Explanation
Columbus Public Health has been awarded a grant from the Ohio Department of Health. This ordinance is needed to accept and appropriate $63,533.00 in grant monies to fund the 2017-2018 Moms Quit for Two Grant Program for the period of July 1, 2017 through June 30, 2018.
Smoking during pregnancy remains one of the most preventable causes of infant mortality (CDC, 2004). According to 2015 data released by the Ohio Department of Health, 20.4% of all Ohio mothers and 23.4% of Franklin County WIC recipients reported smoking before or during pregnancy. The purpose of the Moms Quit for Two Program, an evidence-based smoking cessation program, is to increase smoking cessation rates among pregnant and postpartum women, by offering individualized tobacco cessation treatment, monitoring progress, and providing incentives for remaining smoke-free. This program aims to improve birth outcomes, reduce low birth weights and preterm birth rates, and increase overall quit rates as part of a larger strategy to reduce infant mortality.
Between 2015 and 2016, enrollment in the program increased from 38 to 97 participants. Of the 2016 program graduates, 87% remained smoke free through the baby’s first year of life. Also, 100% of the program graduates delivered full term, healthy babies; no babies born to enrolled mothers weighed less than 5 pounds.
This ordinance is submitted as an emergency so a delay in service does not occur since the grant starts July 1, 2017.
FISCAL IMPACT: The program is fully funded by the Ohio Department of Health and does not generate revenue or require a City match ($63,533.00).
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To authorize and direct the Board of Health to accept a grant from the Ohio Department of Health for the Moms Quit for Two Grant Program in the amount of $63,533.00; to authorize the appropriation of $63,533.00 to the Health Department in the Health Department Grants Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($63,533.00)
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WHEREAS, $63,533.00 i...
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