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File #: 24-3895    Version: 1 Name: NT042 ARPA Healthy Communities (CFPAC) Amendment
Type: Resolution Status: Approved
File created: 6/24/2024 In control: Board of Commissioners
On agenda: 7/25/2024 Final action: 7/25/2024
Title: PROPOSED RESOLUTION PROPOSED RESOLUTION FOR ARPA HEALTHY COMMUNITIES PROGRAM INITIATIVES IMPLEMENTED BY COOK COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH ("CCDPH"). WHEREAS, on March 11, 2021, the federal government authorized the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 ("ARPA") which includes $1.9 trillion in federal stimulus funds to hasten the United States' recovery from the economic and health effects caused by the COVID-19 pandemic; and WHEREAS, specifically, the federal government has authorized and allocated a federal award of approximately $1,000,372,385B of ARPA funding to Cook County to assist the County in its recovery from the economic and health effects of COVID-19; and WHEREAS, on June 24, 2021, the Cook County American Rescue Plan Act Framework (the "ARPA Framework") was presented to the Cook County Board of Commissioners; and WHEREAS, the Cook County Board of Commissioners via Resolution 21-3654 accepted the ARPA federal award allocated to Cook County to assist the County in its r...
Indexes: (Inactive) ERIK MIKAITIS, M.D., Interim Chief Executive Officer, Cook County Health and Hospitals Systems

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PROPOSED RESOLUTION

 

PROPOSED RESOLUTION FOR ARPA HEALTHY COMMUNITIES PROGRAM INITIATIVES IMPLEMENTED BY COOK COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH (“CCDPH”).

 

WHEREAS, on March 11, 2021, the federal government authorized the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (“ARPA”) which includes $1.9 trillion in federal stimulus funds to hasten the United States’ recovery from the economic and health effects caused by the COVID-19 pandemic; and

 

WHEREAS, specifically, the federal government has authorized and allocated a federal award of approximately $1,000,372,385B of ARPA funding to Cook County to assist the County in its recovery from the economic and health effects of COVID-19; and

 

WHEREAS, on June 24, 2021, the Cook County American Rescue Plan Act Framework (the “ARPA Framework”) was presented to the Cook County Board of Commissioners; and

 

WHEREAS, the Cook County Board of Commissioners via Resolution 21-3654 accepted the ARPA federal award allocated to Cook County to assist the County in its recovery from the economic and health effects of COVID-19 in the amount of approximately $1,000,372,385.00; and

 

WHEREAS,Resolution 21-3654 further authorized the Cook County Budget Director and Comptroller to create and implement a Special Purpose Fund for the ARPA award and other accounting measures to track the acceptance and spending of the federal award; and

 

WHEREAS,the Cook County Board of Commissioners authorized the Chief Financial Officer, Budget Director, Chief Procurement Officer and applicable using agencies to issue grants, contracts and agreements for ARPA programs approved via Resolutions 22-3657 and 22-0637; and

 

WHEREAS, to further the Policy Roadmap Goal, the Cook County Department of Public Health has developed a menu of Healthy Community programs and initiatives which have undergone review and approval through the Project Management Office process to utilize ARPA funding for such programs and initiatives pursuant to the issuance of grants, contracts, and agreements; and

 

WHEREASResolutions 22-3657 and 22-0637 provided that any grants issued regarding ARPA programs in an amount over $1M shall require the approval of the Cook County Board of Commissioners.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Cook County Board of Commissioners hereby approves the issuance of the following agreement by Cook County Health to utilize ARPA funding for multi-year terms through Fiscal Year November 30, 2024, subject to annual appropriation by the Board, for Cook County Department of Public Health programs and initiatives as follows:

 

                     1. Amend the Subrecipient Agreement with Chicago Food Policy Action Council (CFPAC) to reflect an increase of $1,934,148 in Program Funds with a total award of up to $3,315,693 to implement the Good Food Purchasing Program, a program to direct institutional food purchasing towards five core values: local economies, environmental sustainability, valued workforce, animal welfare and nutrition. ​​​CFPAC is a non-profit organization that co-develops, facilitates, advocates for, and supports​​ ​​​implementation of policies that advance food justice and sovereignty for all residents across Chicago​​ and the region. CFPAC specifically focuses on advocacy, network building, resource sharing and​​ cooperative movement to dismantle systemic racism in the food system and uplift Black, Indigenous,​​ Latinx and People Communities of Color who are mobilizing food in the community. This amendment will expand CFPAC scope of work to include: hiring of additional personnel (i.e. Cook County GFPP Coordinator); three additional suburban Cook County Awardees for each round of Community Fund along with additional technical assistance for awardees; purchasing of cooking equipment for County departments to support onsite healthy food preparation; expanding the Food Chain Workers project to additional suburban Cook County organizers; expansion of Cook County Buyer/Supplier events to additional suburban food producers/businesses; additional funding to support CFPAC staff travel and conference participation; and additional grants administration support.

 

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Cook County Board of Commissioners recognizes that time is of the essence and authorizes Cook County Department of Public Health to negotiate and enter into the various agreements that outline the specific metric and impact data, and compliance with all ARPA reporting and monitoring requirements with the Subrecipients listed above to implement the above programs.

 

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Cook County Board of Commissioners hereby authorizes Cook County Department of Public Health to modify the agreements and funding allocations to CCDPH’s selected Subrecipients based upon need and utilization.end