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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: November 2, 2006 <br />Action Agendal <br />Item No. -~~ <br />SUBJECT: Budget Amendment #5 <br />DEPARTMENT: Budget <br />PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />Attachment 1. Budget as Amended <br />Spreadsheet <br />Attachment 2. Year-To-Date Budget <br />Summary <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Donna Dean Coffey, (919) 245-2151 <br />PURPOSE: To approve budget ordinance amendments for fiscal year 2006-07. <br />BACKGROUND: <br />Health Department <br />~1. The Health Department has received notification of the receipt of an Eat Smart Move More <br />Grant totaling $13,500 from the Physical Activity and Nutrition Branch, Chronic Disease and <br />Injury Prevention Section of the North Carolina Division of Public Health. These funds will <br />support afaith-based initiative aimed at improving better nutrition and physical activity <br />behaviors. <br />The Department, in collaboration with Cooperative Extension Orange County Service <br />Center, Orange Congregations in Mission, and UNC-Chapel Hill Program on Ethnicity, <br />Culture and Health Outcomes, will train representatives from local churches to establish <br />health teams at their churches. Teams will develop policies and programs to promote better <br />nutrition and increased physical activity. Participating churches will be eligible for mini- <br />grants of up to $500 to fund specific projects. The primary focus of the intervention will be <br />residents in the northern portion of Orange. County, and will include families and adults <br />affiliated with :rural or Hillsborough area churches. A secondary focus will be on recruiting <br />from African-American churches, but the training and program will be open to any interested <br />church within the County. This budget amendment provides for the receipt of these funds <br />for the above stated purpose. (See Attachment 1, column #1) <br />