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FROM: William Walker, M.D. , Health Services Director ,
By: Ginger Marieiro, Contracts Administrator f `. .;. Contra
Costa
DATE: December 19, 1996 County
SUBJECT: Approve Submission of Funding Application #28-591 to the State
Department of Health Services
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
I . RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Approve submission of Funding Application #28-591 to the State
Department of Health Services (Medi-Cal Lead Program) , in the
amount of $44, 044, for the period from January 1, 1996 through
June 30, 1997, for the Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention
Project .
II . FINANCIAL IMPACT:
Approval . of this application will result in $44, 044 of State
funding during the FY 1996-97 to support the activities of the
Department ' s Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Project . No
County funds are required.
III . REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATIONS/BACKGROUND:
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) identifies lead poisoning as
the principal environmental health problem affecting children in
the United States and emphasizes that this is a problem which is
entirely preventable .
The goal of the Department ' s Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention
Project is to decrease children' s health problems, including
neurological, developmental and learning deficits due to lead
poisoning, by providing timely identification and comprehensive
interventions . The project also seeks to determine the extent of
lead poisoning in Contra Costa County and to identify high-risk
populations for targeted outreach and community education.
In order to meet the deadline for submission, the application has
been forwarded to the State, but subject to Board approval . Four
certified copies of the Board Order authorizing submission of the'
application, and four Certification Statements, signed by the
Board Chair, should be returned to the Contracts and Grants Unit
for submission to the State Department of Health Services .
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE:
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE(S)
ACTION OF BOARD ON APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
UNANIMOUS (ABSENT ) I 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.
Contact: Wendel Brunner, M.D. (313-6712)
CC: State Dept of Health Services ATTESTED1 Ll
Health Services Dept (Contracts) Phi atchelor, C rk of the Board of
Supervinls and County Admini*atot
M302/7•83 BY DEPUTY
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CONTRA COSTA COLTNTY/fffY
(FISCAL YEAR 1996-97)
Ii. CERTIFICATION STATEMENT
The undersigned certify that: (1) The statements herein are true and complete to the best
of their knowledge; (2) this community's Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention program
will comply with all federal and state policies and legal requirements pertaining to the
Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Branch program;(3)the undersigned agree to
provide the Department'Of Health Services the required program reports, reports of
budgets, program and personnel changes, and access to.all fiscal and program records for
purposes of audit and review by state and federal staff and; (4) this plan and justification
become a public document as prescribed by the California Public Records Act of 1968.
Signature of Childhood Lead Poisoning Date
Prevention Program Coordinator
Date
Signature of DirectorJicai+4)fFieer Date
Signature& Title of Other Date
(Optional)
I certify that this plan is approved by the Local'Governing Body.
Local Governing Body Chairperson DA� (J