is submitted as an emergency so as to allow the financial transactions to be posted in the City’s accounting system as soon as possible given the additional funding end date of December, 31, 2024
FISCAL IMPACT: The Dental Sealant program is entirely funded by the grant from 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 Ohio Department of Health in the amount of $22,250.00 for the Dental Sealant program that prevents dental cavities among school children through an evidence-based community approach; to authorize the appropriation of $22,250.00 from the unappropriated balance of the Health Department Grants Fund; to authorize an expenditure of $22,250.00 from the Health Department Grants Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($22,250.00)
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WHEREAS, $22,250.00 in grant funds have been made available through the Ohio Department of Health for the Dental Sealant grant program for the period of January 1, 2024 through December 31, 2024; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to accept and appropriate these funds...
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