BACKGROUND: Columbus Public Health (CPH) has been awarded a grant from the Ohio Department of Health. This ordinance is needed to accept and appropriate $913,478.00 in grant monies to fund the HIV Prevention grant program, for the period June 1, 2025 through May 31, 2026. The total amount funded for this period is $913,478.00.
The HIV Prevention Grant program enables CPH and other community based organizations to provide culturally and linguistically appropriate HIV counseling and testing/referral; partner counseling; and health education/risk reduction behavior modification programs. Services are provided to residents of Columbus and Franklin County, with special emphasis on men who have sex with men, individuals with high-risk sexual contact, youth, and injection drug/substance users.
The Ohio Department of Health has tasked CPH to improve the efficiency of the reallocation of funds as necessary in order to minimize unused funds to the greatest extent possible and to maximize the available services and avoid potential penalties as future funds may not be permitted by Ohio Department of Health. For this reason, it is necessary to authorize and direct the Board of Health to accept any additional awards for the HIV Prevention grant program; to authorize the appropriation of any additional awards for the HIV Prevention grant program; to authorize the City Auditor to transfer appropriations between both object classes and grant numbers for HIV Prevention grant program.
This ordinance is submitted as an emergency to not delay HIV Prevention services to clients and families, and to meet grant deliverables required by the grantor to avoid being at risk for forfeiture of funds.
FISCAL IMPACT: The HIV Prevention Grant Program is entirely funded by the Ohio Department of Health and does not require a city match ($913,478.00).
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To authorize and direct the Board of Health to accept grant funds from the Ohio Department of Health in the amount of $913,478.00 a...
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