RESOLUTION NO. _____________

BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, COUNTY OF SAN MATEO, STATE OF CALIFORNIA

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RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF AN AGREEMENT WITH ON-SITE DENTAL HEALTH CARE FOUNDATION TO PROVIDE DENTAL HEALTH CARE SERVICES TO SAN MATEO COUNTY’S HOMELESS POPULATION FOR THE TERM OF AUGUST 1, 2007 TO OCTOBER 31, 2008, IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $294,075

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RESOLVED, by the Board of Supervisors of the County of San Mateo, State of California, that

 

WHEREAS, San Mateo Medical Center was awarded the Health Care for the Homeless (HCH) grant from the Federal Bureau of Primary Health Care of the Health and Resource Services Administration to provide primary, dental and behavioral health care to homeless individuals in San Mateo County; and

 

WHEREAS, the HCH Program contracts with both County and community based programs to provide primary, dental and behavioral health care to homeless individuals residing in shelters, transitional housing, on the streets and/or other locations where homeless individuals congregate; and

 

WHEREAS, the HCH Program issued a Request for Proposal (RFP) based on the planning process goals set by the HCH Advisory Committee which were developed for each of the programmatic areas; and

 

WHEREAS, based on the program goals, the HCH Program chose to fund two County programs and three community based programs to provide primary, dental and behavioral health care to homeless individuals in San Mateo County; and

 

WHEREAS, On-Site Dental Care Foundation is one of the community based programs selected and it will be receiving HCH funding to provide comprehensive dental health care services for the term of August 1, 2007 to October 31, 2008 in an amount not to exceed $294,075; and

 

WHEREAS, the Board has been presented with a form of the Agreement and has examined and approved it as to both form and content and desires to enter into it.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY DETERMINED AND ORDERED that the President of the Board of Supervisors be, and is hereby authorized and directed to execute said Agreement for and on behalf of the County of San Mateo, and the Clerk of this Board shall attest the President’s signature thereto.

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