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Agenda Item Number: <br /> <br /> <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH <br />AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY <br /> <br />Meeting Date: August 23, 2017 <br /> <br />Agenda Item Subject: FIT Program <br /> <br />Attachment(s): FIT Program Overview <br /> <br />Staff or Board Member Reporting: Pam McCall, PHS Director <br /> <br />Purpose: _X_ Action <br /> _ __Information only <br /> ___ Information with possible action <br /> <br /> <br />Summary Information: <br />The Formerly Incarcerated Transitions Program (FIT Program) is a project funded by <br />the Duke Endowment to provide people released from NC prisons assistance in <br />accessing medical services and other community reentry services. For year one, the <br />funding amount will be $35,594. <br /> <br />OCHD is partnering with UNC Family Medicine to implement the program by hiring and <br />supervising a Community Health Worker to provide case management services to <br />people being released from prison in Orange County. <br /> <br />Recommended Action: ___Approve <br /> _X_Approve & forward to Board of Commissioners for action <br /> ___Approve & forward to ___________________________ <br /> ___Accept as information <br /> ___Revise & schedule for future action <br /> ___Other (detail):