City of Columbus - File #: 1830-2025

• File #: 1830-2025
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 6/25/2025
• In control: Health, Human Services, & Equity Committee
• On agenda: 7/28/2025
• Final action: 7/30/2025
• Title: To authorize the Executive Director of the Office of CelebrateOne to reallocate $362,376.71 within the Ohio Department of Medicaid Enhanced Maternal Health Program Grant, Government Grant Fund; to authorize multiple not-for-profit contracts with existing sub-grantees for the Enhanced Maternal Health Program in Columbus and Central Ohio; to authorize the expenditure of up to $168,807.87 and the transfer of $193,568.84 from the Government Grant Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($362,376.71)

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
7/30/2025	1	CITY CLERK	Attest
7/29/2025	1	MAYOR	Signed
7/28/2025	1	COUNCIL PRESIDENT	Signed
7/28/2025	1	Columbus City Council	Approved	Pass

Explanation

BACKGROUND: In July 2022, the Office of CelebrateOne was awarded a grant from the Ohio Department of Medicaid which is administered by the State’s Managed Care Plans for the 2022-2024 Grant cycle. The grant acceptance and sub-grantee awards were legislated with Ordinance 1723-2022. The Grant was then extended by Ordinance 2102-2024, adding two new sub-grantees and again by Ordinance 0480-2025. Of the remaining appropriation, CelebrateOne, with approval of the Ohio Department of Medicaid requests to realign the remaining grant funding from theses ordinances among seven (7) of the fourteen (14) non-profit sub-grantees/community partners

The Ohio Department of Medicaid has awarded this grant to the Office of CelebrateOne at the City of Columbus to coordinate the Enhanced Maternal Health Program in Franklin County. CelebrateOne has been designated as the primary grantee organization and administrator for this grant in Franklin County. The original ordinance (Ord. 1723-2022) established twelve (12) contracts with community partners and the extensions added two (2) more, for a total of fourteen (14) sub grantees. In order to provide health and education services to pregnant persons and those with children under age one (1).

The following existing sub-grantees/community agencies, will receive the re-allocated grant funds as follows:

Sub Grantee/Community Partner Original Contract Amount Additional Funding
CelebrateOne $119,164.00 $193,568.84
Restoring Our Own through Transformation $50,000.00
The Ohio State University (Moms2Be) $100,000.00 $95,107.80
Heart of Ohio Family Health Centers $60,000.00 $12,260.63
Lower Lights Christian Health Ceneters $58,000.00 $1,598.63
City of Refuge GoodLife Foundation $60,000.00 $6,798.17
Project Milk Mission $180,844.00 $3,042.64
Total $362,376.71


EMERGENCY ACTION is requested at this time in order to meet grant deliverable deadlines and provide time-sensitive perinatal and postnatal health and educa...