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r <br /> <br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: February 29, 2000 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. ___b_-_0_~ <br />SUBJECT: Memorandum of Agreement with UNC School of Dentistry for Health Department <br />Smart Start Grant <br />DEPARTMENT: Health PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Memorandum of Agreement Rosemary Summers, ext 2411 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />Chapel Hill 968501 <br />Durham 688-7331 <br />Mebane 336-227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: To renew the memorandum of agreement with the UNC School of Dentistry for the <br />Health Department Smart Start grant. <br />BACKGROUND' The Health Department has again received a grant from Smart Start to <br />conduct dental screenings, education and follovu~up services for preschool children in day care <br />centers and family care homes. The project takes place in the spring of each year (April <br />through June) in order to utilize senior dental students and dental hygiene students just prior to <br />and after graduation. Last year nearly 1800 children were screened for dental problems. This <br />memorandum of agreement with the UNC School of Dentistry provides a Project Director for the <br />grant who arranges for and provides oversight of the dental students that actually provide the <br />on-site services. This arrangement is unchanged from previous years. <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT: The Health Department pays the UNC School of Dentistry $12,000 for <br />this service from grant funds. The total amount of the grant is $36,645. Smart Start requires a <br />10% match from grantees and that portion ($3,664.50) is county funded. The cost per child <br />screened last year was about $20. <br />RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board approve the renewal of the <br />memorandum of agreement and authorize the Chair to sign. <br />