Explanation
BACKGROUND: Columbus Public Health has been awarded a grant from the Central Ohio Hospital Council on behalf of the Ohio Better Birth Outcomes (OBBO) Collaboration. This ordinance is needed to accept and appropriate $100,000.00 in grant monies for the period of January 1, 2018 through December 31, 2018.
The OBBO Grant program will support initiatives of the Baby and Me Tobacco Free Program at Columbus Public Health by providing funds for additional support staff. Currently, the program is managed and administered by one Public Health Nurse who maintains certification as a tobacco treatment specialist. 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.
This ordinance is submitted as an emergency so a delay in service does not occur since the grant starts January 1, 2018.
FISCAL IMPACT: The OBBO grant program is fully funded ($100,000.00) by the Central Ohio Hospital Council and does not require a City match.
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To authorize and direct the Board of Health to accept a grant from the Central Ohio Hospital Council for the Ohio Better Birth Outcomes (OBBO) Collaboration grant program in the amount of $100,000.00; to authorize the appropriation of $100,000.00 to the Health Department in the Health Department’s Private Grants Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($100,000.00)
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WHEREAS, $100,000.00 in grant funds have been made available through the Central Ohio Hospital Council for the Ohio Better Birth Outcomes (OBBO) Collaboration grant program for the period of January 1, 2018 through December 31, 2018; and,
WHEREAS, it is necessary to accept and appropriate these funds from the Central Ohio Hospital Council for the support of the Ohio Better Birth Outcomes (OBBO) Collaboration grant program; and,
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in...
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