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Budget Amendment - Public Health Department
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INFORMATION CONTACT:
Traci Colley, Human Services Agency, Public Health, Director, 704-296-4801
ACTION REQUESTED:
1) Recognize, receive, and appropriate a total of $100,957 in additional state funding from the North Carolina Division of Public Health for the provision of maternal health services (AA 101), public health infrastructure support (AA 117), and services provided through the Food, Lodging, and Institutions Program of Environmental Health (AA 874), and 2) approve Budget Amendment 20.
PRIOR BOARD ACTIONS:
None.
BACKGROUND:
AA 101: The Maternal Health Program is administered in the Division of Public Health (DPH), within the Women, Infant and Community Wellness Section (WICWS), Maternal Health Branch. The primary mission of the Maternal Health Program is to ensure that all individuals who are pregnant and low-income have access to early and continuous prenatal and postpartum care. Every local health department, including districts, is eligible to receive funding for maternal health services in their community. The provision of high quality, risk appropriate perinatal care is a means of reducing maternal and infant morbidity and mortality.
Agreement Addendum #101 assures that local health departments provide access to early and continuous prenatal and postpartum care for individuals who are pregnant and low-income in North Carolina (NC). Prenatal care services include screenings, counseling, and referrals for psychosocial and nutrition problems; behavioral health intervention; and Care Management for High-Risk Pregnancies (CMHRP). In addition, local health departments will work to enhance public education and community awareness regarding risk prevention and reduction strategies.
AA 117: Public health departments need to continue their response work, apply lessons learned, and prepare for future public health emergencies. The pandemic accentuated long-standing weaknesses and created new challen...
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