Explanation
BACKGROUND: Columbus Public Health has been awarded an eighteen-month extension for the COVID-19 Enhanced Operations (EO23) Subgrant Program from the Ohio Department of Health originating from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). This ordinance authorizes the Board of Health to accept and appropriate an additional $2,715,212.00 in grant monies to fund the COVID-19 Enhanced Operations Subgrant Program, for the period of August 1, 2023 through December 31, 2025. The new total award amount is $4,985,505.00.
The originating ordinance for the acceptance and appropriation of the COVID-19 Enhanced Operations Subgrant Program is referenced in Ordinance No. 2078-2023.
The Ohio Department of Health (ODH) has identified additional funds that may be reallocated for EO23 subgrants to address COVID-19 mitigation activities including COVID-19 outbreak response, disease mitigation, infection prevention and control activities, and data modernization. The purpose of this reallocation is to extend the end date of the award to December 31, 2025, and to allocate additional funding.
These additional grant monies will partially cover the costs of 21 grant personnel, fund expansive data modernization efforts for health information systems including rapid identification, electronic reporting, monitoring, analysis, and evaluation of control measures to reduce the spread of disease, and to fund new training for CPH for staff and local partners to improve local capacity in epidemiology, infection control, data analysis, and data visualization in accordance with grant deliverables.
Emergency action is requested due to the immediate need to avoid forfeiture of the grant and to continue the emergency response to the COVID-19 pandemic and other infectious diseases.
FISCAL IMPACT: The COVID-19 Enhanced Operations Subgrant Program ($2,715,212.00) is fully funded by the Ohio Department of Health, and does not generate or require a City match.
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