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DATE: Auguste 14, 1986 CO
Approve submission of Funding Application 429-332 to the American C � y
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SUBJECT: Society California Division, Inc.
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
I. RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute on behalf of the County, Funding
Application #29-332 for submission to the American Cancer Society California
Division, Inc. in the amount of $29,113 for a fifteen-month Smokeless Tobacco
Education Project for the period April 1, 1987 - June 30, 1988.
II. FINANCIAL'IMPACT:
Approval of this agreement by the American Cancer Society will result in $29,113 of
funding for an Smokeless Tobacco 'Education Project. Sources of funding are as
follows:
$29,113 American Cancer Society
16;842 County in-kind share
$45,955 Total Program Cost
The County's in-kind share includes salaries and supplies already included in the
Department budget. There will be no net increase of General Fund dollars for this
program.
III. REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATIONS/BACKGROUND:
Chewing tobacco usage is rapidly growing throughout the County. Teachers and
school administrators report a new trend by junior high and senior high school
students using chewing tobacco rather than smoking tobacco. Chewing tobacco is as
addictive and carcinogenic as smoking tobacco, yet it is commonly thought to be
safe and harmless. A massive educational campaign aimed at students, as well as
adults working with youth, is needed in this County to counteract and reverse this
new tobacco dependency.
The purpose of this application is to request American Cancer Society funding to
implement a Smokeless Tobacco Education Project. . The goals of this project will
be to work with the American Cancer Society, Contra Costa Dental Society,
Parent-Teacher Association, Little League, schools and various community
representatives to develop an educational package for use by school and the Little
League. Additional objectives are to conduct outreach to community agencies and
major employers to educate parents and adults working with youth about smokeless
tobacco, increase media coverage about smokeless tobacco, and organize a community-
wide effort to affect public policy in Contra Costa County.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE:
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE(S):
ACTION OF BOARD ON 1916 APPROVED 'AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
1 HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
UNANIMOUS (ABSENTZ9 AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
AYES: NOES: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
CC: County Administrator ATTESTED 14. C
Auditor Controller PHIL BA CHELOR, CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
Health Services (Contracts) SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
Health Services Director
Contractor
BY ,DEPUTY
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American Cancer Society
Funding Application 429-332
Board Order
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This document has been approved by the Department's Contracts and Grants
Administrator in accordance with the guidelines approved by the Board's Order of
December 13, 1981 (Guidelines for contract preparation and processing, Health
Services Department) .
The Board Chairman should sign four copies of the application, three of which
should then be returned to the Contracts and Grants Unit for submission to the
American Cancer Society California Division, Inc.
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