Explanation
BACKGROUND: This ordinance authorizes the Board of Health to accept and appropriate $73,750.00 in grant funds from the Ohio Department of Health for the Fetal Infant Mortality Review (FIMR) program for the period of July 23, 2025 through June 30, 2027.
Franklin County’s FIMR program is an evidenced-based continuous quality improvement process. The primary purpose of the Fetal Infant Mortality Review (FIMR) is to provide community-based initiative that works to reduce fetal and infant deaths. Grant funding will support case reviews, maternal interviews, and community-based recommendations that address health equity and disparities affecting women, infants, and families. The program helps identify service system gaps and proposes solutions to improve outcomes, with a focus on high-risk populations in Columbus and Franklin County.
EMERGENCY DESIGNATION:
This ordinance is submitted as an emergency to ensure uninterrupted implementation of the Fetal Infant Mortality Review (FIMR) program and to comply with the grant’s start date.
FISCAL IMPACT: The Fetal Infant Mortality Review (FIMR) program grant does not generate revenue or require a City Match.
Title
To authorize and direct the Board of Health to accept grant funds from the Ohio Department of Health and any additional funds for the FY26-27 Fetal Infant Mortality Review (FIMR) grant program; to authorize the appropriation of funds, including any additional funds, from the unappropriated balance of the Health Department Grants Fund; to authorize the City Auditor to transfer appropriations between object classes for the FY26-27 FIMR grant program; and to declare an emergency. ($73,750.00)
Body
WHEREAS, $73,750.00 in grant funds have been made available to Columbus Public Health through the Ohio Department of Health for the Fetal Infant Mortality Review (FIMR) program for the period of July 23, 2025 through June 30, 2027; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to accept and appropriate these funds from...
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