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TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS E-
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FROM: William Walker, M.D.,Health Services Director
By: Jacqueline Pigg, Contracts Administrator Costa
DATE: November 20, 2006 °s -- "�� County
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SUBJECT: Approval of Submission of Funding Application #28-757 with the State Department of Health
Services
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION(S):
Approve and authorize the submission of Funding Application #28-757 with the State Department of Health
Services, in an amount of $968,098, for the Outreach, Enrollment, Retention and Utilization (OERU)
Program, for the period from November 1, 2006 through June 30, 2009.
FISCAL.IMPACT:
Approval Funding Application 428-757 will result in an amount of$968,098 in State Funds for the OERU
Program,for the period from November 1, 2006 through June 30, 2009. No County funds are required.
BACKGROUND/REASON(S) FOR RECOMMENDATION(S):
The Health Services Department is requesting funds from the State Department of Health Services for the
OERU Program which would allow the County to increase the enrollment of eligible but not yet enrolled
children in Medi-Cal and the Healthy Families Program. Approval of this funding application will allow the
Department to: (1) coordinate not less than eight (8) outreach events to education targeted families about the
Medi-Cal and Healthy Families Programs eligibility criteria and how to enroll (2) provide application
assistance to not less than 500 families and 750 children for each year of the grant (3) increase the number of
children who retain Medi-Cal and Healthy Families coverage at the annual renewal and (4) increase utilization
of benefits by children enrolled in Medi-Cal and Healthy Families Programs.
Approval of submission of Funding Application #28-757 will allow the County to apply for funding for the
OERU Program, for the period from November 1, 2006 through June 30, 2009.
Three certified and sealed copies of the Board Order should be returned to the Contracts and Grants Unit.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATUREt2��_
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APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURES :
ACTION OF BOARVQkl APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED /\� OTHER
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VOTE OF SUPERVISORS I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
UNANIMOUS (ABSENT ) AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
AYES: NOES: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
ABSENT: ABS,
Contact Person:� Wendel Brunner, M.D. (313-6712) ATTESTED bt lx/r"�,
JOHN CULLEN, CLERK OF THE B ARD OF
CC: Health Services Department (Contracts) SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
State Dept. of Health Services
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