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Budget Amendment - Breast & Cervical Cancer Control Program
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INFORMATION CONTACT:
Traci Colley, Human Services Agency, Public Health Director, 704-296-4801
ACTION REQUESTED:
1) Recognize, receive, and appropriate $8,125 in additional state funding from the NC Division of Public Health for the Breast & Cervical Cancer Control Program (Agreement Addendum 452 Rev. #1) and 2) approve Budget Amendment #20.
PRIOR BOARD ACTIONS:
None.
BACKGROUND:
The NC Division of Public Health’s Breast & Cervical Cancer Control Program (BCCCP) began in 1992 and provides resources to local health departments to provide services to underserved North Carolina women. The goal of the program is to reduce the morbidity and mortality due to breast and cervical cancers in women by providing screening services, diagnostic services, and patient navigation services for eligible underserved women. The NC BCCCP is a screening program and does not provide funds for treatment. However, women enrolled in NC BCCCP and provided with at least one screening and/or diagnostic service prior to diagnosis may be eligible to receive Breast and Cervical Cancer Medicaid (BCCM) to cover acute treatment services for breast and cervical cancer and/or precancerous breast and cervical findings and for reconstruction surgeries.
The NC BCCCP is providing additional funding to the Union County Public Health Department to increase breast & cervical cancer screening services for 25 additional women eligible for the program in FY2025.
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
The County will receive $8,125 in FY2025 funding from the NC Division of Public Health. No County match is required.