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MINUTES ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH April 28, 2005 Board of Health Minutes Transcription completed by Anne Miles Cassell 2 April 28, 2006 B. Pharmacist Services Renewal Agreement The issuance of pharmaceuticals through our clinics necessitates the services of a registered pharmacist. Robert Dupuis, PharmD., a Clinical Associate Professor in the Division of Pharmacy Practice at the UNC School of Pharmacy, has served as our Pharmacist for the past three years. He has met all of the contract deliverables and is interested in continuing to serve in this capacity. The renewed contract reflects a 2.5% increase for a total of $10,803. C. Chapel Hill Training Outreach Renewal Agreement for Social Worker 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 contract provides for payment for salary, benefits, travel, space, and training costs for a Social Worker II employed by the Health Department to provide family education and 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. 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. The grant year will be changing to a calendar year as of January 2006; hence the time period of the renewal contract is through December 2005. D. Acceptance of Additional Funds Although the State allocates funds on a fiscal year basis, toward the end of the year reallocation opportunities sometimes arise through unanticipated unexpended funds. The Health Department was recently notified that additional funds have been allocated to be spent by May 30, 2005. The funds are: $1000 for family planning (will be used to purchase additional contraceptives and for advertising); $13,970 for public health preparedness (will be used to purchase 15 “talkabout” radios and inventory software add-on for the Munis system. In addition, a private donor contributed $465 to the Orange County Partnership for Children and earmarked it for the Give Kids a Smile Program. These funds will be used to purchase supplies and educational materials for that program. Motion to approve the minutes of March 24, 2005 and items on the Consent Agenda was made by