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CONSIDERATION OF AWARD IN THE AMOUNT OF $50,030 FROM THE KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT (KDHE) TO SUPPORT THE CONTROL OF TUBERCULOSIS (TB) IN SEDGWICK COUNTY AT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
Presented by: Adrienne Byrne-Lutz, Health Promotion & Protection Division Director, Sedgwick County Health Department.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Accept the award and authorize the Chairman to sign the grant award agreement; and establish budget authority as provided in the financial considerations section of this request.
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Grant Renewal: Yes
Never Applied: No
Applied; not awarded: No
Grant Summary and Timeline: Control of TB is a core public health function provided by the Health Department and mandated by State statute (See, Legal Considerations below). Employers, universities, detention centers, hospitals, nursing homes, homeless programs and physician offices refer all persons with positive TB skin test or blood test results, and those suspected of active TB, to the Sedgwick County Health Department.
Financial Considerations:
Grant period starts: January 1, 2012
Grant period ends: December 31, 2012
Source of funding
Grant: $ 50,030.00
Required Match: $ 0.00
Required Cash Match: $ 0.00
Required In-Kind Match: $ 0.00
Other funding: $ 0.00
TOTAL SOURCES: $ 50,030.00
Uses of funding
Operational costs: $ 50,030.00
Personnel: $ 42,169.00
Contractual services: $ 5,000.00
Operational supplies: $ 0.00
Equipment: $ 0.00
Indirect administrative costs: $ 2,861.00
Capital projects cost: $ 0.00
TOTAL USES $ 50,030.00
Source of matching funds: N/A
Source of other funding: N/A
Budget Authority Adjustment: Yes, for $50,030; funding will be managed through fund center 38013-274, TB - TB Control. This grant funding is used to fund a portion of salaries for 2.0 FTE (Pos. #20002306 and Pos. #20002307) in the TB Program.
Funding for the positions is as follows:
Pos. #20002306: Community Health Nurse (CHN II)
20% 38013-274 TB Nurse grant
20% 38001-274 State Formula
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