Explanation
BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Director of the Department of Development to enter into a grant agreement with the Central Ohio Diabetes Foundation for the purpose of supporting The Diabetes Detection, Education and Lifestyle Support Program.
The Diabetes Detection, Education and Lifestyle Support program is a capacity-building program that will provide access to community-based diabetes prevention and detection programs and affordable diabetes education and lifestyle support programs. This will help low-income/uninsured citizens reduce their risk for diabetes and its complications and learn to live well with the challenge of diabetes. The program will provide screenings to thousands of people with undetected/uncontrolled diabetes, and linkages with diabetes community resources. Individuals in low-income and high-risk communities will receive community-based diabetes and prevention in the form of hands-on cooking classes. Children (and their care givers) from low-income families at risk for developing diabetes will learn life management skills to tackle obesity.
Emergency action is requested so the delivery of important program services to the community can begin without delay.
FISCAL IMPACT: $15,000 is budgeted from the Emergency Human Services Fund for this purpose.
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To approve the grant application of the Central Ohio Diabetes Foundation seeking financial assistance to address an emergency human service need pursuant to Columbus City Codes, 1959; to authorize the Director of the Department of Development to enter into a grant agreement with the Central Ohio Diabetes Foundation to support The Diabetes Detection, Education and Lifestyle Support Program; to authorize the expenditure of $15,000.00 from the Emergency Human Services Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($15,000.00)
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WHEREAS, this legislation authorizes the Director of the Department of Development to enter into a grant agreement with the Central Ohio Diabetes Foundation for the purpose of supporting The Diabetes Detection, Education and Lifestyle Support Program; and
WHEREAS, The Diabetes Detection, Education and Lifestyle Support program is a capacity-building program that will provide access to community-based diabetes prevention and detection programs and affordable diabetes education and lifestyle support programs; and
WHEREAS, this will help low-income/uninsured citizens reduce their risk for diabetes and its complications and learn to live well with the challenge of diabetes; and
WHEREAS, the program will provide screenings to thousands of people with undetected/uncontrolled diabetes, and linkages with diabetes community resources; and
WHEREAS, funding for this grant is available from the Emergency Human Services; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Development in that it is immediately necessary to enter into the grant agreement with the Central Ohio Diabetes Foundation so that the delivery of important program services to the community can begin without delay, all for the immediate preservation of the public health, peace, safety and welfare; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the grant application of the Central Ohio Diabetes Foundation seeking financial assistance to address an emergency human service need pursuant to Section 371.02 (c) of the Columbus City Codes, 1959, is hereby approved.
SECTION 2. That the Director of the Department of Development be and is hereby authorized to enter into a grant agreement with the Central Ohio Diabetes Foundation to support The Diabetes Detection, Education and Lifestyle Support Program.
SECTION 3. That for the purpose as stated in Section 2, the expenditure of $15,000.00 or so much thereof as may be necessary, be and is hereby authorized to be expended from the Emergency Human Services Fund, Department of Development, Department 44-01, Fund 232, Object Level One 03, Object Level Three 3337, OCA Code 499043.
SECTION 4. That the expenditure authorized herein is in accordance with Section 371.02 (c) of the Columbus City Codes, 1959.
SECTION 5. Payments are expressly contingent upon the availability of sufficient monies in the Emergency Human Services Fund to cover the obligation set forth in this contract and in no case shall payments exceed available cash in this fund. In this event that there is not sufficient cash in the fund to cover the obligation set forth in this contract, the City Auditor shall have the authority to make all necessary adjustments at his discretion.
SECTION 6. That the funds necessary to carry out the purpose of this ordinance are hereby deemed appropriated, and the City Auditor shall establish such accounting codes as necessary.
SECTION 7. That for the reasons stated in the preamble hereto, which is made a part hereof, this ordinance is declared to be an emergency measure and shall take effect and shall be in force from and after its passage and approval by the Mayor or ten days after passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.