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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: October 16, 2018 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 7-b <br /> SUBJECT: Dental Health Services in Southern Orange County Proposal <br /> DEPARTMENT: Health <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Dental Health Services in Southern Quintana Stewart, 919-245-2412 <br /> Orange County Presentation Dr. Michael Day, 919-245-2406 <br /> Rebecca Crawford, 919-245-2414 <br /> PURPOSE: To present a proposal highlighting potential options for dedicated dental health <br /> services in southern Orange County. <br /> BACKGROUND: Prior to June 30, 2011, the Orange County Health Department Dental Clinic <br /> operated in two locations. Services were offered two days per week at Carr Mill Mall in Carrboro <br /> and 2 '/2 days per week in Hillsborough. Because the annual rent for the space at Carr Mill Mall <br /> was approximately $62,000 and the space was in great need of renovation, the Orange County <br /> Board of Commissioners voted to close the Carr Mill Mall Clinic when the lease expired on June <br /> 30, 2011. The dental clinic located in Hillsborough was renovated to include eight dental chairs, <br /> began operating five days per week, and continues to do so today. <br /> Since the closure of the dental clinic in Carrboro, there has been a desire to bring back a dental <br /> clinic to the southern part of the County by adding a permanent facility at the Southern Human <br /> Services Center (SHSC) location. The upcoming renovations to the SHSC brings the <br /> opportunity to make this possible. The attached presentation highlights expanding dental <br /> services via a mobile dental clinic that would visit schools, community centers, and nursing <br /> homes two days per week, and be located at SHSC 2 '/2 days per week to deliver services. <br /> FINANCIAL IMPACT: The chart below compares the financial impact to expenditures and <br /> projected revenue for both the proposed permanent dental clinic at SHSC and the proposed <br /> mobile dental clinic. The permanent clinic would be staffed with all new positions while the <br /> mobile clinic would be staffed with shared positions from the Hillsborough clinic. The potential <br /> decrease in revenue at the Hillsborough clinic would be recovered by revenue received through <br /> the mobile clinic. <br />