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MINUTES ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH September 28, 2006 Board of Health Minutes Transcription completed by Anne Miles Cassell 3 September 28, 2006 Health Outcomes (ECHO) C. Contract Renewal with Early Head Start for Social Worker II The Early Head Start contract represents a collaborative relationship to provide family service coordination services to families eligible for and enrolled in Orange County Early Head Start and Orange County Health Department’s Child Service Coordination Program. The collaboration for one social worker position presents parents with one, unified program case coordinator who provides regular contacts to the family in order to identify and follow-up on child and family needs. The Family Service Coordinator supports the development of family self-sufficiency and promotes skill development in the areas of problem solving, decision making and accessing needed health and human services. The contracts have been in existence since 1999 and are renewed annually. Changes in the contract from 06 include the provision of nutrition consultation services based on referrals from EHS . Monetary payment to OCHD increases to $56,796 ($4733/month) in CY 07 and is sufficient to cover the full cost for the salary and benefits of the social worker position. The contract is in effect from January 1, 2007 to December 31, 2007. D. Accept Additional Funding for FY06-07 • Dental Mouthguard Project: Grant funding from Strowd-Roses, Inc. in the amount of $5,000. Funding will be used to purchase supplies for mouth guards for the Orange Co Schools' athletic teams. This project is in collaboration with the UNC School of Dentistry and Dental students. • Public Health Preparedness (Pan Flu): Originally awarded in June 2006, this money has been reallocated to be used in FY 06-07. Amount of funding = $26,415 to be used to support the Pan Flu Community Forum, purchase hand-held GIS, PC, 800 MHz radios, and other equipment. • PH Preparedness (Pan Flu) Allocation II: New allocation for FY 06-07 is based on a proposal sent in by BT Coordinator, Carla Julian. Amount of funding = $20,000 to be used to address pandemic preparedness gaps identified in our pan flu self-assessment conducted in March 2006. Purchase of additional handheld computers for field epi investigations, GIS software to support fieldwork, educational session for medical providers, and other materials. • Title X - Family Planning Funds: assistance for oral contraceptive purchases. Amount of funding = $7,068. Due to a 790% increase in the cost of birth control pills, the state has allocated money for each county based on their family planning visits. This amount may cover only half of the extra cost needed to purchase oral contraceptives. • Orange Co Partnership for Young Children (Smart Start) Additional Allocations: The local partnership received a 2% increase in funding based on additional funds allocated by the legislature. The Partnership requested that grantees submit proposals for extra funding. Current funds are all allocated toward staff salaries and in most cases do not cover the full cost of salary and benefits; therefore most of the funds are to defray salary costs except for Dental Screening which received money to hire additional contract staff. No funds were requested for the Families in Focus Program because that program has access to third party reimbursements. Child Care Health Consultant = $2,950; Dental Screening Project = $7,500; Help 4 Kids = $2,760.