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BACKGROUND: Columbus Public Health has been awarded the 2011 grant service contract for the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Outpatient Program, Adult Prevention Services, Women's Project, C&A Prevention and the AOD/HIV Prevention Program totaling $864,376.00 from the Franklin County Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Services Board (ADAMH). The Ohio Department of Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services (ODADAS) awarded Columbus Public Health $163,969.00 to fund the Court Expansion Program. These funds will enable the Health Department to continue to provide treatment, counseling and prevention services to men, women, children and families, the homeless population, and to serve additional clients referred by the criminal justice system.
Emergency action is requested for the following reasons: to allow the financial transaction to be posted in the City's accounting system as soon as possible, up to date financial posting promotes accurate accounting and financial management, and to maintain the clients' continuity of care.
FISCAL IMPACT: The Alcohol and Drug Abuse Program grant service contract is primarily funded through the Franklin County ADAMH Board. The Alcohol and Drug Abuse Program will generate the following revenue: client fees in the amount of $54,079.00, Medicaid in the amount of $204,425.00 and incentive funds in the amount of $70,000.00
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To authorize and direct the Board of Health to accept the grant service contract from the Franklin County Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Services Board in the amount of $864,376.00 and $163,969.00 from the Ohio Department of Alcohol & Drug Addiction Services and to authorize the total appropriation of $1,356,849, which includes program revenues, from the unappropriated balance of the Health Department Grants Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($1,356,849.00)
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WHEREAS, $864,376 in grant funds have been made available through the Franklin County Alcohol, D...
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