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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: February 5, 2008 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. <br />SUBJECT: Agreement Renewal for Adopt a Child Care Dental Screening Project <br />Coordinator <br />DEPARTMENT: Health PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />Agreement <br />Business Associate Agreement <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Rosemary Summers, 245-2411 <br />PURPOSE: To renew the agreement for a Project Coordinator for the Adopt a Child Care <br />Dental Screening Project. <br />BACKGROUND: The Health Department has traditionally received funds from the Orange <br />County Partnership for Young Children (OCPYC) for a preschool dental screening program for <br />day care and family child care homes in the County. For the fiscal year 2007-2008, the Health <br />Department is receiving $26,000 from the OCPYC for this project. In 2003, the program was <br />combined with the national "Give Kids a Smile" effort that encouraged local dentists to provide a <br />day of "free care" to needy children. Since 2003, the program usually begins in February and <br />runs through June. In 2007, 1,224 preschoolers were screened. Several private dentists and <br />the UNC School of Dentistry partner with the Health Department in delivering this important <br />program. <br />Ms. Ginger Mann is a dental hygienist that has worked with the Health Department and the <br />Dental School through a contract arrangement since 2000 to coordinate this project. The cost of <br />the agreement is $14,500. The agreement calls for the Coordinator to assist in setting up the <br />schedules for private providers and child care homes and centers, coordinate the staffing of the <br />screenings, coordinate all logistical support with the Health Department, provide any education <br />and calibration services for the screenings, coordinate the collection and analysis of the data <br />gathered during the screening events, and coordinate the follow up efforts for children with <br />identified dental needs. The entire cost of this agreement is paid by the grant from OCPYC. <br />The remaining grant funds pay for the supplies and other operating costs of the program. <br />The goal of the Preschool Dental Screening Project is to promote preventive dental health <br />education and identify needs and barriers concerning access to dental care for children age 0-5 <br />in day care centers, family day care homes and other settings. This highly successful project