Explanation
BACKGROUND: The Board of Health has a need to make funds
available to increase a contract with Neighborhood House, Inc., which is a
community-based, not-for-profit organization. Neighborhood House
Inc. will continue to provide outreach and care coordination services to
pregnant and parenting women in the target areas of South Linden, the
Near East and the Near South for the Federal Healthy Start grant
program The Columbus Health Department has been awarded an
additional $125,000 for a two month extension of the Healthy Start grant,
ending July 31, 2006. The grant funds awarded provide for an increased
contract with The Neighborhood House Inc. in an amount not to exceed
25,931 for a total contract not to exceed $120,755.36.
Emergency action is required to ensure the continued operation of the
Healthy Start Program.
FISCAL IMPACT: This contract is entirely funded by a grant from the
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The program does not
generate revenue or require a City match. The monies
are budgeted in the 2006 Health Department Grants Fund.
Title
To authorize the Board of Health to modify a contract with Neighborhood House Inc. to provide outreach and care coordination for the Healthy Start grant program; to authorize the expenditure of $25,931 from the Health Department Grant Funds to pay the cost thereof, and to declare an emergency, (25,931)
Body
WHEREAS, additional funding is available from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to modify and increase a contract with Neighborhood House Inc., to provide outreach and care coordination for the Healthy Start grant program; and,
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Columbus Health Department in that it is immediately necessary to increase a contract with Neighborhood House Inc. for the immediate preservation of the public health, peace, property, safety and welfare; Now, therefore,
BE IT ORD...
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