Explanation
BACKGROUND: This ordinance authorizes the Office of the Mayor to enter into contract with Nationwide Children’s Hospital to lead teen reproductive health education in CelebrateOne high priority neighborhoods: Linden, Franklinton, Hilltop, Northeast, Northland, South Side, Southeast and Near East. This contract will support the CelebrateOne goal to improve reproductive health planning by implementing evidence-based teen pregnancy prevention programming in schools and community organization that serve teens who are at the highest risk of becoming pregnant.
Emergency action is requested in order to ensure that the work can begin promptly as the Franklin county grant expires September 30, 2019.
FISCAL IMPACT: This legislation authorizes an expenditure of $100,000 from Franklin County Department of Jobs and Family Services Grant G401903.
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To authorize the Office of the Mayor to enter into a contract with Nationwide Children’s Hospital to provide teen reproductive health education and support CelebrateOne’s goal to improve reproductive health planning in its high priority neighborhoods; to authorize the expenditure of $100,000.00 from the City’s General Government Grant Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($100,000.00)
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WHEREAS in June 2014, the Greater Columbus Infant Mortality Task Force released of its final report to the residents of Franklin County and has 8 recommendations to reduce infant mortality; and
WHEREAS many Columbus teens experience barriers to essential health knowledge and access to services they need to make a safe and responsible life-planning decisions that are critical to individual and family well-being; and
WHEREAS CelebrateOne in partnership with Nationwide Children’s Hospital are committed to implement a comprehensive, medically-accurate, evidence-based, reproductive health curriculum in Columbus City middle schools to address the need in our community; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual ...
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