IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
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A RESOLUTION authorizing the County Executive to execute a Cooperative Agreement with the University of Missouri - Kansas City, to allow for an allocation to the University of Missouri - Kansas City, to provide health services and aid vaccination efforts in east Kansas City, at an additional cost to the County not to exceed $5,000,000.00 through December 31, 2024.
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RESOLUTION NO. 21090, November 7, 2022
INTRODUCED BY Jalen Anderson and Crystal Williams, County Legislator
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WHEREAS, by Ordinance 5506, dated May 10, 2021, the Legislature appropriated $4,998,014.00 from the undesignated fund balance of the 2021 CARES Act Fund to allow for an allocation to the University of Missouri - Kansas City, to establish the "Our Healthy Eastside" (OHKCE) Project to provide health services and aid vaccination efforts in east Kansas City and authorizing the County Executive to execute a Cooperative Agreement with the University of Missouri - Kansas City (UMKC), at a cost to the County not to exceed $4,998,014.00; and,
WHEREAS, by Ordinance 5583, dated December 13, 2021, the Legislature changed the funding source for the previous allocation to the University of Missouri - Kansas City from the CARES Act funds to American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds; and,
WHEREAS, with OHKCE Phase II provided by this Resolution, UMKC and community partners will continue the OHKCE project to promote and deliver widespread COVID-19 vaccinations and other health services within Kansas City's most socially vulnerable community; and,
WHEREAS, OHKCE Phase II will continue to utilize UMKC's, University Health's, and the Black Health Care Coalition's extensive experience in providing health services in community and medical settings in Kansas City's Eastside; and,
WHEREAS, OHKCE Phase II will increase vaccination rates among the most vulnerable populations and increase preventive health services offered from June 1, 2022, thr...
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