Explanation
BACKGROUND: Columbus Public Health has been awarded additional funding from the Ohio Commission on Minority Health. This ordinance is needed to accept and appropriate $47,500.00 in additional funding for the Minority Health grant program for the period of July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022.
Grant funds for G502125 will be increased from $52,500.00 to $100,000.00 as a result of this new award. (Ref. Ordinance 1129-2021).
The Office of Minority Health at Columbus Public Health provides leadership to reduce health inequities in minority communities. The Office of Minority Health has an important responsibility in “leading” efforts to educate citizens and professionals on imperative health care issues.
As a result of the Minority Health Grant funding in 2020, we served 467 organizations and provided services to 16,679 residents. This included providing 17,416 interpretation and translation services, 375 reviews of cultural documents, 5 in-person trainings completed which impacted 250 residents (in-person activities were cancelled in March due to the COVID-19 pandemic) and consulted with program managers to ensure surveys were culturally appropriate and translated into multiple languages.
This ordinance is submitted as an emergency so as to allow the financial transactions to be posted in the City’s accounting system as soon as possible given the additional funding end date of June 30, 2022.
FISCAL IMPACT: The Minority Health grant program is partially funded by the Ohio Commission on Minority Health for up to $100,000.00 and requires at least a 20% City match in-kind.
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To authorize the Board of Health to accept additional funding from the Ohio Commission on Minority Health for the Minority Health grant program in the amount of $47,500.00; to authorize the appropriation of $47,500.00 to the Health Department in the Health Department’s Grants Fund upon receipt of an executed agreement; and to declare an emergency. ($47,500.00)
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