Explanation
BACKGROUND: This ordinance authorizes CelebrateOne on behalf of the Office of the Mayor to accept, appropriate and expend $50,000.00 in funding from a Disparities in Maternal Health grant from the Ohio Department of Health and to expend $3,400 in private funding from The Columbus Foundation. These funds will be used to enter into contract with Design Impact (DI) to develop and implement a human-centered design process that engages community members impacted by infant and maternal morbidity and mortality as experts and co-creators in the process.
The project will unfold in three phases. The first phase involves establishing a core team and aligning its members around the goals of this work, participant roles and responsibilities, and the project's timeline. Additionally, DI will plan, design, and facilitate training sessions for as many as 6 peer researchers recruited by CelebrateOne. The peer researchers are a group of pregnant and parenting individuals which geographically and demographically represent families most impacted by infant and maternal morbidity and mortality.
The second phase will include the development of a guide to be used by the peer researchers during listening sessions and support from DI in facilitating these sessions. Following each session, DI will meet with CelebrateOne staff and the peer researchers to debrief and process what had been shared and learned. Once all four listening sessions have been completed, DI will synthesize and analyze the raw data gathered through the listening session and will create a draft report for C1, which explains key themes and opportunities based upon the analysis of the data.
The third and final phase of this project will include the design and facilitation of a strategic conversation among CelebrateOne partners. This session will engage stakeholders including: parents, health care professionals, and representatives from other related social services and government agencies. DI will move participants through a collaborative process geared toward identifying promising opportunities based on the lessons learned from the community listening sessions. The goal of this session is for stakeholders to move toward action around access to prenatal, perinatal, and postpartum care.
Emergency action is requested to allow planning work to begin at the earliest time available.
FISCAL IMPACT: This legislation authorizes an expenditure of $53,400.00. $50,000.00 is part of an Ohio Department of Health Disparities in Maternal Health grant, General Government Grant Fund 2220, Grant Number G402102, while $3,400.00 is from the Private Grant Fund 2291, The Columbus Foundation, G401901.
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To authorize CelebrateOne, on behalf of the Office of the Mayor, to accept and appropriate funding from a Disparities in Maternal Health grant provided by the Ohio Department of Health; to authorize the Executive Director of CelebrateOne, on behalf of the Office of the Mayor, to enter into contract with Design Impact to develop and implement a human-centered design process; to authorize the expenditure of $53,400.00 from the General Government Grant Fund 2220 and $3,400.00 from the Private Grant Fund 2291; and to declare an emergency. ($53,400.00)
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WHEREAS, this ordinance authorizes the Office of the Mayor to accept and appropriate funding from a Disparities in Maternal Health grant awarded by the Ohio Department of Health; and
WHEREAS, there is a need to better understand and learn from the experiences of community members most impacted by infant and maternal morbidity and mortality; and
WHEREAS, a contract with Design Impact will allow for the development and implementation of a human-centered design process that results in learning and innovation that can be applied to CelebrateOne's work to address infant mortality; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Office of the Mayor in that it is immediately necessary to enter into a contract and expend funds from the Ohio Department of Health and The Columbus Foundation, thereby preserving the public health, peace, property, safety, and welfare; and NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That CelebrateOne, on behalf of the Office of the Mayor, is hereby authorized to accept and appropriate funds General Government Fund 2220, Disparities in Maternal Health grant from the Ohio Department of Health in the amount of $50,000.
SECTION 2. That the Executive Director of CelebrateOne, on behalf of the Office of the Mayor, is authorized to enter into a contract with Design Impact in the amount of $53,400.00 to develop and implement a human-centered design process.
SECTION 3. That from the unappropriated monies in the Office of the Mayor’s grant fund, Fund No. 2220, and from all monies estimated to come into said fund from any and all sources during the twelve months ending December 30, 2021, the sum of $50,000.00 is hereby appropriated and the expenditure of $53,400 is hereby authorized from the Mayor’s Office, Division No. 40-01, per the accounting codes attached to this ordinance.
SECTION 4. That the monies appropriated in the foregoing Section 3 shall be paid upon the order of the Mayor’s Office, and that no order shall be drawn or money paid except by voucher, the form of which shall be approved by the City Auditor.
SECTION 5. That the funds necessary to carry out the purpose of this ordinance are hereby deemed appropriated, and the City Auditor shall establish such accounting codes as necessary.
SECTION 6. That for the reasons stated in the preamble hereto, which is hereby made a part hereof, this ordinance is declared to be an emergency measure and shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and approval by the Mayor, or ten days after passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.