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BACKGROUND: Columbus Public Health has been awarded a grant from Franklin County Public Health to support the Franklin County Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Overdose Data to Action (OD2A) Project. This ordinance is needed to accept and appropriate $97,000.00 in grant monies to fund the Franklin County Overdose Data to Action Project grant program for the period of September 1, 2022 through August 31, 2023.
In August 2022, the Franklin County Coroner’s Office (FCCO) released preliminary overdose death statistics that stated, “825 cases of overdose deaths were reported to the Franklin County Coroner’s Office in 2021, a 4% decrease in the number of cases observed in 2020 (859) yet a 48% increase compared to 2019 (556). Franklin County observed an increase in overdose deaths from 2017 to 2020 which peaked in Q2 2020. Franklin County observed a decrease in overdose deaths from Q2 2020 to Q4 2020.” It is suspected that illicit fentanyl is involved in nearly 90% of the drug overdose deaths in Franklin County. Additionally, the report states “Those who identified as non-Hispanic African American, increased from 21% to 29% from 2017 to 2021.
This ordinance is submitted as an emergency so a delay in services does not occur due to the start date September 1, 2022.
FISCAL IMPACT: The Franklin County CDC Overdose Data to Action Project Grant is fully funded ($97,000.00) by Franklin County Public Health and does not require a City match.
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To authorize and direct the Board of Health to accept a grant from Franklin County Public Health for the Franklin County CDC Overdose Data to Action Project Grant in the amount of $97,000.00; to authorize the appropriation of $97,000.00 to the Health Department in the Health Department’s Grants Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($97,000.00)
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WHEREAS, $97,000.00 in grant funds have been made available through Franklin County Public Health for the Franklin County Centers for Disease Contro...
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