Explanation
BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Director of the Department of Development to enter into a grant agreement with Restoring Our Own Through Transformation (ROOTT) for the provision of services for a nine-month period that begins on March 1, 2020, and terminates on November 30, 2020. The total amount of this grant is $230,000.00 and will be funded from CARES Act funds.
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused unforeseen needs among Columbus and Franklin County residents. In addition, human service agencies working to meet those needs have been impacted by unforeseen and unbudgeted costs. As a result, many residents and nonprofit human service providers are experiencing economic instability. It is essential for the City of Columbus to invest in ways that increase their resilience and stability.
ROOTT is a Black women-led advocacy organization which offers doula services, health-care provider trainings and organizational consultation. These services provided by ROOTT cannot be provided by existing city employees because these services are beyond the City’s current staffing capacity to provide.
Emergency Designation: Emergency action is requested to ensure that Restoring Our Own Through Transformation (ROOTT) can begin providing additional services as soon as possible.
Fiscal Impact: Funding is provided to the City of Columbus from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act passed by Congress and signed into law March 27, 2020, and available in the Department of Development’s CARES Act budget (fund 2207, subfund 220702).
Title
To authorize the Director of Development to execute a grant agreement with Restoring Our Own Through Transformation (ROOTT), a Black women-led advocacy organization which offers doula services, health-care provider trainings and organizational consultation in an amount up to $230,000.00; to authorize an expenditure up to $230,000.00 from the CARES Act Fund; to authorize the payment of expenses starting...
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