Explanation
The Board of Health has been awarded a grant from the Ohio Department of Health. This ordinance is needed to accept and appropriate $191,885.00 in grant money to fund the Breast and Cervical Cancer (BCCP) grant program.
The BCCP program enables the Columbus Health Department to provide breast and cervical cancer screening; provide referrals and follow-up; and provide public education. These services are provided to women in Franklin County and its seven contiguous counties who are 50 years and older, uninsured and/or underinsured. Special efforts are made to reach racial and ethnic minorities and Native Americans.
This grant is for the period June 30, 2003 through June 29, 2004.
Emergency action is requested to allow the financial transaction to be posted in the City's accounting system as soon as possible. Up to date financial posting promotes accurate accounting and financial management.
FISCAL IMPACT: This program is entirely funded by the Ohio Department of Health and does not generate revenue or require a City match. .
Title
To authorize and direct the Board of Health to accept a grant from the Ohio Department of Health for the Breast & Cervical Cancer Program in the amount of $191,885.00; to authorize the appropriation of $191,885.00 from the unappropriated balance of the Health Department Grants Fund, and to declare an emergency. ($191,885.00)
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WHEREAS, $191,885 in grant funds have been made available through the Ohio Department of Health; and,
WHEREAS, 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. Up to date financial posting promotes accurate accounting and financial management; and,
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Columbus Health Department in that it is immediately necessary to accept this grant from the Ohio Department of Health and to appropriate the...
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