Explanation
BACKGROUND: This ordinance authorizes the Board of Health to modify an existing not-for-profit contract with Mental Health America of Ohio, Inc., (MHA) a non-profit corporation, to provide fiscal agent services to Columbus Public Health’s One Block at a Time program for an increased amount of $23,000, for a total contract amount not to exceed $123,000. The contract period is from April 1, 2024 through March 31, 2026. The original authorizing legislation is 0509-2024.
Columbus Public Health has a need to increase the current contract amount to ensure that existing intervention activities being facilitated by MHA are adequately carried out by the One Block at a Time program (OBAT). The need for additional services could not be foreseen at the time the contract was awarded due to the unpredictability of the number of residents being served and at what capacity. Processes and procedures are already established under this contract and changing vendors would disrupt care for residents. The price for additional services was determined based on the average cost of services already provided and extrapolated to the end of the contract period.
OBAT is a micro community intervention aimed at increasing the health and wellness of one block in the Linden area. OBAT requires a fiscal agent for this program due to the nature of the interventions, including meeting emergent needs for residents, purchasing and providing items and food for block events, supporting home repairs and physical improvements, gift cards, and other program incidentals.
Mental Health America of Ohio is a nonprofit entity and is exempt from contract compliance certification.
EMERGENCY DESIGNATION:
Emergency action is being requested in order to avoid a gap in this critical service and to meet the ongoing demands of the intervention activities provided by the Columbus Public Health One Block at a Time program within the Linden community.
FISCAL IMPACT: Expenditures to provide these se...
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