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Mark Finucane , Health Services Director
FROM: By : Elizabeth A. Spooner , Contracts Administrator Contra
Costa
DATE: August 19, 1987 County
Approve Submission of Funding Application 429-354 to Contra
SUBJECT: Costa Community College District (Delta-Sierra Area Health
Education Center) for a Minority Traineeship Program
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
I . RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Approve submission , on behalf of the County, of Funding
.Application #29-354 to Contra Costa Community College District
(Delta-Sierra Area Health Education Center) requesting $45 , 500
of funding for a Minority Traineeship Program for the period
October 1 , 1988 - September 30 , 1989 .
II . FINANCIAL IMPACT :
Approval of this application by the grantor will result in
$45 , 500 of funding for a Minority Traineeship Program. Sources
of funding ar.e as follows :
$45, 500 Contra Costa Community College District
(Delta-Sierra Area Health Education Center)
5 , 000 County Inkind Contribution in Department Budget
$50 , 000 Total Program I
III . REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATIONS/BACKGROUND :
Representation of ethnic minority health and social service pro-
fessionals has never been adequate and is not keeping pace with
the population increase in different minority groups . Existing
minority recruitment programs provide some supplemental academic
training for select minority applicants , but none provide field
experience opportunities which are important for acceptance into
graduate programs . The purpose of this application is to
request funding to implement . a Minority Traineeship Program to
be coordinated through the Health Services Department ' s
Prevention Program.
The program is needed to strengthen the community social and
health service agency experience for four to six qualified
ethnic minorities and to assit them in building the professional
skills necessary for admission into health and human service
graduate programs .
In order to meet the grantor ' s deadline for submission, draft
copies of the funding application have already been forwarded,
but subject to Board approval . Six certified copies of the
Board Order should be returned to the Contracts and Grants Unit
for submission to Contra Costa Community College District
(Delta-Sierra Area Health Education Center) .
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ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
CC: Health Services (Contracts) ATTESTED SEP 1 1987
County Administrator PHIL BATCHELOR, CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
Auditor-Controller SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
Contra Costa Community College District
(Delta-Sierra Area Health Education Center)
BY ,DEPUTY
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