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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. .__F <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: March 8, 1993 <br /> SUBJECT: Injury Prevention Grant <br /> PUBLIC HEARING: Yes X No <br /> DEPARTMENT: Health <br /> INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> ATTACHMENT(S) : Injury Prevention HEALTH <br /> DIRECTOR'S OFFICE X2412 <br /> Request for Proposals FY 1994 <br /> TELEPHONE NUMBER: <br /> 732-8181 <br /> Hillsborough <br /> Chapel Hill - 968-4501 <br /> Mebane - 227-2031 <br /> Durham - 688-7331 <br /> To authorize the Health Department to again collaboratewie <br /> PURPOSE: upon proposal conflict <br /> Dispute Settlement Center on the submission o a g <br /> for injury prevention funds to continue and expand up <br /> resolution-peer mediation program at Phillips Middle School. <br /> BACKGROUND: The Injury Control Section of the DePartmmdntaof Environment, <br /> Health and Natural Resources grant control programs. <br /> health departments for community-based injury <br /> The Injury Control Section encourages other community agencies <br /> interested in grant funds to work with their local health <br /> departments as the proposal must be submitted by the <br /> department. Last year, the Dispute Settlement Center sought <br /> health department endorsement for a project to reduce injury from <br /> conflicts at Middle Schools using a conflict resolution skill- <br /> s roach. This program is currently being implemented at <br /> building pp <br /> Phillips Middle School. <br /> The Dispute Settlement Center and Ms. Eileen Kugler, OCHD Personal <br /> Health Services Director, have been in consultation with Mr. Alton <br /> Cheek, Phillips Principal, to expand the current program with the <br /> goal of institutionalizing a conflict resolution/mediation <br /> approach to violence reduction at Philips.is. is reanntd, in <br /> teacher training and involvement of parents <br /> to continuing to train the students. funds <br /> Maximum available funding is $15,000 per grant. No matching <br /> ro would be implemented the county are required. The p ented <br /> program Dispute Settlement <br /> through a sub-contract arrangement with the Disp <br /> Center. The proposal is being prepared for the March <br /> 15, 1993 submission deadline. <br /> RECOMMENDATION(s) : The Manager recommends that the Health Department be <br /> authorized to collaborate with the <br /> on the submission of an injury prevention <br />