Explanation
This ordinance authorizes the Director of the Department of Development to enter into a grant agreement with Maryhaven in support of the Women's Residential Program.
Maryhaven offers a comprehensive array of behavioral health and addiction treatment services to central Ohio residents. Among those, the women's extended care programs have helped more than 2,100 women reclaim their lives from the chaos of addiction and mental illness. Women live in communal home-like settings with their children as they build the skills and confidence to be more self-sufficient, find jobs, continue their education and/or secure housing. As Columbus continues its fight against the scourge of opiate addiction, it is critical to maintain support for programs like this.
Fiscal Impact: Funding is available within the Emergency Human Services subfund.
Emergency action is requested in order to avoid any disruption in services offered by Maryhaven.
Title
To authorize the Director of the Department of Development to enter into a grant agreement with Maryhaven in support of the Women's Residential Program; to authorize an expenditure within the Emergency Human Services Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($150,000.00)
Body
WHEREAS, Maryhaven offers a comprehensive array of behavioral health and addiction treatment services to central Ohio residents; and
WHEREAS, the women's extended care programs have helped more than 2,100 women reclaim their lives from the chaos of addiction and mental illness; and
WHEREAS, in the program, women build the skills and confidence to be more self-sufficient, find jobs, continue their education and/or secure housing; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily business of the Department of Development in that it is immediately necessary to enter into a grant agreement with Maryhaven to to avoid any disruption in services; now, therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the Director of the Dep...
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