Explanation
BACKGROUND: Columbus Public Health has been awarded a grant from the Ohio Department of Health. This ordinance is needed to accept and appropriate $743,273.00 in grant monies to fund the COVID-19 Care Resource Coordination Support Grant program for the period of August 1, 2020 through December 30, 2020.
The COVID-19 Care Resource Coordination Support Grant will provide social and economic support related to COVID-19 testing and diagnosis, including isolation and quarantine to low-income individuals and families, paying particular attention to the populations especially at high-risk of adverse outcomes due to COVID-19, to the residents of the City of Columbus.
Emergency action is requested to allow the financial transaction to be posted in the City’s accounting system as soon as possible to bolster the emergency response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
FISCAL IMPACT: The grant program award ($743,273.00) is fully funded by the Ohio Department of Health and does not generate revenue.
Title
To authorize and direct the Board of Health to accept a grant from the Ohio Department of Health for the COVID-19 Care Resource Coordination Support Grant program in the amount of $743,273.00; to authorize the appropriation of $743,273.00 to the Health Department in the Health Department Grants Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($743,273.00)
Body
WHEREAS, $743,273.00 in grant funds have been made available to the Health Department through the Ohio Department of Health for the COVID-19 Care Resource Coordination Support Grant program; and,
WHEREAS, it is necessary to accept and appropriate these funds from the Ohio Department of Health for the support of the COVID-19 Care Resource Coordination Support Grant program; and,
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Board of Health in that it is immediately necessary to accept this grant from the Ohio Department of Health to prevent, prepare for, and respond to a public health emer...
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