To: Board of Supervisors
From: DHHS: Public Health
Agenda Section: Consent
SUBJECT:
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Public Health Fiscal Year (FY) 2022-2023 Supplemental Budget for Fund 1175, Budget Unit 416 & Appropriation Transfer for Fund 1175, Budget Unit 415 (Requires 4/5 Vote)
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Board of Supervisors:
1. Approve the attached supplemental budget in the amount of $40,000 for FY 2022-2023 Department of Health and Human Services - Public Health Fund 1175, Budget Unit 416 (4/5 vote required);
2. Approve the attached appropriation transfer in the amount of $16,000 for FY 2022-2023 Department of Health and Human Services - Public Health Fund 1175, Budget Unit 415 (4/5 vote required).
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SOURCE OF FUNDING:
Public Health Fund (1175)
DISCUSSION:
Rebuilding of the cabling system for 317 2nd St is a needed expense in order for programs housed at this location to continue to provide services to the public. The existing phone system is extremely outdated and there is no servicing of the system available any longer. For this reason, if the system were to fail it would be catastrophic to the programs housed at the is location. At this location the Public Health Field Nursing programs and the WIC program are housed.
416 Public Health Field Nursing
Field Nursing (FN) service teams include Public Health Nurses (PHN) and Community Health Outreach Workers (CHOW). PHN field nursing case management services, which are home- based, managed 678 encounters with families in FY 2021-22. FN teams responded to 394 referrals from multiple agencies including 47% from local and regional hospitals, 27% from CWS, 8.5% from clinics/doctors, 7.5% from PHN case findings or other Public Health staff and 5% from Women Infant and Children (WIC). Field Nursing staff manage offices in Garberville and Willow Creek to support outlying communities and provide decentralized services.
415 WIC Nutrition
The County of Humboldt has participated in the WIC pr...
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