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FROM: Mark Finucane , Health Services Director Contra
By : Elizabeth A. Spooner , Contracts AdministratoCOs+a
DATE: February 11, 1988 @ . County
SUBJECT: APPLICATION TO THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES FOR l
SPECIAL NEEDS AND PRIORITIES FUNDS FOR REFUGEE HEALTH SERVICES
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
I . RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute on behalf of the
County, an application to the State Department of Health
Services for State AB 8 Special Needs and Priorities ( SNAP)
funding for refugee health services in the amount of $34 , 500 for
the 1987-88 Budget Act .
II . FINANCIAL IMPACT :
The total cost of the project is $71 , 288 , with $34 , 500 requested
from the State and $36 , 788 of County matching funds . No addi-
tional allocation is requested by the Department . If approved
by the State , matching funds for this project will be funded
within the Health Services Department budget .
III . REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATIONS/BACKGROUND:
Each year the State Department of Health Services makes AB 8
Special Needs and Priorities (SNAP) funds available to counties .
By this application , the County is applying for State SNAP
funding under the Refugee Health Services category.
This project will provide comprehensive health education to
perinatal refugee women and establish an education and moni-
toring . system for tracking and encouraging compliance to
Hepatitis B screening and immunization of newborns in Contra
Costa County.
To meet the State ' s deadline , this application must be submitted
to the State Department of Health Services by February 26 , 1988 .
The Chairman should sign eight copies of the application, seven
of .,which should then be returned to the Contracts and Grants
Uii-i' -'for transmittal to the State .
DG
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: _ YES SIGNATURE' , Q
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDAT O OF BOARD COMMITTEE
APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE S :
ACTION OF BOARD ON /lapAPPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
1 HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
UNANIMOUS (ABSENT ) 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.
Orig: Health Services (Contracts & Grants)
cc: Auditor-Controller (Claims) ATTESTED
State Dept. of Health Services PHIL BATCHELOR, CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
BY !� DEPUTY
M382/7-83