Explanation
BACKGROUND: This ordinance authorizes the Board of Health to accept and appropriate $67,250.00 in grant funds from the Ohio Department of Health, with some of the funding originating from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, for the 2026-2027 Tobacco Use Prevention and Cessation Grant, for the period of July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027.
The Tobacco Use Prevention and Cessation Program will increase the readiness of our community to initiate and engage in tobacco control and cessation strategies with an anticipated outcome of creating social norm change to decrease initiation and use of tobacco in local communities (including the initiation of the use of e-cigarettes/vaping products), to increase quitting of tobacco, to decrease the community’s exposure to secondhand smoke, and to decrease disparities in tobacco burden usually associated with health inequities.
EMERGENCY DESIGNATION: Columbus Public Health received the official NOA for this grant on May 27, 2026, which is scheduled to start on July 1, 2026; therefore, this ordinance is submitted as an emergency in order to not delay these critical services and to ensure funds are available by the grant start date.
FISCAL IMPACT: The program is fully funded by the Ohio Department of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and does not generate revenue or require a City match ($67,250.00).
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To authorize and direct the Board of Health to accept grant funds from the Ohio Department of Health and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, plus any additional funds for the 2026-2027 Tobacco Use Prevention and Cessation Grant Program; to authorize the appropriation of funds, including any additional funds, from the unappropriated balance of the Health Department Grants Fund; to authorize the City Auditor to transfer appropriations between object classes for the 2026-2027 Tobacco Use Prevention and Cessation Grant Program, and to declare an emergency. ($67,250....
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