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TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
Mark Finucane, Health Services Director •r Contra
FROM: By: Elizabeth A. Spooner, Contracts Administrator
Costa
DATE: May 4, 1990
County
Notice of Award #29-259-22 from the State Department of Health
SUBJECT: Services for the Refugee Preventive Health Service Program
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
I. RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Accept $32,000 from the State Department of Health Services for .the period
July 1, 1989 through June 30 1990, for continuation of the Refugee Preventive
Health Services Program.
II. FINANCIAL IMPACT:
This award by the State results in $32,000 of State funding for the Refugee
Preventive Health Services Program. Sources of funding are as follows:
$32,000 State Department of Health Services
30.668 County In-Kind
$62,668 Total Program
In addition to this Award, the Department will bill the State on a fee.-for-service
basis for .Supplemental Assessments and for administrative costs under Refugee
Medical Assistance funding. The State provided $30,000 of funding for this
program during FY 1988-89.
III. REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATIONS/BACKGROUND:
For over seven years the County has participated in the Refugee Preventive Health
Services Program with the State Department of Health Services. Program funds are
used to provide interpreter services by trained bilingual Health Aides to assist
medical staff to provide needed health services to Contra Costa's extensive
refugee population (Southeast Asian, Afghanistan, Polish, Chinese, etc.) .
The Health Service Department recently received the notice of award from the State
Department of Health Services, granting the Department the $32,000 of funding for
the, Refugee Preventive Health Services Program which will allow continuation of
the program during FY 1989-90.
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RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMME D ION OF BOAR COMMITTEE
APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE(S)
ACTION OF BOARD ON MAY 7, Z WN APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
VOT F SUPERVISORS
UNANIMOUS (ABSENT �'� ) I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
AYES: NOES: AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
CC: Health Services (.Contracts) ATTESTED MAY 2 2 .1990 .
Auditor-Controller (Claims) Phil Batchelor, Clerk of the Board of
State Dept. of Health Services � �
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