Explanation
BACKGROUND:
This legislation will authorize the acceptance and appropriation of grant funds in connection with the Older Americans Act Title III Supportive Services, Congregate and Home Delivered Meals, Preventative Health, and Caregiver Support programs.
Additional grant funds are being made available to the Central Ohio Area Agency on Aging from the Ohio Department of Aging for the period of July, 1 2021 to September 30, 2024 by the American Rescue Plan Older Americans Act Title III.
This funding should significantly expand congregate and home delivered meals, preventative health programs, caregiver support, and other supportive services in the Central Ohio area including Delaware, Fairfield, Fayette, Franklin, Licking, Madison, Pickaway, and Union Counties.
EMERGENCY DESIGNATION:
Emergency action is requested in order to have the contracts in place as soon as possible, as stipulated in the American Rescue Plan (ARP); and Older Americans Act Title III grant requirements.
FISCAL IMPACT:
This ordinance will appropriate $1,178,680.00 to the Recreation and Parks Grant fund 2286.
Title
To authorize and direct the Director of Recreation and Parks, on behalf of Central Ohio Area Agency on Aging, to accept grant funds from the Ohio Department of Aging in the amount of $1,178,680.00 and any additional funds for the American Rescue Plan- Older Americans Act Title III; to authorize the appropriation of $1,178,680.00 and any additional funds from the unappropriated balance of the Recreation and Parks Grant Fund; to authorize the City Auditor to transfer appropriations between object classes and grant numbers for the American Rescue Plan grant funding; and to declare an emergency. ($1,178,680.00)
Body
WHEREAS, additional grant funds are being made available to the Central Ohio Area Agency on Aging from the Ohio Department of Aging for the period of July, 1 2021 to September 30, 2024 by the American Rescue Plan (ARP) Older Americans Act Title III...
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