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FROM: Mark Finucane, Health Services Director Cwtra
Costa
DATE: April 27, 1988 Cour
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SUBJECT: Application for Grant to Develop a Community Oriented ��ll��//
Primary Care (COPC ) Demonstration Program in Contra Costa
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDED ACTION :
Ratify the actions of the Health Services Director on March
29, 1988 in submitting an application , in conjunction with
Dr. Joyce Lashof, Dean of the U . C. Berkeley School of
Public Health, to the Kellogg Foundation for approximately
1 .6 million dollars to develop a Community Oriented Primary
Care demonstration project in Contra Costa County for a four
year period.
Authorize the Health Services Director to function as a
Principal Investigator for this project .
FISCAL IMPACT:
The grant proposal will be for approximately 1 . 6 million
dollars or $400, 000 per year for four years . The funds
would be managed by the Western Consortium for Health
Professionals , a nonprofit agency. Mark Finucane and Joyce
Lashof as Principal Investigators -would oversee the expen-
ditures of funds in accordance with the contract with the
Kellogg Foundation , so that this money would be spent to
directly promote integrated preventive and primary health
care services in Contra Costa County.
REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATION:
Community Oriented Primary Care, a concept developed by the
Institute of Medicine, tailors primary health care delivery
centers (clinics , hospitals ) to the health needs of the com-
munities served . COPC links public and preventive health
with primary care and involves community agencies and orga-
nizations in coordinated efforts to promote community health
and well being . As an integrated agency which combines
Public - Health with a hospital , an extensive clinic system,
and a prevention oriented HMO, the Health Services
Department has promoted the COPC concept . The Department
has also promoted links with community agencies and organi -
zations through the advisory boards , the AIDS Task Force,
and the work 'of the Prevention Program. Over the las year
the Health Services Department has worked ointly wi the
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CC: County Administrator ATTESTED IMAY 1 q 1988
Auditor-Controller PHIL BATCHELOR. CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
Health. Services Director SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
BY
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U . C. Berkeley School of Public Health to implement a pilot
COPC project in Richmond, to promote access to perinatal care .
COPC started approximately 25 years ago with the establish-
ment of federally funded neighborhood health centers to pro-
vide medical care, community organizing , and health
promotion programs to nearby residents . The Kellogg
Foundation is interested in expanding the model and
demonstrating the applicability of COPC to a variety of set-
tings across the country. The proposed COPC project in
Contra Costa County will be the first time this model has
been tried in an entire county in conjunction with the local
health services department . Contra Costa County, with its
diversity . of rural , suburban , and urban areas . and its mix-
ture of industrial , farming , and office/service industries ,
along with a ethnic distribution that reflects the national
average, provides an opportunity to demonstrate the applica-
bility of COPC in a variety of settings .
The primary participants in this program will be the Health
Services Department , the University of California School of
Public Health , and at least two dozen community agencies or
organizations and primary care providers in Contra Costa .
Contra Costa ' s rich network of effective community agencies
and primary providers , and the Health Services Department ' s
history of cooperative and supportive relations with com-
munity agencies , provide the setting for a successful
demonstration of COPC.
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