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DIVISION OF PUBLIC HEALTH ~t'T-"~~x+~G^t ~ O <br />OFFICE OF PUBLIC HEALTH PREPAREDNESS AND RE5PON~1~: <br />AGREEMENT ADDENDA <br />OLtANGE CO Epidemiology _ _ <br />Contractor Name Section <br /> Public Health Preparedness and Response <br /> Branch <br />th Carolina Public Health Preparedness and <br />'~(N SF'P- 04 <br />or <br />~9514 <br />Response System <br />Activity Number and Title ca ear <br />August 31, 2003 -August 30, 2004 Revision 1 <br />te <br />D <br />Effective Period (Beginning and Ending Date) a <br />Revision # <br />This Amendment modifies the existing Aid to Counties Grant for North Caolina State Fiscal Year 2003- <br />2004. The total amount funded under this Amendment is $4,025,269. The Division of Public Health, <br />Office of Public Health Prepazedness and Response Las made (these) funds available to Local Health <br />Departments (L,HD) through a funding formula that awazds Local County Health Departments and Multi <br />County Districts with specific budgeted amounts based on population percentages (60%), percentage of <br />]and squaze miles (20%) aad percentage of total squaze miles (20%). Additionally, a base amount of <br />$50,000 will be received (awazded) by each county or district <br />These funds aze made available to Local (County) Hea1tL Departments and Multi County Districts to <br />further assist counties in continuing to strengthen local public health infrastmcture and capacity, and to <br />effectively respond to a possible bioterrorism event. Specifically, under our Continuation Guidance from <br />the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), these funds will be used to enhance strategic <br />direction, coordination and assessment, public surveillance and detection capacities, risk communication <br />and health information dissemination, and education and training. <br />Scane of Work for Local Health Denarments: <br />• Establish a process for strategic leadership, direction, coordination, and assessment of activities to <br />ensure local readiness, interagency collaboration, and prepazedness for bioterrorism, other outbreaks of <br />infectious disease, and other public health threats and emergencies, <br />• Conduct integrated assessments of public health system capacities related to bioterrorism, otter <br />infectious disease outbreaks, and other public health threats and emergencies to aid and improve <br />planning, coordination, and implementation. <br />• Respond to emergencies caused by biotesorism, other infectious disease outbreaks, and other public <br />health threats and emergencies tluough the development, exercise, and evaluation of a comprehensive <br />public health emergency prepazedness and response plan, Exercise this plan at least annually and <br />incorporate any lessons Teamed from exercises into successive versions of the plan. <br />• Effectively manage elements of the CDC Strategic National Stockpile (SNS) at the county or local <br />level, should it be deployed-translating SNS plans into £um preparations, periodic testing of SNS <br />prepazedness, and periodic training for entities and individuals that are par[ of SNS prepazedness, At a <br />minimum, planning and exercises should incorporate the reception of SNS materials at the county's <br />Local Distribution Site, distribution to Lospitals and Dispensing Sites within the county, and conduct <br />of dispensing pharmaceuticals to affected personnel. <br />Page _ of _ ~ ry ~Uj. 1.~ {, . ,(, ~~' Z Z- ~~ <br />County Health ItY' ecto Signature and Date ~ <br />