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FROM: William Walker, M.D., Health Services Director f Costa
By: Jacqueline Pigg, Contracts Administrator _'
DATE: December 21, 2007 -. : County
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SUBJECT: Approve submission of Funding Application#28-714-3 to Los Medanos Community Health Care District
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION(S):
Approve and authorize the Health Services Director or his designee (Wendel Brunner, M.D.), for the submission of
Funding Application #28-714-3 to the Los Medanos Community Health Care District, in the amount of$75,000, for the
Pittsburg New Kids Project,for the period from October 1,2007 through September 30,2008.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Approval of this funding will result in an amount of$75,000 from Los Medanos Community Health Care District.
No County funds are required.
BACKGROUND/REASON(S) FOR RECOMMENDATION(S):
In collaboration with Los Medanos, Contra Costa Regional Medical Center, the Public Health Clinic Services, CHDP,
Contra Costa Health Plan, Community Wellness and Prevention Program, and other Health Services Divisions, this
program will address the epidemic of childhood obesity and its impact in the Pittsburg area of the County,where a greater
proportion of children are overweight. This program is the first-of-its-kind program that will address not only the
treatment of pediatric obesity in the clinical setting, but also the prevention of obesity in the community. The goal of the
program is to reduce childhood obesity and its health consequences in the Pittsburg area.
In order to meet the deadline for submission, the application has been forwarded to the Los Medanos Community Health
Care District, but subject to Board approval. Four certified copies of the Board Order authorizing submission of the
application should be returned to the Contracts and Grants Unit for submission to Los Medanos Community Health Care
District.
Three sealed and certified copies of the Board should be returned to the Contracts and Grants Unit.
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ABSENT: ABSTAIN:
Contact Person: Wendel Brunner, M.D. (313-6712) ATTESTED 00
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