Explanation
BACKGROUND: The Office of the Mayor has been awarded funds from the Ohio Department of Health. This ordinance is needed to accept and appropriate $66,678.00 in grant money to support the Healthy Beginnings at Home program for the time period of July 1, 2020 - June 30, 2021.
The funds will be used to provide targeted support to homeless pregnant youth in an effort to improve child and maternal health outcomes and reduce infant mortality in support of the Healthy Beginnings at Home program.
Emergency Request: 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 by the Ohio Department of Health. It does not generate revenue nor require a City match. Grant G402004.
Title
To authorize and direct the Office of the Mayor to accept funds from the Ohio Department of Health to support the Healthy Beginnings at Home program in the amount of $66,678.00; to authorize the appropriation of $66,678.00 to the City's General Government Grants Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($66,678.00.)
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WHEREAS, $66,678.00 in grant funds have been made available to the Office of the Mayor through the Ohio Department of Health; and
WHEREAS, 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 grant deliverables. Up to date financial posting promotes accurate accounting and financial management; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of Office of the Mayor in that it is immediately necessary to accept this grant from the Ohio Department of Health , and to appropriate these funds to the Office of the Mayor for the immediate preservation of the public health, peace, property, sa...
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