Explanation
The Office of the Mayor, CelebrateOne has been awarded a grant from the Ohio Housing Finance Agency. This ordinance is needed to accept and appropriate $990,970.00 in grant monies to fund the Healthy Beginnings at Home Housing Stabilization Program for Pregnant Women for the period March 15, 2018 through January 31, 2021.
CelebrateOne will provide rental subsidies and housing stabilization services to Medicaid-eligible pregnant women experiencing housing instability and medical needs. CelebrateOne and its research partners - Nationwide Children’s Hospital and Children’s HealthWatch will evaluate whether this approach, when compared to usual care, will result in improved birth outcomes, reduced risk for infant mortality and better health outcomes for women and their infants in Franklin County.
This ordinance is submitted as an emergency as to not delay program services and to allow the financial transactions to be posted to the City’s accounting system as soon as possible.
FISCAL IMPACT: The Healthy Beginnings at Home Project is funded by the Ohio Housing Finance Agency. This program does not generate any revenue or require a City match.
Title
To authorize the Office of the Mayor, CelebrateOne to accept a grant from the Ohio Housing Finance Agency in the amount of $990,970.00; to authorize the appropriation of $990,970.00 from the unappropriated balance of the General Government Grants Fund No. 2220; and to declare an emergency. ($990,970.00)
Body
WHEREAS, $990,970.00 in grant funds have been made available through the Ohio Housing Finance Agency for Healthy Beginnings at Home for the period of March 15, 2018 through January 31, 2021; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to accept and appropriate these funds from the Ohio Housing Finance Agency; and
WHEREAS, these grant funds will be utilized to provide rental subsidies and housing stabilization services to Medicaid-eligible pregnant women experiencing housing instability and medical needs...
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