Title
Budget Amendment - Health Department (Revenue Increase)
Action
ACTION:
1) Recognize, receive, and appropriate federal grant funds up to $675,000 in the General Grant funds (G001) from Cabarrus Health Alliance as a sub-recipient of the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health (REACH) program within Public Health.
2) Adopt a grant project ordinance for the applicable grant in the General Grant fund.
Staff Contact: Raynard Washington, PhD, MPH, Director of Public Health
Presentation: No
BACKGROUND/JUSTIFICATION:
The department received funding from the Cabarrus Health Alliance to focus on enhancing local tobacco prevention and control efforts up to $135,000 per year for a 5-year period. Funds are part of the REACH program a national effort aiming to reduce racial and ethnic health disparities.
PROCUREMENT BACKGROUND:
N/A
POLICY IMPACT:
N/A
FISCAL IMPACT:
Increase in federal funding by $675,000 and associated expense budget in fund G001.