To: Board of Supervisors
From: DHHS: Public Health
Agenda Section: Consent
SUBJECT:
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Grant Agreement with the County Medical Services Program (CMSP) Governing Board for the Humboldt County Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) - Public Health Oral Health Program
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Board of Supervisors:
1. Approve the grant agreement with the CMSP Governing Board for the period of Oct. 1, 2020 through Dec. 29, 2021;
2. Authorize the DHHS - Public Health Director, or a designee thereof, to sign three original and one electronic signature pages of the grant agreement and the Exhibit D: CMSP Governing Board Grantee Data Sheet;
3. Authorize the DHHS - Public Health Director, or a designee thereof, to sign future amendments, budget revisions, and documents directly related to this agreement upon review and approval of County Counsel and Risk Management; and
4. Direct the Clerk of the Board to return one copy of the executed Board Agenda Item to the DHHS - Contract Unit for transmittal to DHHS - Public Health.
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SOURCE OF FUNDING:
Public Health Funds
DISCUSSION:
Humboldt County DHHS - Public Health has been granted an award of $50,000 through an agreement from the CMSP Governing Board for the period of Oct. 1, 2020 through Dec. 29, 2021 to assess the needs and identify strategies to increase access to oral health for adults.
DHHS-Public Health has maintained an oral health program on a smaller scale since the early 2000s with limited funding. In 2017, the Oral Health Program was granted over $3.8 million to serve as a Local Dental Pilot Project (LDPP) through the Dental Transformation Initiative via the Department of Health Care Services to implement a pilot program over 4 years to improve oral health for Medi-Cal children by focusing on high-value care and improved access to care. In 2018, the Oral Health Program was allotted $917,089 to function as a Local Oral Health Program through Proposition ...
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