Explanation
Background
This Ordinance authorizes the Director of Recreation and Parks to increase a grant agreement with the following non-profit organization: LifeCare Alliance, to administer the Senior Farmer’s Market Nutrition Program and distribute vouchers for the period April 1, 2023, through November 30, 2023.
This program will provide vouchers for seniors to redeem with local organized markets, including the North Market, in various Central Ohio counties. Approximately 5,100 individuals are expected to receive vouchers.
Authorization of said grant agreement was initially approved by Ordinance 0703-2023 on March 30, 2023. This Ordinance will allow the Central Ohio Area Agency on Aging (COAAA) to distribute additional ARPA grant funds received from the Ohio Department of Aging (ODA) to increase the number of vouchers available to older adults.
EMERGENCY DESIGNATION:
Emergency action is requested so that the allocated funding can be utilized to provide vouchers prior to the program’s culmination on November 30, 2023.
This ordinance is contingent on the passage of appropriation Ordinance 2392-2023.
Principal Parties:
LifeCare Alliance
Charles W. Gehring, President/CEO
1699 West Mound Street
Columbus, Ohio 43223
(614) 278 3141; FAX (614) 278 3143
FID #31 4379494 (NPO)
FISCAL IMPACT
This legislation authorizes the expenditure of $44,701.00 from the Recreation and Parks Grant.
A total of $232,648.00 was previously paid to LifeCare Alliance to administer the Senior Farmer’s Market Nutrition Program and distribute vouchers for the period April 1, 2023, through November 30, 2023. This payment was initially authorized by Ordinance 0703-2023.
Title
To authorize the Director of the Recreation and Parks Department to increase a grant agreement with LifeCare Alliance for the Senior Farmer’s Market Nutrition Program; to authorize the expenditure of $44,701.00 from the Recreation and Parks Grant Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($44,701.00)
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