Label
Toledo/Lucas County CareNet
Office of Community Services
Tiffany Whitman (x2375)
Revised
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Authorizing the Mayor to enter into an agreement with Toledo/Lucas County CareNet to support healthcare access, insurance navigation, and community health worker services for uninsured and underinsured residents; authorizing the expenditure of an amount not to exceed $10,100 from the General Fund; and declaring an emergency.
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SUMMARY & BACKGROUND:
Toledo/Lucas County CareNet, founded in 2002 to assist uninsured residents, coordinates a countywide charity-care network and provides essential healthcare navigation services, connecting low-income families to medical care, social supports, and Medicaid/Marketplace coverage. As insurance gaps, Medicaid disenrollment, and persistent health disparities continue to affect Toledo residents, CareNet plays a critical role in providing healthcare navigation, social-determinant support, and preventive care connections that help reduce avoidable emergency department utilization. Serving approximately 6,000-8,000 residents annually and more than 100,000 since its founding, CareNet supports the City's goals for youth, family, and workforce success, neighborhood stability, and economic mobility.
Summary
NOW THEREFORE Be it ordained by the Council of the City of Toledo:
SECTION 1. That the Mayor is authorized to enter into an agreement with Toledo/Lucas County CareNet for healthcare access services, community health worker support, and enrollment navigation for uninsured and underinsured residents, upon terms and conditions acceptable to the Director of Law and the Director of the Office of Community Services.
SECTION 2. That the expenditure of an amount not to exceed $10,100 is authorized from the General Fund Account Code 1001-40200-1115001STDADM to support Toledo/Lucas County CareNet for healthcare access services, community health worker support, and enrollment navigation for uninsured and underinsured residents.
SECTION 3. That the Director of Finance is authorized to draw a warrant or warrants against the above Account Code in an amount not to exceed $10,100 in payment of the above-authorized obligation upon presentation of proper voucher(s).
SECTION 4. That this Ordinance is declared to be an emergency measure and shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. The reason for the emergency lies in the fact that this ordinance is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, safety, and property, and for the further reason that the ordinance must be immediately effective to ensure that Toledo/Lucas County CareNet can continue providing essential healthcare navigation, charity-care coordination, and community health worker services to vulnerable Toledo residents.
Vote on emergency clause: yeas _____, nays _____.
Passed: _________________, as an emergency measure: yeas _____, nays _____.
Attest: ________________________ __________________________________
Clerk of Council President of Council
Approved: _____________________ __________________________________
Mayor
I hereby certify that the above is a true and correct copy of an Ordinance passed by Council ________________________.
Attest: ________________________
Clerk of Council