Explanation
The Office of CelebrateOne has been awarded a grant from the Ohio Department of Health. This ordinance is to accept and appropriate $136,686.75 in additional grant monies for the Ohio Equity Institute 2.0 program for the period October 1, 2021 to December 31, 2021. This will allow CelebrateOne to focus on nine Franklin County zip codes with the greatest potential to impact birth outcomes of pregnant African American women at risk for pre-term and low birth weights in Franklin County.
CelebrateOne will continue to provide Connectors to identify, screen and refer at risk pregnant women to clinical care and social services in high risk zip codes in which the Connector lives or has lived. The locations for outreach will include homeless shelters, homeless camps, teen drop in centers, teen dropout recovery programs, residential apartment complexes, neighborhood extended stay hotels and motels, hospital emergency rooms, neighborhood urgent care centers, discount retail and cell phone stores, Pregnancy decision centers and the Franklin County jail.
FISCAL IMPACT: This ordinance authorizes the acceptance and appropriation of $136,686.75 from the Ohio Department of Health, Ohio Equity Institute grant # G402100 and G402101.
Title
To authorize the Office of CelebrateOne to accept and appropriate $136,686.75 from the Ohio Department of Health grant fund; and to declare an emergency . ($136,686.75)
Body
WHEREAS, an additional $ 136,686.75 has been made available through the Ohio Department of Health, Bureau of Maternal and Child Health for the period October 1, 2021 to December 31, 2021; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to accept and appropriate these funds from the Ohio Department of Health, Bureau of Maternal and Child Health for the support of Ohio Equity Institute 2.0 program; and
WHEREAS, CelebrateOne will be able to impact birth outcomes from pregnant African American women who are at risk for low birth weight; and,
WHEREAS, this ordinance is being submitted as an emergency measure so that timely services can proceed without interruption; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Office of CelebrateOne in that it is immediately necessary to accept these funds for the Ohio Equities Initiative intervention for the immediate preservation of the public health, peace, property, safety and welfare; Now, therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the Office of CelebrateOne is hereby authorized to accept a grant award of $136,686.75 from the Ohio Department of Health, Bureau of Maternal and Child Health for the Ohio Equity Institute 2.0 program for the period October 1, 2021 through December 31, 2021.
SECTION 2. That from the unappropriated monies in the General Government Grant, Fund 2220, and from all monies estimated to come into said Fund from any and all sources during the grant period, the sum of $136,686.75 and any eligible interest earned during the grant period is hereby appropriated to the Office of CelebrateOne as per the accounting codes in the attachment to this ordinance.
SECTION 3. That the monies appropriated in Section 2 shall be paid upon order of the Office of CelebrateOne and that no order shall be drawn or money paid except by voucher, the form by which shall be approved by the City Auditor.
SECTION 4. That at the end of the grant period, any repayment of unencumbered balances required by the grantor is hereby authorized and any unused City match monies may be transferred back to the City fund from which they originated in accordance with all applicable grant agreements.
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 the City Auditor is authorized to make any accounting changes to revise the funding source for all contracts or contract modifications associated with this ordinance.
SECTION 7. That for reasons stated in the preamble hereto, which is hereby made a part hereof, this ordinance is hereby 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.