City of Columbus - File #: 1059-2008

• File #: 1059-2008
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 6/16/2008
• In control: Health, Housing & Human Services Committee
• On agenda: 7/7/2008
• Final action: 7/9/2008
• Title: To authorize the Board of Health to enter into a contract with the Council On Healthy Mothers And Babies to provide health education/promotion for the Healthy Start grant program; to authorize the expenditure of $32,049 from the Health Department Grant Funds to pay the cost thereof, and to declare an emergency, (32,049)

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
7/9/2008	1	CITY CLERK	Attest
7/8/2008	1	MAYOR	Signed
7/7/2008	1	Columbus City Council	Approved	Pass
7/7/2008	1	COUNCIL PRESIDENT	Signed
6/27/2008	1	Health Drafter	Sent for Approval
6/27/2008	1	CITY ATTORNEY	Reviewed and Approved
6/27/2008	1	Health Drafter	Sent to Clerk's Office for Council
6/26/2008	1	Health Drafter	Sent for Approval
6/26/2008	1	Finance Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
6/26/2008	1	Finance Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
6/26/2008	1	FINANCE DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
6/26/2008	1	Health Drafter	Sent for Approval
6/26/2008	1	Auditor Reviewer	Contingent
6/26/2008	1	CITY AUDITOR	Reviewed and Approved
6/25/2008	1	ODI DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
6/23/2008	1	HEALTH DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
6/23/2008	1	Health Drafter	Sent for Approval
6/23/2008	1	EBOCO Reviewer	Sent for Approval
6/19/2008	1	Health Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
6/16/2008	1	Health Drafter	Sent for Approval

Explanation

BACKGROUND: The Board of Health has a need to make funds available to
contract with The Council On Healthy Mothers And Babies. The Council will provide
health education/promotional services, support the Local Health System Action Plan,
hold public forums, meetings, committees, prenatal care roundtables, conduct PNC
Appointment wait time studies, and link pregnant women with appropriate providers
through Pregnancy Care Connection (centralized first PNC appointment scheduling
system). The contract period is June 1, 2008 through May 31, 2009. This
contract will total an amount not to exceed $32,049. The Council On Health Mothers
And Babies is a non-profit organization. The Federal ID number is 421546970.

Emergency action is required to ensure the continued operation of the Healthy Start
Program.

FISCAL IMPACT: This contract is entirely funded by a grant from the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services. The program does not generate revenue
or require a City match. The monies are budgeted in the 2008 Health Department
Grants Fund.



Title

To authorize the Board of Health to enter into a contract with the Council On Healthy Mothers And Babies to provide health education/promotion for the Healthy Start grant program; to authorize the expenditure of $32,049 from the Health Department Grant Funds to pay the cost thereof, and to declare an emergency, (32,049)



Body

WHEREAS, funding is available from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to contract with the Council On Healthy Mothers And Babies, a local non-profit organization, to provide health education/promotion services for the Healthy Start grant program; and,

WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Columbus Health Department in that it is immediately necessary to enter into contract with the Council On Healthy Mothers And Babies for the immediate preservation of the public health, peace, property, safety and w...