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link families with special need children to early intervention or other needed services assess access to preventive health care for children and help link families to services in the community collaborate with and provide education as needed for child care staff on health topics, including such topics as diapering, hand washing, immunizations, asthma and allergies, and food safety Specific outcomes anticipated as a result of this project include: • 90% of child care providers participating in trainings will demonstrate increased knowledge on post-test scores • 95% of children's health records reviewed by the consultant will show that the child has up-to-date immunizations within 30 days of enrollment at the center • 60% of children enrolled at sites that are referred for early intervention of health services will receive services within 90 days of referral (service acceptance is voluntary) This program fits well into the continuum of current services offered to children by the Health Department. The Health Department currently offers child service coordination for children with developmental delays for ages 0-5; intensive home visiting services for young and first time mothers with high-risk factors with infants 0-3 months; well-child clinical services and as of ,January 3; primary care services for children up to age 21; screening of birth records for high- risk factors and referral to appropriate services; and coordination and consultation for school nursing services in both districts for school-age children. Many health departments across North Carolina provide this service to child care centers in their counties, often through local Smart Start partnership funding. The Health Department is proposing adding one Permanent Full Time Public Health Nurse position to carry out the project as described in the grant application. The position would be authorized contingent upon receipt and continuation of non-county funds. The OCPYC Board has signaled its commitment to the Child Health Care Consultant program by specifically recruiting for this type of service outside of its usual proposal cycle and identifying this program and the Health Department as among those eligible for multiple year funding based on previous success in achieving high program standards and outcomes. While funding levels may change, it is projected that health consultants in child care settings will remain a top Partnership priority. As part of the ongoing monitoring of grantees, an extensive annual evaluation is prepared for the OCPYC. The Board of Commissioners will receive a copy of the annual evaluation that tracks project outcomes. FINANCIAL IMPACT: The award from the OCPYC for the remainder of the 04-05 fiscal year is $23,570 and the anticipated award (subject to State budget allocations) for 05-06 is $55,000. This amount is adequate to cover the salary and benefits of a Public Health Nurse II and provide travel and operational costs. The Health Department would be contributing in-kind, nursing supervisory time for the position. The following table reviews the anticipated breakdown of expenditures for the entire 18 month period. Itemized detail can be found in Attachment 1, the grant proposal spreadsheets.