Explanation
Background
The Ohio Department of Aging has awarded a state grant in connection with the MyCare Ohio Enrollment Assistance Program to the Central Ohio Area Agency on Aging of the Recreation and Parks Department.
This legislation will authorize the Director of Recreation and Parks to enter into ten (10) contracts for the operation of this program for the provision of outreach and enrollment assistance to prospective MyCare Ohio enrollees in Central Ohio for the period January 1, 2014 through June 30, 2014.
A meeting was held on November 15, 2013 where qualified outreach agencies and centers for independent living were invited to obtain information and discuss the requirements of the project. Those agencies which did not self-select out of the project were invited to participate. Approximately 8,000 individuals are expected to be served.
This ordinance is contingent on receipt of an executed agreement from the Ohio Department of Aging. Emergency action is requested in order to begin services on January 1, 2014.
Fiscal Impact
$350,000.00 is required from the Recreation and Parks Grant Fund to enter into said contracts.
Title
To authorize and direct the Director of Recreation and Parks to enter into ten (10) contracts for the provision of services to older adults in Central Ohio in connection with the MyCare Ohio Enrollment Assistance Program administered by the Central Ohio Area Agency on Aging; to authorize the expenditure of $350,000.00 from the Recreation and Parks Grant Fund. ; and to declare an emergency. ($350,000.00)
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WHEREAS, the Ohio Department of Aging has awarded state grant funds to the Central Ohio Area Agency on Aging of the Recreation and Parks Department; now, therefore and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Recreation and Parks Department in that it is immediately necessary to enter into said so there is no interruption of services to older adults; now, therefore for the immed...
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