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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: May 3, 2000 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. ~ .6 <br />SUBJECT: Health Department Memorandum of Agreement with UNC Schaal of Dentistry <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 968-4501 <br />Durham 68$-7331 <br />Mebane 336-227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: To enter into a Memorandum of Agreement with the UNC School of Dentistry for <br />the services of a Children's Dental Care Coordinator. <br />BACKGROUND: The Health Department has traditionally received funds from the Orange <br />County Partnership for Young Children for a preschool dental screening program for day care <br />and family child care homes in the county. The program usually begins in April and runs <br />through June and last year reached approximately 1900 preschoolers. For this cunent year, <br />the Partnership has made supplemental funds available for this program to implement a "Tooth <br />Time" dental education module for preschool children. The module teaches proper oral care for <br />children and includes a variety of activities to reinforce the educational content. This module <br />has already been developed and is being utilized successfully in Catawba and Guilford <br />Counties. The Dental Care Coordinator from the School of Dentistry will work with the Health <br />Department staff to implement this new part of the preschool screening program. <br />FINANCIAL IMPA~'T: The cost of the Dental Program Coordinator with the UNC School of <br />Dentistry will be $15,000 and will be covered by the grant from the Partnership. County match <br />far the entire project is calculated on an in-kind basis. <br />RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Baard approve the Memorandum <br />of Agreement with the UNC School of Dentistry and authorize the Chair to sign the agreement. <br />H:\AGENDA\Abstra00\deni0503.dce <br />