Explanation
BACKGROUND: Ordinance number 0353-2016, approved by City Council on February 22, 2016, authorized the Board of Health to enter into a contract with Access HealthColumbus doing business as Healthcare Collaborative of Greater Columbus in the amount of $190,000.00 to fund CelebrateOne initiatives as recommended by the Greater Columbus Infant Mortality Task Force for the contract period of February 23, 2016 through February 22, 2017.
This ordinance is needed to increase and extend contract PO002289 in the amount of $135,000.00 for the total contract amount not to exceed $325,000.00 for a time period ending December 14, 2017 with Healthcare Collaborative of Greater Columbus. This modification is needed to provide neighborhood level intervention work to address a social determinant of health in the Near East community as part of the CelebrateOne goals to reduce infant mortality.
Every year in Franklin County, approximately 150 babies die before their first birthday. While national infant mortality rates are decreasing, in 2014, Ohio ranked 12th worst in the nation for overall infant mortality. Infant Mortality in Franklin County January-August, 2016, we have had 116 babies die, 16 related to sleep-related infant deaths (13.8%).
Healthcare Collaborative of Greater Columbus (Contract Compliance No. 510426050) is a nonprofit organization and therefore exempt from Contract Compliance certification.
Emergency action is requested for this contract modification in order to ensure that the work on reducing infant mortality is not interrupted.
FISCAL IMPACT: The funds needed to modify this contract with Healthcare Collaborative of Greater Columbus are budgeted within the Health Special Revenue Fund.
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To authorize and direct the Board of Health to modify an existing contract, by increasing and extending, with Access HealthColumbus, doing business as Healthcare Collaborative of Greater Columbus, to allow continued work in the reduction of infa...
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