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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: March 13, 2007 Action Agenda Item No. 5- h _ SUBJECT: Agreement Renewal Between Chapel Hill Training and Outreach, Inc. and Health Department for Social Worker II DEPARTMENT: Health PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: 2007 Renewal Agreement Rosemary Summers, 245-2411 PURPOSE: To consider approving an agreement renewal between Chapel Hill Training Outreach,. Inc. and the Health Department for the support of a Social Worker II position for the Early Head Start Program. BACKGROUND: Since 1999, the Health Department has contracted with Chapel Hill Training and Outreach to provide a Social Worker II to that agency to provide services to Early Head Start children in Chapel Hill. The Health Department provides child service coordination as part of its annual agreement with the North Carolina Division of Public Health. The contract provides for payment for salary, benefits, travel, space, and training costs for a Social Worker II employed by the Health Department to provide child service coordination services to children enrolled in Early Head Start (0-3 year olds). The Social Worker earns some Medicaid revenue that is utilized to defray operational costs of the position and program. This has been one way to coordinate services across agency lines to families that qualify for services. The caseload of the Social Worker is 30 families. Children from 0-3 years of age with development delays receive services from appropriate agencies so that the children can reduce or mitigate the impacts of the delays. Another outcome of the program is to reduce the number of caseworkers assigned to families that qualify for multiple programs (Health Department and Early Head Start). The contract time period does not correspond to the County fiscal year, because the funds to Chapel Hill Training and Outreach are federal funds. Chapel Hill Training and Outreach prefers the contract period to be a calendar year. FINANCIAL IMPACT: The contract pays for all personnel and operating costs associated with the position itself and Medicaid revenues help defray the administrative costs of supporting the position as well as any operating costs not covered by the contract. The contract amount is adjusted annually to reflect any salary or benefit increases. The amount of the 2007 contract is $56,796. RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board approve the agreement renewal and authorize the Chair to sign subject to final review by the County Attorney.