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FROM: Contra
William Walker,M.D.,Health Services Director • `� � �'•
By: Jacqueline Pigg, Contracts Administrator _ Costa
DATE: November 30, 2005Countyr'9 C=o1Jl1�
SUBJECT:
Approval of Grant Award Agreement#28-730-1 from the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
R ,COMMENDATION(S):
Approve and authorize the Health Services Director or his designee (Wendel Brunner, M.D.), to accept on
behalf of the County Grant Award Agreement #28-730-1 from the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, in
an amount not to exceed $20,000, for the Asthma Management Education Project, for the period from
November I,2005 through October 31,2006.
FISC,&T,IMP,&CT:
Approval of this Grant Award Agreement will result in an amount not to exceed $20,000 from the U. S.
Environmental Protection Agency, for the Asthma Management Education Project. (No County funds are
required)
ACKGROUNDIREASON(S)FOR RECOMMENDATION(S):
Asthma is a chronic respiratory disease of enormous public health significance and is associated with significant
disability and costs, both monetarily and its impact on the quality of life. Asthma is the most common chronic
disease of childhood and one of the leading causes of childhood hospitalizations*and school absences. A recent
summary of hospital discharge data compiled by the Regional Asthma Management and Prevention (RAMP)
Program provides specific information about areas of Contra Costa County where asthma is disproportionately
affecting children. It is the schools serving these communities and the families living in these areas that are the
focus of this project. In collaboration with the Regional Asthma Management and Prevention (RAMP)
Initiative, Richmond Health Center, John Muir/MT. Diablo Health System, Contra Costa Health Plan and
Public Health Clinic Services, this project will be integrated into the pediatric asthma program currently
underway in Public Health Clinics Services. The goal of the project will be to perform educational home visits
to address the home environment and to enhance asthma self-management skills by conducting in-school
asthma management education for children with asthma. This Project will also reduce school absences,
emergency room visits and hospitalizations for these children and assist in relieving some of the burdens that
families experience in dealing with this chronic disease.
Three sealed and certified copies of the Board should be returned to the Contracts and Grants Unit.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE:
,oe"RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR REC M END ION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
_i�APPROVE OTHER
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SIGNATURE S
ACTION OF BOARDO P' APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
UNANIMOUS (ABSENTe�kAND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
AYES: NOES: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
ATTESTED11 10&
JOAN SWEETEN,CLERK OF THE BOAffD OF
SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
Contact Person: Wendel Brunner, M.D. (313-6712)
CC: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Q � DEPUTY.
Health Services Dept (Contracts) BY