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Agenda Item Number: <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH <br />AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY <br /> <br />Meeting Date: September 26, 2018 <br /> <br />Agenda Item Subject: Community Health Grant- Nutrition Services <br /> <br /> <br />Attachment(s): <br /> <br />Staff or Board Member Reporting: Renée Kemske, Nutrition Program Manager <br /> <br />Purpose: ____ Action <br /> _X _ Information only <br /> ____ Information with possible action <br /> <br /> <br />Summary Information: OCHD was initially awarded funding ($122,065) for a Community <br />Health Grant from the Office of Rural Health from September 2017 to June 30, 2018 <br />with the goal of increasing access to primary care and self-management support <br />services for adults with chronic conditions. OCHD used the funding to pilot a voucher <br />program covering the costs of the fee for nutrition services, to provide diabetes testing <br />supplies for primary care patients and to offer diabetes classes in Spanish. UNC <br />Family Medicine is a partner on this grant and used funds to increase the number of <br />chronic disease management classes offered. The partners also initiated a Community <br />Health Collaborative to increase awareness of local resources and to formalize referral <br />systems. <br /> <br />OCHD was awarded additional funding for FY18-19 ($145,917) to expand the pilot <br />program by developing a transportation assistance program, replicating the nutrition <br />services voucher program at the Chatham County Public Health Department and by <br />providing funding and support for the Department on Aging cholesterol screenings and <br />wellness events. UNC Family Medicine also plans to offer the chronic disease <br />management classes in Spanish. <br /> <br /> <br />Recommended Action: ___Approve <br /> ___Approve & forward to Board of Commissioners for action <br />___Approve & forward to ___________________________ <br /> _X_Accept as information <br /> ___Revise & schedule for future action <br /> ___Other (detail):