Explanation
BACKGROUND: Columbus Public Health has been awarded a grant from the Ohio Department of Health. Ordinance No. 2926-2019 authorized the acceptance and appropriation of $1,446,254.00 in grant money. This ordinance is needed to accept and appropriate an additional $50,000.00 in grant monies to fund the 2020 HIV Prevention Grant Program, for the period of January 1, 2020 through December 31, 2020. The total amount funded for this period is $1,496,254.00.
The HIV Prevention Grant program enables Columbus Public Health to provide culturally and linguistically appropriate HIV counseling and testing/referral; partner counseling; and health education/risk reduction behavior modification programs. Services are provided to residents of Columbus and Franklin County, with special emphasis on men who have sex with men, individuals with high risk sexual contact, youth, and injection drug/substance users.
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. Up to date financial posting promotes accurate accounting and financial management.
FISCAL IMPACT: The HIV Prevention Grant Program is entirely funded by the Ohio Department of Health.
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To authorize and direct the Board of Health to accept additional grant funds from the Ohio Department of Health for the HIV Prevention Grant Program in the amount of $50,000.00; to authorize the appropriation of $50,000.00 from the unappropriated balance of the Health Department Grants Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($50,000.00)
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WHEREAS, $50,000.00 in additional grant funds have been made available to the Health Department through the Ohio Department of Health for the HIV Prevention Grant Program, for the period of January 1, 2020 through December 31, 2020; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to authorize the Board of Health to accept and appropriate these additional funds from the Ohio Department of H...
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