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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: April 2, 2002 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. <br /> SUBJECT: Renewal of Consolidated Agreement Between NC Department of Health and <br /> Human Services and the Orange County Health Department <br /> DEPARTMENT: Health PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Consolidated Agreement Rosemary Summers, ext 2411 <br /> TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> Hillsborough 732-8181 <br /> Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br /> Durham 688-7331 <br /> Mebane 336-227-2031 <br /> PURPOSE: To approve the annual consolidated agreement between the NC Department of <br /> Health and Human Services and the Orange County Health Department, which provides State <br /> and Federal funds to the Health Department to partially support mandated services <br /> BACKGROUND: The attached agreement stipulates the provisions for receiving state and <br /> federal support for the programs listed below. At this point in time, the state anticipates level <br /> funding for next year. Final guidance on budgetary amounts will be provided in July. <br /> General CSHS Orthopedic <br /> Maternal Health Child Health <br /> AIDS (Federal) Child Service Coordination <br /> Family Planning Intensive Home Visiting <br /> Immunization Action Plan Food and Lodging <br /> Environmental Health <br /> Block Grant that includes Communicable Disease, Adult Health and Health Promotion <br /> The Health Department will no longer be providing the Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening <br /> Program for women age 50 and older through CDC funding. Over the past three years, the <br /> eligibility requirements for participating in this program have become increasingly restrictive but <br /> the required number of participants has remained the same. Despite increased outreach <br /> efforts, the Department is unable to meet the required number of participants and is therefore <br /> discontinuing iiie program. The Department is aiternN'Lirig to locate another community-provider <br /> that may be willing to serve this population through its primary care practice. <br /> FINANCIAL IMPACT: The state consolidated agreement is anticipated to provide $466,848 <br /> federal and state dollars to the County to provide specific services for fiscal year 2002-2003 (a <br /> decrease over the previous year of$30,548). The reductions were in the Families in Focus <br /> Intensive Home Visiting Program, the Health Promotion area, and in Environmental Health. <br />