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CONSIDERATION OF GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF $10,000 FROM THE KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT (KDHE) TO PROVIDE TUBERCULOSIS (TB) CONTROL SERVICES FOR THE INDIGENT AT THE HEALTH DIVISION.
Presented by: Adrienne Byrne, Director, Sedgwick County Health Division.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Accept the award and authorize the County Manager to sign the grant award agreement. Per Resolution 64-2013, this will be submitted to the County Manager for final approval and signature.
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Grant Renewal: Yes
Never Applied: No
Applied; not awarded: No
Grant Summary and Timeline:
Control of tuberculosis (TB) is a core public health function provided by the Health Division and mandated by State statutes. Sedgwick County reports about nine active cases of TB per year. In 2018, as of June 25th, Sedgwick County reports three new active TB cases; in 2017, a total of seven cases were reported, representing 24.0 percent of the cases in the State.
Sedgwick County has a diverse population which includes people from countries which have higher rates of TB, so there is an increased risk for disease to spread. In the past five years, 65.0 percent of the active TB cases in Sedgwick County were people not born in the United States. Of those, 65.0 percent had lived in the United States five years or more at the time of their active disease diagnosis. The data does not show an increasing trend of non-United States born people with active TB in Sedgwick County. This annual grant provides funding to assist with the coordination of and access to care for persons among the indigent population with TB who pose a significant public health risk.
Financial Considerations:
Grant period starts: July 1, 2018
Grant period ends: June 30, 2019
Source of funding
Grant: $10,000.00
Required Match: $0.00
Required Cash Match: $0.00
Required In-Kind Match: $0.00...
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