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2 <br />Health Department and occHS staff have jointly attended the <br />training for the completion of this application and have agreed <br />that the Health Department should seek funding for both positions <br />available to orange County, with one position collaborating <br />closely with OCCHS. <br />Therefore, the Health Department is proposing that two positions, <br />at the level of a Community Health Assistant, be added to the <br />Health Department list of approved positions by the commissioners <br />should the application be successful. These positions would be <br />time - limited and tied to available funding through the grant. It <br />is not expected that any county funds would be .required for this <br />project. The grant period is for five years with years four and <br />five contingent on an evaluation of year three. There is a <br />provision for annual salary increases of 5% and the grant amount <br />allows for salary and fringes, MOW travel expenses and project <br />participant transportation. In addition, we have recently been <br />notified that funds budgeted for salaries and fringe benefits <br />which are unexpended between January 1, 1992, and March 31, 1992, <br />may be used to support one -time project expenses such as desks, <br />chairs, file cabinets and telephones. <br />RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board of commissioners accept <br />the grant award, and establish two, time - limited, Maternal <br />outreach Worker positions which would be tied to available <br />funding through the grant, and account for the program funds <br />through a grant project ordinance. <br />