DEPARTMENT: Health
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Dr. Thomas L. Schlenker
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: City Wide
SUBJECT:
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Roadmaps to Health Action Awards Grant
SUMMARY:
This ordinance ratifies the submission of a grant application to The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation by the San Antonio Metropolitan Health District (Metro Health) and authorizes the acceptance of grant funds upon award in an amount not to exceed $10,000.00 for participation in the Roadmaps to Health Action Awards program for a one year term beginning May 2015. This action also authorizes a proposed program budget for the execution of the project which will be incorporated into Metro Health's Chronic Disease Prevention Section.
Furthermore, this ordinance authorizes the Director of Metro Health to initiate, negotiate, and execute any and all necessary documents and grant contracts to effectuate the application and acceptance of the referenced grant, and to execute contract amendments pertaining to this contract, to include: a) carry-over funds, when ascertained and approved by the funding agency through a revised notice of award; b) line item budget revisions authorized by the funding agency; c) modifications to the performance measures authorized by the funding agency and listed in the contract so long as the terms of the amendment stay within the general parameters of the intent of the grant; d) no cost extensions; and e) amendments which will provide supplemental grant funds to the grant by the funding agency in an amount up to 20% of the total amount initially awarded to the grant.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
The mission of the Mayor's Fitness Council (MFC) is to lead San Antonio to be one of the healthiest and most active communities in the nation in which residents, groups and organizations work collaboratively to achieve targeted health and fitness goals. The Mayor's Fitness Council is divided into several committees that work together t...
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