Explanation
Columbus Public Health has been awarded additional funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. This ordinance is needed to accept the additional funding of $702,147.00 in grant monies for the Healthy Start grant program for the period of April 1, 2022 through March, 31, 2023. This ordinance also authorizes a contract with Heart of Ohio Family Health Centers for $275,000.00, for the provision of advanced clinical prenatal and postpartum services to high-risk Healthy Start clients for the period of July 1, 2022 to March 31, 2023.
These services were advertised through Bonfire (RFQ021897) according to bidding requirements of the City Code. Heart of Ohio Family Health Center’s contract compliance number is CC-007697 and it expires 10/7/2022. The reason they were selected is because to best serve our clients, advanced clinical services which Heart of Ohio provides can be integrated into the client's primary OB care team, instead of the limited supplementary clinical services Health's internal staff would be able to provide. Heart of Ohio Family Health Center is a non-profit entity.
G502210 will be increased by $702,147.00, making the total Healthy Start grant award $1,144,121.00.
The Healthy Start grant program enables Columbus Public Health to conduct care coordination in the project area neighborhoods of Franklin County, focusing primarily on perinatal and infant clients and their families. The goal of the program is to improve perinatal delivery systems in the project communities.
This ordinance is submitted as an emergency to not delay services to clients and their families and to allow the financial transactions to be posted in the City’s accounting system as soon as possible.
FISCAL IMPACT: The Healthy Start grant program is entirely funded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and does not generate revenue or require a City match.
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To authorize and direct the Board of Health to accept additional...
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