Explanation
BACKGROUND: The Office of the Mayor has been awarded an additional grant from the Ohio Department of Medicaid in conjunction with the State of Ohio’s five Managed Care Plans. This ordinance is needed to accept and appropriate $647,758.68 in grant monies to fund the Enhanced Maternal Health Program for the period April 4, 2018 through December 31, 2019.
CelebrateOne has been awarded funding to provide prenatal and parenting supports in Franklin County aimed at the reduction of infant mortality. Projects include the City of Columbus servicing pregnant and parenting families through the Community Health Workers (Community Connectors) and an Evidence Based Home Visiting program. Community partners will provide Community Health Worker support and Evidence Based Home Visiting, as well as assistance with scheduling their first prenatal appointments (StepOne) and providing weekly educational and nutritional sessions (Moms2B).
Emergency Request: 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 Enhanced Maternal Health Program is entirely funded by the Ohio Department of Medicaid in conjunction with the State of Ohio five Managed Care Plans. This program does not generate any revenue or require a City match. Grant No. G401802.
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To authorize the Office of the Mayor to accept a grant from the Ohio Department of Medicaid through the State of Ohio five Managed Care Plans for the Enhanced Maternal Health Program in the amount of $647,758.68; to authorize the appropriation of $647,758.68 from the unappropriated balance of the General Government Grant Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($647,758.68)
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WHEREAS, $647,758.68 in grant funds have been made available through the Ohio Department of Medicaid for the Enhanced Maternal Health Program the period of April 1, 2018 through December 31, 2019; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to accept and appropriate these funds from the Ohio Department of Medicaid for the Enhanced Maternal Health Program; and
WHEREAS, this ordinance is being submitted as an emergency measure so that timely services can begin and to allow the financial transactions to be posted in the City’s accounting system as soon as possible given the start date of April 1, 2018; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Office of the Mayor in that it is immediately necessary to accept these grant funds from the Ohio Department of Medicaid for the immediate preservation of the public health, peace, property, safety and welfare; Now, therefore
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the Office of the Mayor is hereby authorized to accept a grant award totaling $647,758.68 from the Ohio Department of Medicaid through the State of Ohio five Managed Care Plans for the Enhanced Maternal Health Program for the period of April 1, 2018 through December 31, 2019.
SECTION 2. That from the unappropriated monies in the General Government Grant Fund No. 2220, and from all monies estimated to come into said Fund from any and all sources during the grant period, the sum of $647,758.68 and any eligible interest earned during the grant period is hereby appropriated to the Office of the Mayor, department 40-01, according to the attached accounting document.
SECTION 3. That the monies appropriated in the foregoing Section 2 shall be paid upon order of the Office of the Mayor and the Board of Health and that no order shall be drawn or money paid except upon voucher, the form of which shall be approved by the City Auditor.
SECTION 4. At the end of the grant period, any repayment of unencumbered balances required by the grantor is hereby authorized and any unused City match monies (if applicable) may be transferred back to the City fund from which they originate in accordance with all applicable grant agreements.
SECTION 5. Funds necessary to carry out the purpose of this ordinance are hereby deemed appropriated and the City Auditor shall establish such accounting codes as necessary.
SECTION 6. That for reasons stated in the preamble hereto, which is hereby made a part hereof, this ordinance is hereby declared to be an emergency measure and shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and approval by the Mayor, or ten days after passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.