Explanation
BACKGROUND: The Office of CelebrateOne has been awarded a grant from the Ohio Department of Medicaid which is administered by the State’s Managed Care Plans. This ordinance is needed to accept and appropriate $4,520,000.00 in grant monies to fund the Enhanced Maternal Health Program for the period July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2024.
The Ohio Department of Medicaid has awarded this grant to the Office of CelebrateOne at the City of Columbus to coordinate the Enhanced Maternal Health Program in Franklin County. CelebrateOne has been designated as the primary grantee organization and administrator for this grant for Franklin County. The Office of CelebrateOne will establish contracts with twelve (12) community partners in order to provide health and education services to expecting moms and moms of children under one (1) year of age.
Grant funding will provide continued investment in Centering Pregnancy options in priority geographies through Heart of Ohio Family Health Centers and PrimaryOne Health, while also strengthening prenatal home visiting teams at OhioHealth, Nationwide Children’s Hospital and Columbus Public Health.
In addition, this grant provides support for culturally informed doula care, maintains trauma-informed prenatal support through Moms2B, and provides support to the information and referral line, StepOne for a Healthy Pregnancy. What's more, the grant addresses gaps in service by increasing support for teen outreach through The Center for Healthy Families.
Finally, this grant ensures that the community’s strong core of community health workers at CelebrateOne, Men for the Movement, and the YMCA of Central Ohio continue to connect women and families to services and resources that support a healthy pregnancy.
The sub-grant recipients are eligible to request and receive 12.5% of their award after their contract is executed, with the remaining grant funding available with monthly invoicing and verification of work performed over the subsequent 23 months.
The Ohio Department of Medicaid grant, in the amount of $4,250,000.00, is expected to be received in July 2022 and is planned to conclude by June 30, 2024. Expenditures are planned within CelebrateOne and twelve partnering agencies.
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CelebrateOne - Connector Corps |
$969,275.44 |
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CelebrateOne - Project Management |
$83,702.00 |
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CelebrateOne- Doula Program |
$200,000.00 |
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YMCA of Central Ohio |
$241,921.21 |
|
Men for the Movement |
$79,000.00 |
|
City of Refuge Good Life Foundation |
$252,674.28 |
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Moms2B/The Ohio State University |
$702,636.00 |
|
Physicians CareConnection |
$412,704.00 |
|
Project Milk Movement |
$180,844.00 |
|
Mental Health America of Ohio |
$160,383.32 |
|
Urban Family Development Center |
$187,182.00 |
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PrimaryOne Health |
$383,131.31 |
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The Center for Healthy Families |
$200,000.00 |
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OhioHealth |
$220,275.44 |
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Heart of Ohio Family Health Centers |
$246,271.00 |
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TOTAL |
$4,520,000.00 |
EMERGENCY ACTION is NOT requested at this time.
FISCAL IMPACT: This ordinance authorizes the acceptance and appropriation of $4,520,000.00 in Ohio Department of Medicaid grant monies to fund the Enhanced Maternal Health Program. This ordinance also authorizes contracts with up to twelve agencies for the disbursement of grant monies to further the same program. This Ohio Department of Medicaid Grant program does not generate any revenue nor require a City match. The community partner grant recipients are eligible to request and receive 12.5% of their award after their contract is executed, with the remaining grant funding available with monthly invoicing and verification of work performed over the subsequent 23 months.
Title
To authorize the Executive Director of the Office of CelebrateOne to accept a grant from the Ohio Department of Medicaid for the Enhanced Maternal Health Program in the amount of $4,520,000.00; to authorize the appropriation of $4,520,000.00 from the unappropriated balance of the General Government Grants Fund 2220; and to authorize multiple contracts with community grantees for the Enhanced Maternal Health Program in Columbus and Central Ohio. ($4,520,000.00)
Body
WHEREAS, $4,520,000.00 in grant funds have been made available through the Ohio Department of Medicaid for the Enhanced Maternal Health Program for the period of July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2024; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to accept and appropriate these funds from the Ohio Department of Medicaid for the Enhanced Maternal Health program; and
WHEREAS, this ordinance is being submitted as an emergency measure to allow the financial transactions to be posted in the City’s accounting system as soon as possible given the start date of July 1, 2022 and so that timely services can begin; and
WHEREAS, this ordinance authorizes the Executive Director of CelebrateOne to administer grant contracts with up to twelve (12) community partners engaged in the Enhanced Maternal Health program; and
WHEREAS, community partner grant recipients are eligible to request and receive 12.5% of their award after their contract is executed, with the remaining grant funding available with monthly invoicing and verification of work performed over the subsequent 23 months.
WHEREAS, it has become necessary in the usual daily operation of the Office of CelebrateOne that it is necessary for the Executive Director of CelebrateOne to accept these grant funds from the Ohio Department of Medicaid and to enter into multiple contracts with community grantees for the Enhanced Maternal Health Program, for the preservation of the public health, peace, property, and safety; now, therefore
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the Executive Director of the Office of CelebrateOne is hereby authorized to accept and appropriate $4,520,000.00 from the Ohio Department of Medicaid as CelebrateOne has been designated as the primary grantee organization and administrator for this grant in the central Ohio region.
SECTION 2. That the Executive Director of the Office of CelebrateOne is hereby authorized to establish contracts with the following agencies in order to meet grant deliverables through June 30, 2024 in a total amount not to exceed $3,267,022.56.
YMCA of Central Ohio $241,921.21
Men for the Movement $79,000.00
City of Refuge Good Life Foundation $252,674.28
Moms2B/The Ohio State University $702,636.00
Physicians CareConnection $412,704.00
Project Milk Movement $180,844.00
Mental Health America of Ohio $160,383.32
Urban Family Development Center $187,182.00
PrimaryOne Health $383,131.31
The Center for Healthy Families $200,000.00
OhioHealth $220,275.44
Heart of Ohio Family Health Centers $246,271.00
SECTION 3. That to pay the costs of said contracts and the programs administered by CelebrateOne, the expenditure is hereby authorized from the General Government Grant Fund 2220, per the accounting codes in the attachment to this ordinance.
SECTION 4. 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 5. That the community partner grant recipients are eligible to request and receive 12.5% of their award after their contract is executed, with the remaining grant funding available with monthly invoicing and verification of work performed over the subsequent 23 months.
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 and to make any accounting changes necessary to ensure that these contracts are properly accounted for and recorded accurately on the City’s financial records.
SECTION 7. That this ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after the earliest period allowed by law.