Explanation
CelebrateOne, in the Office of the Mayor, has been awarded additional grant funds from the Columbus Foundation CareSource Foundation. This ordinance is needed to accept and appropriate $74,490.00 in grant monies to fund the Healthy Beginnings at Home program for the period beginning April 1, 2019 and ending January 3, 2020.
The Healthy Beginnings at Home program provides rental subsidies and housing stabilization services to Medicaid-eligible pregnant women with medical needs who are experiencing housing instability. As part of this work, CelebrateOne and its partners are examining whether the intervention leads to 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 so as not to 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 program is supported by public and private grants, including funds from the Columbus Foundation CareSource Foundation (Grant #G401803) and others in the Private Grant Fund (No. 2291). This program does not generate any revenue or require a City match.
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To authorize the Office of the Mayor to accept additional grant funds from the Columbus Foundation CareSource Foundation for the Healthy Beginnings at Home program in the amount of $74,490.00; to authorize the appropriation of $74,490.00 in the Private Grant Fund (No. 2291); and to declare an emergency. ($74,490.00)
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WHEREAS, $74,490.00 in grant funds has been made available through the Columbus Foundation CareSource Foundation for the Healthy Beginnings at Home program for the period beginning April 1, 2019 and ending January 3, 2020; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to accept and appropriate these funds from the Columbus Foundation CareSource Foundation (Grant #G401803) in the Private Grant Fund (No. 2291) for the Healthy Beginnings at Home 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, 2019; 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 CareSource Foundation 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 $74,490.00 from the Columbus Foundation CareSource Foundation for the Healthy Beginnings at Home program for the period beginning April 1, 2019 and ending January 3, 2020.
SECTION 2. That from the unappropriated monies in the Private Grant Fund (No. 2291) and from all monies estimated to come into said Fund from any and all sources during the grant period, the sum of $74,490.00 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 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 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.