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BACKGROUND: Columbus Public Health (CPH) has been awarded the Integrated Harm Reduction (IH25) grant from the Ohio Department of Health (ODH) for the Alcohol and Drug Services (ADS) Division. This ordinance is needed to accept and appropriate $84,000.00 in grant money for the period of April 1, 2025 through September 29, 2025.
The Integrated Harm Reduction (IH25) grant will continue work from the previous Integrated Harm Reduction (IH24) grant to eliminate social and geographic barriers that might prevent individuals from acquiring Naloxone, provide overdose prevention education, and furnish Naloxone. This grant will also allow us to hire a Care Coordination Assistant, who will be placed in the community at partner locations, to engage, link and refer clients to needed services, including medical, social services, and substance use disorder treatment. Additionally, this grant will fund up to two part-time outreach workers to continue conducting community outreach in high drug overdose incident communities, as well as maintaining the mail order naloxone distribution program for Columbus and Franklin residents currently operated by CPH’s ADS Program.
This ordinance is submitted as an emergency as to allow the financial transaction to be posted in the City's accounting system as soon as possible to avoid forfeiture of awarded grant funds.
FISCAL IMPACT: The Integrated Harm Reduction (IH25) grant is fully funded by the Ohio Department of Health and does not require a City match.
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To authorize and direct the Board of Health to accept a grant from the Ohio Department of Health in the amount of $84,000.00; to authorize the appropriation of $84,000.00 to the Health Department in the Health Department Grants Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($84,000.00)
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WHEREAS, $84,000.00 in grant funds have been made available through the Ohio Department of Health for the Integrated Harm Reduction (IH25) grant program for the period of April 1,...
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