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CONSIDERATION OF GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF $14,000 FROM THE KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT (KDHE) TO PROVIDE TUBERCULOSIS (TB) CONTROL SERVICES FOR THE INDIGENT AT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
Presented by: Adrienne Byrne-Lutz, Director, Sedgwick County Health Department.
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 Department and mandated by state statutes. Sedgwick County reports on average nine active cases of TB per year. In 2016, as of June 1, Sedgwick County reports two new active TB cases; in 2015, a total of 13 cases were reported, representing 36% of the cases in the State.
Sedgwick County has a diverse population which includes people from countries which have higher rates of TB and so increased risk for disease spread. In the past five years, 69 percent of the active TB cases in Sedgwick County were in people not born in the United States. Of those, 71 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, 2016
Grant period ends: June 30, 2017
Source of funding
Grant: $14,000.00
Required Match: $0.00
Required Cash Match: $0.00
Required In-Kind Match: $0.00
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