HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 10241995 - C34 TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
FROM: Mark Finucane, Health .Services Director Contra
Costa
DATE: October 11, 1995 County
Approve submission of Funding Application #28-520-2 to the
SUBJECT: Department of Health and Human Services for the Health Care for the
Homeless Project
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
I. RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Approve submission of an Application for Federal Assistance #28-
520-2 to the Department of Health and Human Services in the amount
of $178,805, for the period from November 1, 1995 through October
31, 1996 for the Health Care for the Homeless Project.
II. FINANCIAL IMPACT:
Approval of this application by the U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services will result in $178,805 for the first year of a
five-year project. No County funds are required.
III. REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATIONSIBACKGROUND:
The County's Health Care for the Homeless Project is partially
funded by the Federal 340 Health Care for the Homeless Grant. This
is the last year of funding for a five-year project ending October
31, 1995. Approval of this application #28-520-2 will continue the
grant through October 31, 2000.
As a direct Public Health Services 340 grantee, five specific
Health Services Department ambulatory care clinics qualify as
"Federally Qualified Health Centers" which allows the County to
obtain full cost reimbursement for the medical services provided to
Medicaid clients at those sites.
In order to meet the deadline for submission, the application has
been forwarded to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
but subject to Board approval. :Two, certified and,-sealed copies of
the Board Order authorizing submission of the application should be
returned to the Contracts and Grants Unit.
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CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE:
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
APPROVE OTHER
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APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
UNANIMOUS (ABSENT ) I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
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ABSENT: ABSTAIN: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
Contact: Wendel Brunner, M.D. (313-6712) OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
CC: Health Services (Contracts) ATTESTED
U. S. Dept. of Health & Human Services
Phil Batchelor, Clerk of the doard of
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