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2 The educational program is planned for various locations, times and settings in both northern and southern Orange to ensure access for low income patients. The attached grant application details the need and proposed program details. Kate B. Reynolds awarded $202,532 for atwo-year grant period (August 1, 2009 -July 30, 2011) for operating funds to defray costs for Orange County low income individuals who participate in the diabetes self-management program. The grant funds will be used to hire contract staff, support continuing education requirements, purchase laptops, software, and docking stations, capital furnishings, and supplies as the program is developed. No staff positions are added during the grant period. Contract staff will have specific project responsibilities to minimize disruption of current service delivery by permanent Health Department staff. The attached budget details line item costs for the program. A team of Health Department staff will develop a business plan that achieves self-sufficiency for the program. The team is attending the UNC Management Academy where it will obtain skills for business planning over the nine-month course and utilize the development of this program as the capstone for the Academy. Tuition for local health department participants in the UNC Management Academy is paid by the NC Division of Public Health. The Department will present a first year report of accomplishments and a business plan to the Board of Commissioners in the summer of 2010. The Department, in consultation with the Budget Office, requests the establishment of a grant ordinance for this project. The grant is not a standard County fiscal year and requires careful tracking and reporting to the grant agency. A grant ordinance facilitates tracking and reporting of all grant-related expenditures. FINANCIAL IMPACT: The grant amount is $202,532 over atwo-year period (August 1, 2009- July 30, 2011) covering all direct costs associated with the program. The business plan created by the staff program team, expected to be completed in May of 2010, will detail aself-sufficiency plan for this program. Grant coverage of start-up costs and sustaining on-going costs by billing for qualified services will minimize additional County costs. A report to Commissioners will be made prior to the grant ending. RECOMMENDATION(S): The Interim Manager recommends the Board accept funding from Kate B. Reynolds Foundation in the amount of $202,532 for the Diabetes Self Management Program, direct the staff to create a grant ordinance per the program budget, and authorize the Chair to sign the grant acceptance statement.