COUNTY OF SAN MATEO

Inter-Departmental Correspondence

Health Services Agency

 

DATE:

November 22, 2002

BOARD MEETING DATE:

December 3, 2002

 

TO:

Honorable Board of Supervisors

FROM:

Margaret Taylor, Director of Health Services

Scott Morrow, Health Officer

   

SUBJECT:

Community Oriented Health Systems (COHS)

 

Recommendation

    Adopt a resolution authorizing the President of the Board to execute an amendment to the grant agreement from the Public Health Institute increasing the amount by $165,000 and extending the term through August 31, 2003.

 

Background

On November 28, 2000, your Board adopted a resolution accepting grant funding from the Public Health Institute in the amount of $150,000 to partner with the Coastside community and the City of South San Francisco to implement the Partnership for the Public's Health. The Partnership for the Public's Health is an extension of the Community Oriented Health Systems (C.O.H.S.) pilot of an alternative system of delivering healthcare in our communities. Funding from the Public Health Institute helped to take the best practices from the pilot project in East Palo Alto and the Belle Haven area of Menlo Park and expand it to the Coastside and South San Francisco regions of the county through the Partnership for the Public's Health. The term of the grant agreement was September 1, 2000 through August 31, 2001.

On April 30, 2002, your Board approved amendment no. 1 to the grant agreement, which extended the term of the agreement through August 31, 2002, and accepted the second year of funding in the amount of $180,000.

 

Discussion

This amendment no. 2 extends the term of the grant agreement one year, making the full term of the agreement September 1, 2000 through August 31, 2003, and accepts funding in the amount of $165,000 for the term September 1, 2002 through August 31, 2003. These funds will be used to:

    · continue to share staff (all three partners sharing the expense of an epidemiologist); South San Francisco and the County are also sharing the expense of a Community Program Specialist;

    · work with community residents to develop program options for addressing health priority areas and involve community residents in the implementation of community awareness efforts;

    · begin to implement programs to address the priority health issues;

 

    · continue to support community leadership development efforts;

    · work with PPH local evaluators to implement evaluation methodology into partnership activities; and

 

    · expand COHS efforts to other communities in the county.

 

Vision Alignment

    The amendment to the grant agreement with the Public Health Institute keeps the commitment of Ensuring Basic Health and Safety for All and goal number 8: Help vulnerable people - the aged, disabled, mentally ill, at-risk youth and others - achieve a better quality of life. The grant agreement contributes to this commitment and goal by working with communities to establish health-related priorities and develop strategies for addressing these priority areas.

 

Fiscal Impact

The term of the grant is extended one year until August 31, 2003; making the full term of the grant September 1, 2000, to August 31, 2003. The total amount of the grant is increased by $165,000; from $330,000 to $495,000. $165,000 in revenue estimates and expenses is included in the Health Administration FY 2002-03 budget. There is no new net county cost associated with receipt of this funding.