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• coordinate the collection and analysis of the data gathered during the screening events, <br />and <br />• coordinate the follow up efforts for children with identified dental needs will be handled by <br />the non-permanent employee. <br />The entire cost of this agreement is paid by the grant from OCPYC. The remaining grant funds <br />pay for the supplies and other operating costs of the program. <br />The goal of the Preschool Dental Screening Project is to promote preventive dental health <br />education and identify needs and barriers concerning access to dental care for children age 0-5 <br />in day care centers, family day care homes and other settings. This highly successful project <br />won several awards in the early years of the project and has become a "best practice" that other <br />counties have emulated. <br />The Department will continue to recruit for the hygienist, and should the Department be <br />successful, will develop a transition plan between Ms. Mann and the new hire to ensure that the <br />services required by this grant continue to be provided. <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT: The agreement for $14,500 is paid in full by the grant award from the <br />Orange County Partnership for Young Children and has received approval from the grant <br />agency. This agreement will require a line item transfer from personnel services to the <br />professional contract line of the Health Department's FY 2008-2009 budget. <br />RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends the Board approve the agreement as <br />written. <br />