Title
Budget Amendment - Health Department (Revenue Increase/Decrease)
Action
ACTION:
1) Amend the FY 2025-2026 Annual Budget Ordinance to decrease federal revenue and expenses in the amount of $41,300 from the Refugee Health Assessments Program to the General Fund (0001) in the Health Department.
2) Amend the FY 2025-2026 Annual Budget Ordinance to decrease federal revenue and expenses in the amount of $53,840 from the Mecklenburg EtE Implementation Program to the General Fund (0001) in the Health Department.
3) Amend the FY 2025-2026 Annual Budget Ordinance to decrease federal revenue and expenses in the amount of $7,448 from the Child Fatality Prevention Team Program to the General Fund (0001) in the Health Department.
4) Recognize, receive and appropriate funding of $20,000 provided by The Center For Black Health & Equity Program in the General Grants Fund (G001)
5) Adopt the required grant project ordinance for The Center For Black Health & Equity grant in the General Grant Fund (G001).
Staff Contact: Raynard Washington, Director of Public Health
Presentation: No
BACKGROUND/JUSTIFICATION:
1) The North Carolina Refugee Health Program’s federal funder, the Office of Refugee Resettlement, is requiring the Program to reduce its overall budget to be more closely aligned with a revised lower number of anticipated newly arriving refugees due to changes in U.S. resettlement priorities and programming. The Office of Refugee Resettlement is currently allowing North Carolina to maintain a minimum capacity to support new arrivals. The reduction will be made to contracted interpreting services.
2) This Agreement Addendum Revision #1 reflects a reduction in funding to align with the recent decrease in the CDC HIV Surveillance and Prevention grant, specifically the portion of the award that directly funds the Ending the HIV Epidemic program. As a result of this funding reduction, corresponding reductions have been made to testing efforts. T...
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