Explanation
BACKGROUND: Columbus Public Health has been awarded a grant from the Central Ohio Hospital Council on behalf of the Ohio Better Birth Outcomes (OBBO) Collaboration. This ordinance is needed to accept and appropriate $100,000.00 in grant monies for the period of January 1, 2021 through December 31, 2021.
The OBBO grant program supports initiatives of the Baby and Me Tobacco Free Program at Columbus Public Health by providing funds for additional support staff. Under the direction of the Ohio Better Birth Outcomes Collaborative {OBBO), Columbus Public Health {CPH) is responsible for expansion of the Baby and Me Tobacco Free Program. CPH is responsible for the management of staff person who will participate in the Baby and Me Tobacco Free Program housed at Columbus Public Health, providing training for OBBO prenatal clinic staff on the process for referring pregnant patients to the Baby and Me Tobacco Free Program, and reporting program specific metrics to OBBO on a monthly basis.
This ordinance is submitted as an emergency so a delay in service does not occur since the grant starts January 1, 2021.
FISCAL IMPACT: The OBBO grant program is fully funded ($100,000.00) by the Central Ohio Hospital Council and does not require a City match.
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To authorize and direct the Board of Health to accept a grant from the Central Ohio Hospital Council for the Ohio Better Birth Outcomes (OBBO) Collaboration grant program in the amount of $100,000.00; to authorize the appropriation of $100,000.00 to the Health Department in the Health Department’s Private Grants Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($100,000.00)
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WHEREAS, $100,000.00 in grant funds have been made available through the Central Ohio Hospital Council for the Ohio Better Birth Outcomes (OBBO) Collaboration grant program for the period of January 1, 2021 through December 31, 2021; and,
WHEREAS, it is necessary to accept and appropriate these funds from the Central Ohio Hospital Coun...
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