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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. VIM_-8 <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: June 6. 1994 <br /> SUBJECT: Amendment to the Consolidated Contract for 94-95 to <br /> Extend EPSDT Project. <br /> DEPARTMENT: HEALTH PUBLIC HEARING: Yes X No <br /> ATTACHMENT(S) : INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> HEALTH DIRECTOR'S OFFICE X2411 <br /> DEHNR memo dated 5/9/94 <br /> Budget page TELEPHONE NUMBER: <br /> Contract addendum Hillsborough - 732-8181 <br /> Chapel Hill - 968-4501 <br /> Mebane - 227-2031 <br /> Durham - 688-7331 <br /> PURPOSE: <br /> The purpose of this item is for the Board of Commissioners to accept a <br /> $10,000 grant from the Department of Environment, Health and Natural <br /> Resources to provide "bridge" funding to continue the EPSDT Outreach <br /> Program (Health Check) and the two permanent, time-limited positions <br /> associated with this program through September 30, 1994. This is an <br /> amendment to the FY94-95 Consolidated Contract approved by the <br /> Commissioners on April 19, 1994. <br /> BACKGROUND: <br /> The goals of the Health Check Program include: <br /> 1) To increase the utilization rates of EPSDT (Medicaid) services <br /> on the part of eligible children, with an emphasis on <br /> screening services; <br /> 2) To increase referral completion rates for children referred as <br /> a result of screening services, with an emphasis on children <br /> with special health care needs; <br /> 3) To increase the age-appropriate immunization rates of <br /> EPSDT-eligible children, with an emphasis on infants and <br /> toddlers; <br /> 4) To increase the WIC participation rates of EPSDT-eligible <br /> children less than 5 years of age. <br />