Title
Adopt a Resolution to:
a. Amend the Health Department Budget (4000-HEA003-8124) to add 0.50 FTE Chronic Disease Prevention Coordinator; and
b. Authorize the Auditor-Controller and County Administrative Office to incorporate this position change in the FY 2016-17 Adopted Budget.
c. Direct the Country Administrative Office to incorporate the approved change in the FY 2016-17 Adopted Budget and the Human Resources Department to implement the change in the Advantage HRM system.
Report
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
Adopt a Resolution to:
a. Amend the Health Department Budget (4000-HEA003-8124) to add 0.50 FTE Chronic Disease Prevention Coordinator; and
b. Authorize the Auditor-Controller and County Administrative Office to incorporate this position change in the FY 2016-17 Adopted Budget.
c. Direct the Country Administrative Office to incorporate the approved change in the FY 2016-17 Adopted Budget and the Human Resources Department to implement the change in the Advantage HRM system.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
Recommendation will add 0.5 FTE Chronic Disease Prevention Coordinator (CDPC) to the Recommendation will add 0.50 FTE Chronic Disease Prevention Coordinator (CDPC) to the Public Health Bureau’s Public Health Emergency Preparedness (PHEP) program. This 0.50 FTE CDPC will be added to an existing 0.50 FTE CDPC (50J210006) in Health Department Budget 4000-HEA003-8124 to total 1.0 FTE CDPC.
The PHEP program leads local efforts to increase health care and public health capacity to plan, prepare, respond and recover from a broad range of public health threats such as disease outbreaks, natural and man-made disasters, and biological, chemical and radiological emergencies.
The CDPC will play a key role in updating emergency plans, coordination trainings for hospitals and emergency response partners, increasing mass vaccination capabilities and coordination the disaster healthcare volunteer workforce. The CDPC will facilitate risk communication focus groups to expand dissemination of emergency infectious disease information to the residents living in Monterey County.
The community will benefit from this action by having a medical and health system that is better prepared to respond to and withstand the impacts of man-made and natural disasters.
This action will support the Monterey County Health Department’s 2016 - 2021 Strategic Plan Initiatives: 1. Empower the community to improve health through programs, policies, and activities; 2. Enhance community health and safety by emphasizing prevention; 3. Ensure access to culturally and linguistically appropriate, customer-friendly, quality health services; 4. Improve and align operational functions to meet current and developing population health needs.
This work also supports three of the ten essential public health services: Inform, educate, and empower people about health issues; link people to needed personal health services and assure the provision of health care when otherwise unavailable; and assure competent public and personal health care workforce.
OTHER AGENCY INVOLVEMENT:
Human Resources Department has reviewed and agrees with the recommendations.
FINANCING:
Costs for this additional 0.50 FTE for FY 2016-17 are $28,974 and for FY 2017-18 are $57,949. Funding sources are 100% State preparedness grant funding. There are sufficient appropriations and revenues included in Health Department’s FY 2016-17 Adopted Budget (4000-HEA003-8124) and this request will be included in the Department’s FY 2017-18 Requested Budget.
Prepared by: Dyan Apostolos, Assistant Bureau Chief, x8972
Approved by: Elsa Jimenez, Director of Health, x4526
Attachment:
Resolution is on file with the Clerk of the Board