File #: RS2024-502   
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 5/23/2024 In control: Metropolitan Council
On agenda: 6/4/2024 Final action: 6/4/2024
Title: A resolution approving amendments three and four to a Community Health Workers for Public Health Response and Resilient grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to the Metropolitan Government, acting by and through the Metropolitan Board of Health, to address COVID-19 health disparities in the Nashville area.
Sponsors: Delishia Porterfield, Erin Evans, Ginny Welsch, Brenda Gadd
Attachments: 1. Grant Amendments Exhibit
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A resolution approving amendments three and four to a Community Health Workers for Public Health Response and Resilient grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to the Metropolitan Government, acting by and through the Metropolitan Board of Health, to address COVID-19 health disparities in the Nashville area.
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WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Government, acting by and through the Metropolitan Board of Health, previously entered into a grant agreement with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to address COVID-19 health disparities in the Nashville area approved by RS2021-1178 and later amended by RS2023-1990 and RS2024-170; and,
WHEREAS, amendment three approves a request to assist in funding five community health workers from the Metropolitan Office of Homelessness Services to support recently rehoused individuals and amendment four approves funding for a contractor, Elevate Consulting LLC, copies of which amendments three and four are attached hereto; and,
WHEREAS, it is to the benefit of the citizens of The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County that amendments three and four be approved.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT OF NASHVILLE AND DAVIDSON COUNTY:
Section 1. That amendments three and four to the Community Health Workers for Public Health Response and Resilient grant by and between the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Metropolitan Government, acting by and through the Metropolitan Board of Health, to address COVID-19 health disparities in the Nashville area, copies of which amendments three and four are attached hereto and incorporated herein, are hereby approved, and the Metropolitan Mayor is authorized to execute the same.
Section 2. That this resolution shall take effect from and after its adoption, the welfare of The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County requiring it.
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