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21 <br /> B . Goal #2: To Improve the Health of Young Children and their Families <br /> 1. Project #1: Child Service Coordination (CSC) Expansion <br /> a. Type of activity: Care Coordination (case management) Services - coordinate services to <br /> assure the identification of and the need for access to preventive, specialized and support <br /> services for families and children. <br /> b. Description of activity: Child Service Coordination focuses on the organization of <br /> services and resources to respond to the needs of children and their families in the areas of <br /> health care, child care, counseling, parenting, and special therapies. Contacts are made via <br /> home, day care, telephone and clinic visits at least quarterly, (although in many cases much <br /> more frequently,) to reassess needs and refer/follow-up as indicated. <br /> c. Agencies/organizations involved, and description of their collaboration: CSC is <br /> a state-wide program in which local health departments are assigned as "coordinative <br /> agencies," maintaining the log of enrolled clients through all CSC providers in a county. <br /> Orange County CSC providers are Orange-Person-Chatham Mental Health Center and <br /> affiliates (PACT, KidScope, Children's Learning Center and Frank Porter Graham,)NC <br /> Sickle Cell Program,Governor Morehead School for the Blind, and NC School for the Deaf. <br /> Orange County Health Department also collaborates with Orange County Comprehensive <br /> Health Services, UNC Hospitals, Duke Hospital, school districts, and home health agencies in <br /> an effort to provide case management, coordination, referral and follow-up. <br /> d. Target population: Children birth to five years old having an identified risk for, or who are <br /> already identified with developmental delay, social/emotional disorder or chronic illness. <br /> There are no financial criteria for enrollment. <br /> e. Expected outcomes, including time-frame: <br /> :-Increase OC Health Department's CSC capacity by 35-50 cases (depending on the <br /> complexity of family needs) by December, 1994 <br /> f. Implementation plan, including time-frame: A social worker will be hired, trained and <br /> ready to carry a caseload by September 1, 1994. This position will be supervised by Melinda <br /> Schlesinger, Social Work Coordinator. <br /> g. Types of funds: Services <br /> h. Total amount: $40,000 <br /> i. Budget: Attached <br /> j. Funding recipient: Orange County Health Department <br /> (1) XX Public Private <br /> (2) Federal Tax ID #: <br /> (3) Name and Title of person authorized to sign contract: <br /> Daniel B. Reimer, Director <br /> (4) Name, title, address, and phone of contract administrator: <br /> Daniel B. Reimer, Director <br /> Orange County Health Department <br /> PO Box 8181 <br /> Hillsborough, NC 27278 <br /> 967-9251 x. 2412 <br /> 19 <br />