Explanation
BACKGROUND:
It has been a priority of Columbus City Council to identify opportunities to support various neighborhood initiatives that enhance the well-being of Columbus residents. To that extent, City Council has identified $225,000 in the Neighborhood Initiatives Fund that Council wishes to transfer to support healthy neighborhood programming at Columbus Public Health.
In an effort to reduce infant mortality, CPH will recruit help to develop a collaborative community plan to reduce infant mortality. This ordinance authorizes the Board of Health to enter into a contract with Health Care Collaborative of Greater Columbus fka Access Health Columbus for administration of $225,000 in funding for the infant mortality program.
Health Care Collaborative of Greater Columbus is a broad based, non-profit community partnership whose mission is to improve access to health care in Franklin County, particularly for the most vulnerable persons, by convening public-private partners and coordinating innovative solutions. This contract will allow Health Care Collaborative of Greater Columbus to negotiate wages, act as a fiscal sponsor, and hire a consultant to work on behalf of City leaders to lead and/or facilitate the development and operation of the Columbus Infant Mortality Reduction Task Force. The task force will be a collaborative effort with identified community partners including Nationwide Children’s Hospital.
Health Care Collaborative of Greater Columbus fka Access Health Columbus (Contract Compliance No. 510426050) is nonprofit organizations and therefore exempt from Contract Compliance certification.
Emergency action is requested to avoid delays in the implementation of these services.
This ordinance authorizes the appropriation of $225,000.00 within the Neighborhood Initiatives Fund and the transfer and appropriation of $225,000.00 from said Fund to the Health Special Revenue Fund.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Funding for this ordinance is made availa...
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