ORDINANCE NO. 260873
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Sponsor: Director of Health Department
Accepting and approving a one-year $24,000.00 grant with the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (“MDESE”), Office of Childhood, to provide funding for the Childcare Health Consultation program at the Kansas City, Missouri Health Department for FY27, October 1, 2026 - September 30, 2027; estimating and appropriating $24,000.00 in the Health Grants Fund; and recognizing this ordinance as having an accelerated effective date.
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WHEREAS, the Childcare Health Consultation (CCHC) Program will strengthen the health, safety, and wellness practices of early childcare settings throughout Kansas City, Missouri; and
WHEREAS, the Kansas City, Missouri Health Department will provide education and resources to ensure that childcare providers have access to evidence-based practices that promote safe, healthy, and developmentally supportive environments for the children; and
WHEREAS, the CCHC program will improve health outcomes for preschool-aged children and enhance the capacity of childcare providers to implement high-quality practices, respond to health and safety concerns, and support the overall wellbeing of the children in their care; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY
Section 1. That a one-year grant award between the City of Kansas City, Missouri, acting through its Director of Health (the "Director"), and the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary (“MDESE”), whereby the MDESE will provide funding for the City's Childcare Health Consultation program within Kansas City, Missouri for a period beginning October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2027, for an amount not to exceed $24,000.00 is hereby accepted and approved. A copy of the award, in substantial form, is on file with the Director.
Section 2. That revenue in the following account of the Health Grants Fund is hereby estimated in the following amount:
27-2480-500001-479895-G50CCHC27 Childcare Health Consultation $24,000.00
Section 3. That the sum of $24,000.00 is hereby appropriated from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the Health Grants Fund in the following accounts:
27-2480-505090-A-G50CCHC27 Childcare Health Consultation $17,490.00
27-2480-505090-B-G50CCHC27 Childcare Health Consultation 1,510.00
27-2480-505090-C-G50CCHC27 Childcare Health Consultation 5,000.00
TOTAL $24,000.00
Section 4. That the Director of Health is hereby designated as requisitioning authority for Account No. 27-2480-505090-G50CCHC27 and is authorized to expend the sum of $24,000.00 from funds previously appropriated to the accounts.
Section 5. That this ordinance is recognized as an ordinance with an accelerated effective date as provided by Section 503(a)(3)(C) of the City Charter in that it appropriates money and shall take effect in accordance with that section.
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I hereby certify that there is a balance, otherwise unencumbered, to the credit of the appropriation to which the foregoing expenditure is to be charged, and a cash balance, otherwise unencumbered, in the treasury, to the credit of the fund from which payment is to be made, each sufficient to meet the obligation hereby incurred.
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Brenton Siverly
Director of Finance
Approved as to form:
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Joseph A. Guarino
Senior Associate City Attorney