Explanation
BACKGROUND: The Office of the Mayor has been awarded funds from The CelebrateOne Fund at The Columbus Foundation. This ordinance is needed to accept and appropriate $100,000.00 in grant money to fund the Healthy Beginnings at Home program for the time period of April 1, 2018 - March 30, 2019. The Healthy Beginnings at Home pilot and research program is seeking to prove the positive impacts of housing stabilization on birth outcomes for pregnant women experiencing homelessness in Franklin County. These grant proceeds will be used to support the Healthy Beginnings at Home program.
Emergency Action: This ordinance is submitted as an emergency so as to allow the financial transaction to be posted in the City's accounting system as soon as possible to meet the grant deliverables. Up to date financial posting promotes accurate accounting and financial management.
FISCAL IMPACT: The program activity is funded in part by the CelebrateOne Fund at the Columbus Foundation and does not generate revenue nor require a City match.
Title
To authorize and direct the Office of the Mayor to accept funds from the CelebrateOne Fund through the Columbus Foundation for support of the Healthy Beginnings at Home program in the amount of $100,000.00; to authorize the appropriation of $100,000.00 to the City'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 to the Office of the Mayor through the CelebrateOne Fund at the Columbus Foundation; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to accept and appropriate these funds from the Columbus Foundation for the Healthy Beginnings at Home program; and
WHEREAS, the Healthy Beginnings at Home pilot and research program is seeking to prove the positive impacts of housing stabilization on birth outcomes for pregnant women experiencing homelessness in Franklin County; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of Office of th...
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