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Mark Finucane, Health Services Director (/�'' Costa
Elizabeth A. Spooner, Contracts Administrator st
DATE: December 20, 1991 County
SUBJECT: Notice of Award #29-259-24 from the State Department of Health Services
for the Refugee Preventive Health Services Program
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
I. RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Accept $50,000 from the State Department of Health Services for the period October
1, 1991 through September 30, 1992 for continuation of the Refugee Preventive Health
Services Program.
II. FINANCIAL IMPACT:
This Award results in $50,000 of funding for the Department's Refugee Preventive
Health Services program. No additional County funds are required.
In addition to this Award, the Department will bill the State on a fee-for-service
basis for Supplemental Assessments and for administrative costs under Refugee
Medical Assistance funding. The State provided $50,000 of funding for this program
during FY 1990-91.
III. REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATIONS/BACKGROUND:
For over eight years the County has participated in the Refugee Preventive Health
Services Program with the State Department of Health Services. Program funds are
used to provide interpreter services by trained bilingual Health Aides to assist
medical staff to provide needed health services to Contra Costa's extensive refugee
population (Southeast Asian, Afghanistan, Polish, Chinese, etc. ) .
The Health Services Department recently received notice of the award from the State
Department of Health Services, granting the Department $50,000 of funding for the
Refugee Preventive Health Services Program which will allow continuation of the
program during fiscal year 1991-92.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATUR
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMM TION OF BOAR COMMITTEE
APPROVE DOTHER
SIGNATURE(S)
ACTION OF BOARD ON APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED X OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
X UNANIMOUS (ABSENT ) 1 HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
AYES: NOES: AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
CC: Health Services (Contracts) ATTESTED JAN 14 1992 _
Auditor—Controller (.Claims) Phil Batchelor, Clerk of the Board of
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