File #: 1464-2025    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Emergency Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 11/14/2025 In control: City Council
On agenda: 12/1/2025 Final action: 12/1/2025
Passage/adoption date: 12/1/2025
Effective date: 12/3/2025    
Title: AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Authorizing the Director of Public Health to enter into one or more contracts with The Merrick House, Friendly Inn Settlement, Inc., West Side Community House, Lexington Bell Community Center, Birthing Beautiful Communities, The MetroHealth System, Ronald White dba the Transparency Project, Case Western Reserve University and other organizations to provide MomsFirst services to women at risk of poor birth outcomes in the City of Cleveland, for a period of one year.
Sponsors: Kevin Conwell, Blaine A. Griffin, By Departmental Request
Indexes: CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY, HEALTH DEPARTMENT, MERRICK HOUSE, PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACTS, WEST SIDE COMMUNITY HOUSE
Attachments: 1. 1464-2025 K w Merrick House and other organizations (Moms First), decrease infant mortality (2), 2. 1464-2025-Legislative Summary, 3. 1464-2025- 11.17 First Year Cleveland- PRESENTATION, 4. FINAL VERSION City Record 12/12/2025 Page 22

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AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Authorizing the Director of Public Health to enter into one or more contracts with The Merrick House, Friendly Inn Settlement, Inc., West Side Community House, Lexington Bell Community Center, Birthing Beautiful Communities, The MetroHealth System, Ronald White dba the Transparency Project, Case Western Reserve University and other organizations to provide MomsFirst services to women at risk of poor birth outcomes in the City of Cleveland, for a period of one year.