HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 02272001 - C.79 TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
FROM: William Walker, M.D. , Health Services Director Contra
By: Ginger Marieiro, Contracts Administrator
Costa
DATE: February 21, 2001 _ COUCIt)/
SUBJECT:
Notice of Grant Award #28-610-4 from the John Muir/Mt . Diablo
Community Health Benefit Corporation
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Approve and authorize the Health Services Director or his designee
(Wendel Brunner, M.D...). to accept on behalf of the County, Grant Award
#28-610-4 from the John Muir/Mt . Diablo Community Health Benefit
Corporation., . in an amount not to exceed $124, 600 for the period April 1,
2001 through December 31, 2001 for the Breast Cancer Partnership, Patient
Navigator Project .
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
Acceptance of this Grant Award will result in $124 , 600 from the John
Muir/Mt . Diablo Community Health Benefit Corporation. No County funds
are required.
BACKGROUND/REASON(S) FOR RECOMMENDATIONS :
Contra Costa County has the second highest rate of breast cancer in
California . Through the Contra Costa County Breast Cancer Partnership
(CCCBCP) , low income women over forty years old are receiving necessary
mammograms . However, in instances where potential problems are detected
in non-English speaking women, treatment services are difficult to
identify. Acceptance of this Grant Award will allow the CCCBCP to assist
non-English speaking women diagnosed with breast cancer to link to
appropriate and timely medical and support services . The primary goal of
the Partnership and the Patient Navigator Project .is to collaborate with
private medical providers, the County' s Public Health Clinics, Community-
Based Organizations, breast cancer survivors, and the general public to
make breast cancer early detection a community-wide priority.
Approval of Grant Award #28-610-4 will allow the County to continue
expansion of the Breast Cancer Partnership Patient Navigator Project,
through December 31, 2001 .
Three certified copies of the Board Order should be returned to the
Contracts and Grants Unit .
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: Y.Ee SIGNATURE
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
APPROVE _OTHER
SIGNATURE(S):
ACTION OF BOARD ON i 1 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED l— OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
/ I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
X _ UNANIMOUS (ABSENT_AL22� 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.
ATTESTED_
PHIL BATCHELOR,&ARK OF HE BOARD OF
Contact Person: Wendel Brunner, M.D. (313-6712) SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
CC: Health Services (Contracts)
John Muir/.Mt. Diablo Community Health
BY .�L ,DEPUTY