Explanation
BACKGROUND: This ordinance authorizes the Board of Health to accept and appropriate $72,650.00 in grant funds from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services through the Ohio Department of Health. This ordinance is needed to accept and appropriate $72,650.00 in grant monies for the Occupant Protection Regional Coordination for the Ohio Buckles Buckeye (OBB) grant program for the period of October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026.
The Occupant Protection Regional Coordination grant supports the statewide network of the child passenger safety program, known as Ohio Buckles Buckeyes (OBB). The Occupant Protection Regional Coordinators serve as the regional liaisons between ODH and the county-level contacts at the OBB Sites. This grant supports the regional coordinators as they work with local OBB sites to educate parents, lower child occupant protection misuse rates in Ohio, provide community resources, especially those in underserved and high-risk communities, and provide appropriate car seats to families that qualify under Women, Infant, and Children federal guidelines. Columbus Public Health is the regional coordinator for Region 5, which includes Franklin County and 13 surrounding counties.
This ordinance is submitted as an emergency so as to allow the financial transaction to be posted in the City’s accounting system as soon as possible due to the grant start period of October 1, 2025.
This ordinance is submitted as an emergency so as to not delay car seat program services to Franklin County and 13 surrounding counties.
FISCAL IMPACT: The Ohio Buckles Buckeye program is funded by the U.S. Department of Transportation through the Ohio Department of Health and does not generate revenue or require a city match.
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To authorize the Board of Health to accept a grant from the Ohio Department of Health in the amount of $72,650.00 for the Ohio Buckles Buckeye grant program; to authorize the appropriation of $72,650.00 from the unappr...
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