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An
agency’s federal tax-exempt status for private and private nonprofit
agencies.
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The deadline is Tuesday, September 1, 2009 by 5:00pm.
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No, your application is due on or before September 1, 2009.
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The church’s Senior Pastor.
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your agency proposes to provide health screenings but does not have the internal
capacity or appropriate personnel, you will need to contract with healthcare
agency and/or licensed professionals that have the knowledge
and expertise to provide such services.
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Sign-in sheets help verify the number of persons attending your event.
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Accounts for the number of individuals screened and provides any abnormal
findings that will require follow-up care, etc.
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It is the agency’s responsibility to work closely with the health
care providers that will be providing health screenings and provide a
sample
demographic collection form for them to use.
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This form ensures that the organization providing the health screenings has the
proper liability insurance coverage to conduct service
in
the community.
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Yes. All cooking demonstrations must be developed and supervised by an RD/LD.
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Per the Governor’s Executive Order 2007-09S, “refreshments” are not
reimbursable under this grant. The agency may accept
donations that will cover
the cost of refreshments.
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No. All events must occur during April 2010.
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No. All events must occur on two separate days.
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Yes. A confirmation of the activity sheet must be received in the
office either by fax or mail by the due date specified. If there are no
changes
you can send the original activity sheet with “no
changes” indicated. You must
complete the activity sheet in its entirety;
this is the information that will
be placed on the statewide calendar.
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Changes to the proposed activity must be submitted in writing to
the Commission ASAP. You must notify the Commission how you
will notify the
public of the change. All changes must be
accepted and approved by the
Commission in writing. Any change in the
scope of the program would have to be
approved by the Commission Board. The Commission meets quarterly;
therefore,
your
changes would most likely not be approved in time for
your event.
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Any changes made after the due date or after the calendar goes to print will
need to have an alternate plan of notifying the public of
the
changes.
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As soon as you know that an event has to be cancelled, you must notify the
Commission immediately. If the event is able to be
rescheduled,
the new date
must be in April. If the event is
cancelled and not rescheduled, your
agency may risk non-reimbursement for failing to comply with
the conditions of the grant to hold two separate events.
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Marketing materials should be submitted for approval as soon as they are
developed and well in advance of April. The exception is flyers, handouts and
promotional items. These items do not have to be submitted for approval, however, all must have “Funded by the Ohio Commission on Minority Health”
or the Commission seal on them in order to receive reimbursement.
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Materials such
as training guides, cookbooks, calendars etc., must have pre-approval from the
Commission before printing. Any material translated to another language must be
sent to the
Commission in English. If you are in
doubt, call (614) 466-4000 and speak to someone on the program staff.
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No. The Commission and/or state of Ohio do not want to give the impression that
we are endorsing products. This would also include
political campaigning of any
kind.
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Commission funds come from public tax dollars therefore all events must be free
of charge and open to the public.
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The maximum amount an agency may apply for is $2,000.00.
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There is no limitation on speaker fees. Costs should be reasonable and topics
need to relate to the program activities. The
Commission
request that you
utilize speakers from your
community. The Commission will not
reimburse for out-of-state speakers.
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No. The agency must follow your internal policies and procedures
for paying a vendor and/or contractors.
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No. The Commission will not reimburse for rental of an agency’s own space.
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The cost per unit provides the actual costs of an item multiplied by the number
of items purchased. (Example: 10 pencils x $.10 =
$1.00)
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Screening costs should be inclusive (nurse hours, supplies, etc.) Example:
Four nurses from the Northern Ohio Trauma Center will
provide
120 cholesterol
and triglyceride screenings @
$12.00 per test = $1,440.00.
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The Commission will reimburse for the actual number of screenings performed.
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Incentives should be related to health wellness products (i.e. low
fat cookbooks, jump ropes, walking videos, journals, etc.).
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Yes. Incentives and/or door prizes may not exceed $200.00. (Example: cookbooks
100 x $1.00 = $100.00 and gift certificates 10 x
$10.00
= $100.00)
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Final reports are due 15 days after your last event. You should include copies
of sign-in sheets, health screening demographic forms,
copies
of receipts.
Please note that receipts should
support your approved budget and only
contain items purchased for your event. Expenditures not approved on your budget
will not be reimbursed.
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