Explanation
BACKGROUND: Columbus Public Health has been awarded a grant from the Central Ohio Hospital Council on behalf of the Ohio Better Birth Outcomes (OBBO) Collaboration. This ordinance is needed to accept and appropriate $100,000.00 in grant monies for the period of January 1, 2019 through December 31, 2019.
The OBBO grant program supports initiatives of the Baby and Me Tobacco Free Program at Columbus Public Health by providing funds for additional support staff. Program staff include a Program Manager Registered Nurse and additional Public Health Nurse, both maintaining certification as Tobacco Treatment Specialists. In 2018, the program enrolled 203 participants and received over 800 referrals, making it the largest Baby and Me Tobacco Free program in Ohio. Of the 2018 program participants, 95% remained smoke free through the baby’s first year of life and 90% of the program graduates delivered full-term, healthy babies.
This ordinance is submitted as an emergency so a delay in service does not occur since the grant starts January 1, 2019.
FISCAL IMPACT: The OBBO grant program is fully funded ($100,000.00) by the Central Ohio Hospital Council and does not require a City match.
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To authorize and direct the Board of Health to accept a grant from the Central Ohio Hospital Council for the Ohio Better Birth Outcomes (OBBO) Collaboration grant program in the amount of $100,000.00; to authorize the appropriation of $100,000.00 to the Health Department in the Health Department’s Private Grants Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($100,000.00)
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WHEREAS, $100,000.00 in grant funds have been made available through the Central Ohio Hospital Council for the Ohio Better Birth Outcomes (OBBO) Collaboration grant program for the period of January 1, 2019 through December 31, 2019; and,
WHEREAS, it is necessary to accept and appropriate these funds from the Central Ohio Hospital Council for the support of the Ohio Better Birth Outcomes (OBBO...
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