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BACKGROUND: Columbus Public Health (CPH) has been awarded grant funding for the Implementing Enhanced HIV Prevention and Surveillance for Health Departments to End the HIV Epidemic in Ohio grant program, from pass through agency, The Ohio Department of Health via Ordinance 2154-2024. This ordinance is needed to authorize four (4) subrecipient agreements under the Implementing Enhanced HIV Prevention and Surveillance for Health Departments to End the HIV Epidemic in Ohio grant program. All contract terms included in this ordinance are from August 1, 2024 through May 31, 2025, with the following qualified vendors: Aid’s Healthcare Foundation, Equitas Health, Columbus Neighborhood Health Center, Inc., dba Primary One Health and Lutheran Social Services of Central Ohio.
The vendors included in this ordinance are not for profit agencies and are exempt from bidding according to bidding requirements of the City Code 329.30. The EHE services incorporated in the subrecipient agreements include, but not limited to, housing services, emergency financial assistance, and client transportation, resource navigation, client transportation, and Counseling, Testing & Referral services. Contract price points are based on agency staffing projections and individual client counts for services based on enrolled clients in the program, and other estimated direct costs ancillary to EHE program initiatives.
Under the terms of the grant, this grant period is ten months grant cycle, and funds must be used during the grant period or they are forfeited. Previously, CPH has reallocated unused funds from vendors through appropriate contract modifications. These modifications oftentimes required additional legislation. The listed vendors operate based on program staffing, varying client counts, and thus often leaving unspent funds. The Implementing Enhanced HIV Prevention and Surveillance for Health Departments to End the HIV Epidemic in Ohio grant program is an ancillary gran...
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