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Special Revenue Ordinance - Public Health Services Additional Funding - AA121 ARPA Temporary Savings Funding
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INFORMATION CONTACT:
Dennis Joyner, Human Services Agency - Department of Public Health, Director, 704-296-4801
ACTION REQUESTED:
1) Recognize, receive, and appropriate $50,000 in additional funding from the NC Division of Public Health and 2) approve Special Revenue Ordinance Amendment #97.
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 2023-2025 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 Union County Department of Public Health plans to use the appropriated funding to support child health care service referral coordination and health care medical provider assistance in the child health clinic.
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
The County is awarded $50,000 from the NC Division of Public ...
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