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<br /> Medicaid Maximization ($128,566) -Project#30012
<br /> Revenues for thisproject:
<br /> Current Budget FY 2020-21 FY 2020-21
<br /> FY 2020-21 Amendment Revised
<br /> Budget
<br /> Medicaid Maximization Funds $11,714,483 $128.566 $11,843,019
<br /> Total Project Funding $11,714.483 $128,566 $11,843,019
<br /> Appropriated for this project:
<br /> Current Budget FY 2020-21 FY 2020-21
<br /> FY 2020-21 Amendment Revised
<br /> Budget
<br /> Medicaid Maximization Project $11,714,483 $128,566 $11,843,019
<br /> Total Costs $11,714,483 $128,566 $11,843,019
<br /> 3. The Orange County Health Department has received $180,855 in federal pass-through
<br /> grant funds from the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Division
<br /> of Public Health to support the COVID-19 pandemic response. The grant service period
<br /> runs through May 31, 2021. This grant is similar to the one approved by the BOCC at its
<br /> October 20, 2020 meeting in the amount of $198,940 which ran through December 15,
<br /> 2020. Funding will support a Coordinator position and six (6) temporary trainers to provide
<br /> infection control education in congregate living facilities across Orange, Alamance,
<br /> Caswell, Chatham, Durham, Guilford, Person, Randolph, and Rockingham counties. This
<br /> budget amendment provides for the receipt of these funds, increases the current
<br /> Emergency Preparedness Coordinator from a 0.6 FTE to a time-limited 1.0 FTE position,
<br /> through May 31, 2021, to serve as the Coordinator for this team. (See Attachment 1,
<br /> column #2)
<br /> SOCIAL JUSTICE IMPACT: The following Orange County Social Justice Goal is
<br /> applicable to these items:
<br /> • GOAL: ENSURE ECONOMIC SELF-SUFFICIENCY
<br /> The creation and preservation of infrastructure, policies, programs and funding
<br /> necessary for residents to provide shelter, food, clothing and medical care for
<br /> themselves and their dependents.
<br /> Department on Aging
<br /> 4. The Department on Aging has received an additional $25,000 from the Carol Woods
<br /> Retirement Community Board of Directors to help fund the work of the Department on
<br /> Aging during the COVID-19 pandemic, including, but not limited to, supporting the Home
<br /> Preservation Coalition and the Handy Helper program with minor home repairs and ramps,
<br /> so older adults can remain in their homes rather than being placed in long term care;
<br /> supporting the department's expanding virtual programming offerings; and supporting the
<br /> department's senior employment initiative to assist seniors in finding work. This budget
<br /> amendment provides for the receipt of these additional funds in the multi-year grant project
<br /> fund, outside of the General Fund, and amends the following grant project ordinance: (See
<br /> Attachment 1, column #3)
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