Explanation
BACKGROUND: Columbus Public Health has been awarded a grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services through the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). This ordinance is needed to accept and appropriate $3,396,978.00 in grant monies to fund the CDC Health Disparities grant program, for the period June 1, 2021 through May 31, 2023. The total amount funded for this period is $3,396,978.00.
The purpose of Columbus Public Health’s Initiative to Address COVID-19 Health Disparities will be to increase capacity and services to prevent and control COVID-19 infection and transmission among populations at higher risk. Our outcomes will be 1) Reduce COVID-19-related health disparities; 2) Improve and increase testing and contact tracing among populations at higher risk; and 3) Improve Columbus Public Health’s capacity and services to prevent and control COVID-19 infection or transmission. Columbus Public Health will use an evidence-based, holistic, and collaborative approach to address COVID-19-related health disparities. This funding will support the implementation of the following strategies: 1) Expand existing and develop new mitigation and prevention resources and services to reduce COVID-19 related disparities among populations at higher risk by testing, contact tracing, vaccine coordination, and preventive care through collaborations with traditional and non-traditional partners; 2) Build, leverage and expand infrastructure to support COVID-19 prevention and control through advice, guidance and recommendations from multi-sector coalitions; updated COVID-19 and Health Equity Plans; and hiring people from the communities at highest risk; 3) Mobilize partners to advance health equity and address social determinants of health as they relate to COVID-19 health disparities by building community capacity to reach high risk populations with effective culturally and linguistically tailored programs and practices.
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