Explanation
Background
This Ordinance authorizes the Director of Recreation and Parks to accept and appropriate American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) grant funds received from the Ohio Department of Aging (ODA) 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.
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.
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 appropriation of $44,701.00 from the Recreation and Parks Grant.
Title
To authorize and direct the Director of the Recreation and Parks Department to accept and appropriate a grant from the Ohio Department of Aging in the amount of $44,701.00 to the Recreation and Parks Grant Fund; to authorize and direct the Executive Director of the Central Ohio Area Agency on Aging to accept any additional grant awards from the Ohio Department of Aging for the Senior Farmer’s Market Nutrition Program for the period April 1, 2023, through November 30, 2023; and to declare an emergency. ($44,701.00)
Body
WHEREAS, federal and state American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding for the Senior Farmer’s Market Nutrition Program was awarded to the Central Ohio Area Agency on Aging from the Ohio Department of Aging; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to accept and appropriate these American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds from the Ohio Department of Aging for the continuation of the Senior Farmer’s Market program; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the...
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