HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 02272001 - C.80 TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
FROM: William Walker, M.D. , Health Services Director 'f Contra
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DATE: February 6, 2001 d ``� County
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SUBJECT: Notice of Grant Award #28-653-1 from the California Wellness
Foundation
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Approve and authorize the Health Services Director or his designee
(Wendel Brunner) , to accept on behalf of the County, Grant Ward #28-
653-1 from the California Wellness Foundation, in an amount not to
exceed $100 , 000 , for the period from January 1, 2001 through December
31, 2002 , for the Healthy Neighborhoods Chronic Disease Prevention
Initiative .
FISCAL IMPACT•
Acceptance of this Grant Award will result in $100, 000 from the
California Wellness Foundation. No County funds are required.
BACKGROUND/REASON(S) FOR RECOMMENDATION(S) :
Chronic disease is the leading cause of death in Pittsburg, accounting
for 660 of deaths . Pittsburg has the County' s highest heart disease
death rate and diabetes hospitalization rate . This project will
receive direction and coordination from the Chronic Disease
Subcommittee of the Public and Environmental Health Advisory Board
(PEHAB) , the Community Wellness & Prevention Program Director, and the
Public Health Director. The goal of this project is to reduce chronic
disease risk factors and increase health promotion factors among
residents in the El Pueblo and West Boulevard community neighborhoods_.
Approval of Grant Award #28-653-1 will allow the County to provide core
operating support to strengthen efforts to increase resident
participation in creating healthier communities, through December 31,
2002 .
Three certified and sealed copies of the Board Order should be returned
to the Contracts and Grants Unit .
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: SIGNATURE
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RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMME DATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE(S):
ACTION OF BOARD N - APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED �� OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
UNANIMOUS (ABSENT-&-a� 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, K OF E BOARD OF
Contact Person: )
Wendel Brunner, M.D. (313-6712 /Y ::::
SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
CC: Health Services (Contracts)
California Wellness Foundation..
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