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3 funds, totaling $25,700 will be used to provide screening and education to over 2,000 children ages 0-5. This contract will enable the Health Department to subcontract with the School of Dentistry for the services of dental and dental hygiene students and dental faculty who will provide the service between May and June, 1997. The Health Department has also received $888 in Smart Start funds from the Orange County Partnership for Young Children for the Enhancement of Child Service Coordination Delivery project. These funds bring the total amount for this project to $44,396. The proposed revised grant project ordinance (see page 13 of this abstract) appropriates the additional money. 10. The Board of County Commissioners at the May 5, 1997 meeting accepted a subcontract from the Chapel Hill Training and Outreach Project, Inc. (CHTOP) to provide supportive services to the Family Resource Center in Northern Orange County. The additional funds, totaling $12,876, are to provide increased hours for a temporary health educator to work with community groups to assist them in determining their needs, goals and priorities. Other outcomes of the program are to build leadership capacity of community members through the Community Voices program and to coordinate the programming provided by the Health department and other agencies in screenings, well child examinations, immunizations and classes on health and other topics of interest to the community (See page 7,Column # 10). 11. On June 2, 1997, the Board of County Commissioners approved an agreement between the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill and the Health Department to fund the Community Based Public Health Initiative for the 5`h years. The agreement is a sub-grant under the primary grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation to the UNC-CH School of Public Health. The attached grant project ordinance appropriates the additional $45,000 for this project (see page 15). 12. The Environmental Health section of the Department of Health has received an additional allocation from the State based on the compliance rate with the mandated inspections of food and lodging establishments. The budget amendment on page 7, Column # 12 of this abstract budgets the additional $1,155 in revenue and appropriates the expenditures. Human Rights and Relations 13. The Human Rights and Relations Department has received an additional $10,932 in revenue from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunities Commission (EEOC) for capacity building and for mandatory training. The capacity building funds are to be used for processing employment discrimination complaints, conducting community outreach and education, and updating computer equipment for handling complaints. Included in the EEOC Funds is $682 for travel and training expenses for a mandatory policy and training