HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 05231995 - 1.46 TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS �
FROM: Mark Finucane, Health Services Director Contra
Costa
DATE: May 11, 1995 County
SUBJECT: Approve Submission of Funding Application #28-560-2 to the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
I. RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Approve submission of Funding Application #28-560-2 to the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Minority Health
(OMH) , for the period from October 1, 1995 through September 30, 1998,
for the Policy, Action, Collaboration and Training (PACT) Alternatives
to Violence Project Coalition in West County.
II. FINANCIAL IMPACT:
Approval of this application by the U.S.Department of Health and Human
Services, OMH, will result in $150, 000 of funding, per year, for the
period from October 1, 1995 through September 30, 1998, for the PACT
Alternatives to Violence Project. No County funds are required.
III. REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATIONS/BACKGROUND:
The PACT Alternatives to Violence Project provides services to at-risk
adolescents in the communities of Richmond, North Richmond and San
Pablo, to awaken them to positive alternatives to poverty, despair and
violence.
Approval . of this application will allow the PACT Project Coalition to
expand its services to the East County communities of Pittsburg and
Antioch. In addition, the Coalition will continue its efforts to
focus on policy issues and to bring about concrete and essential
outcomes, such as: enhancing local gun regulations; developing a
mental health Crisis Response Action Plan to facilitate a community-
wide response to violent incidents; and producing models and materials
for use by other community groups in their violence prevention
efforts.
In order to meet the deadline for submission, the application has been
forwarded to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, but
subject to approval by the Board of Supervisors. Four certified and
sealed copies of this Board Order should be returned to the Contracts
and Grants Unit.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE:
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE(S)
ACTION OF BOARD ON APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
VOTE OF 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.
Contact: Wendel Brunner, M.D. (313-6712)
CC: Health Services (Contracts) ATTESTED .5
U. S. Dept. of Health & Human Services phil Batc elo , Clerk of the Board of
SupwVisors and County Administratlu
M382/7-83 BY ` DEPUTY