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DIVIS]:ON OF PUBLIC HEALTH <br />OFFICE OF PUBLIC HEALTH PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE <br />AGREEIV~ENT ADDENDA <br />Orange County Health Department <br />Contractor Name <br />Activity #4515: Bioterrorism - Risb: Communication <br />Activity Number and Title <br />august 31,.2003 -August 30, 2004 <br />Effective Period (Beginning and Ending Date) <br />Epidemiology <br />Section <br />Public Health Preparedness and Response <br />Branch <br />FY - 04 <br />Fiscal Year <br />evision 1 <br />n # Date <br />This Amendment modifies the existin;; Aid to Counties Grant for North Carolina State Fiscal Year 2003- <br />2004. The total amount funded under this Amendment is $332,100. <br />The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Public Health, Office of <br />Public Health Preparedness and Response for Bioterrorism recognizes that Risk Communication is an <br />essential component of the State's ability to respond to a possible bioterrorism or other public health <br />disaster, by providing the public with information on how and who to contact in matters associated with an <br />actual or suspected biological attack, or an unusual outbreak of disease. This Agreement Addenda, <br />authorizes Local (County) Health Departments to administer funds to raise public awareness regarding the <br />threat of bioterrorism and potential biological agents, and provide citizens with information on steps to take <br />to prepare for a biological threat or other public health disaster. <br />~ecifically these funds are to be uses. to: <br />• Establish and participate in regional meetings for Public Information Officers (PIO) from Public <br />Health, Hospital Administration ~.nd Law Enforcement <br />• Identify appropriate Risk Communication training opportunities Public Information Officers and local <br />and regional media facilitators <br />• Coordinate Risk Communication educational activities for PIOs and media facilitators <br />• Develop Risk Communication pr~~cedures and protocols <br />• Support and participate in "infra-~;ounty" and "inter-county" Risk Communication flow matrix <br />• Establish "cross-regional" Risk c~~mmunication network <br />The funds may also be used to pay fon any or all of the following: radio and print advertising; flyers; <br />brochures; pamphlets; posters, sticker.a, public presentation materials, exhibit panels and other promotional <br />materials as long as they address one or more of the three objectives listed above. <br />% + , <br />Page _ of _ ; ,~.~. ~t1 d~4.jf.' <br />~'~~vL•Yi~44.~ u ,La'' '' 7 <br />County Healt)/~ irector Signature and Dafe <br />