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Special Revenue Ordinance Amendment - Appropriate Additional ARPA Temporary Savings Fund for Public Health Services
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INFORMATION CONTACT:
Traci Colley, Human Services Agency - Public Health Department, Director, 704-296-4801
ACTION REQUESTED:
1) Recognize, receive, and appropriate $50,000 in additional funding from the North Carolina Division of Public Health, Agreement Addendum, FY 25-26, 121 ARPA Temporary Savings Fund Program for Public Health Services in the Human Services Agency’s Public Health Department, and 2) approve Special Revenue Ordinance Amendment # 97A.
PRIOR BOARD ACTIONS:
None.
BACKGROUND:
This funding, provided through budget receipts transferred from the ARPA Temporary Savings fund and made available through the NCGA 2023 Appropriations Act, HB 259, provides a $50,000 grant in each year of the 2023-2025 fiscal biennium to each local health department to support activities authorized under the General Aid-to-Counties Agreement Addendum including the delivery of the 10 Essential Public Health Services per GS § 130A-1.1.1, the core functions of public health (Assessment, Policy Development, Assurance), and the specific health needs or health status indicators selected by each local health department.
Per HB 259, Section 4.7.(i), “The funds appropriated from the State Fiscal Recovery Fund in this act and in prior enactments of the General Assembly shall not revert at the end of each fiscal year of the 20232025 fiscal biennium but shall remain available to expend and appropriate until the date set by applicable federal law or guidance.”
This Agreement Addendum for Activity 121 further enhances the ability of local health departments to deliver the essential services and core functions of public health to address the specific health needs or health status indicators selected by the local health department.
The North Carolina General Statute § 130A-1.1(b) states: a local health department shall ensure that the following 10 Essential Public Health Services are available and accessible to the population in each county served by the local health department:
Assessment:
1. Monitor health status to identify community health problems.
2. Diagnose and investigate health problems and health hazards in the community.
Policy Development:
3. Inform, educate, and empower people about health issues.
4. Mobilize community partnerships to identify and solve health problems.
5. Develop policies and plans that support individual and community health efforts.
Assurance:
6. Enforce laws and regulations that protect health and ensure safety.
7. Link people to needed personal health services and assure the provision of health care when otherwise unavailable.
8. Assure a competent public health and personal health care workforce.
9. Evaluate effectiveness, accessibility, and quality of personal and population-based health services.
10. Research for new insights and innovative solutions to health problems.
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
Federal grant funding in the amount of $50,000 is awarded through the North Carolina Division of Public Health Agreement Addendum, FY 25-26, 121 ARPA Temporary Savings Funds for Public Health Services. No County match is required.