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File #: 1509-2019    Version: 1
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 5/28/2019 In control: Health & Human Services Committee
On agenda: 6/24/2019 Final action: 6/27/2019
Title: To authorize Columbus City Council to enter into contract with Lyons Counseling and Consultation Services in support of the Commission on Black Girls; and to authorize an appropriation and expenditure within the Neighborhood Initiatives subfund. ($36,000.00)
Sponsors: Priscilla Tyson
Attachments: 1. Ord 1509-2019 Legislation Template
Explanation
This ordinance authorizes Columbus City Council to enter into contract with Lyons Counseling and Consultation Services in support of the Commission on Black Girls.

Lyons Counseling & Consultation Services will work as the primary consultant to facilitate the work of the Commission on Black Girls. The scope of the work to be performed for projects related to the Commission on Black Girls for the period of April 1, 2019 - December 31, 2019 is as follows:

Consultation: Serve as the subject matter expert (SME) in day-to-day management and support to the Commission on Black Girls (COBG). Manage the flow of information and communication between the COBG, the community and Columbus City Council. Develop resource data relevant to the work of the COBG while providing current literature on social determinants of health, social and health disparities and the impact of race and implicit bias on the quality of life for Black girls.

Facilitation: Facilitation shall include day-to-day management to support activities including strategic discourse with COBG and SMEs, planning and arranging, scheduling, scripting and the format to which the COBG quarterly meetings shall operate. Finalize in accordance and with prior approval for compilation of prior writings, reports, data points and literature reviews. Facilitation would coincide with consultations for the overall impact of delivering a comprehensive output of services.

Collaboration: Working with key stakeholders and establishing new partners as the work for the COBG is framed. Collaborative efforts would involve establishing relationships with Brand Placement experts, Academic and Education Institutes and Schools, Public, Private and Alternative Schools Systems, Service Providers, Independent Practitioners, Social Groups, Panhellenic Groups, Empowerment Programs, Child Welfare and Protection Organizations, Juvenile Justice and City Safety Services, Health Departments and Neighborhood Health Clinics, Data an...

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