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a. Authorize the Executive Director of the Monterey County Workforce Development Board (WDB) to accept grant funds in the total amount not to exceed $886,260 from the Central California Alliance for Health (the Alliance), to provide $183,040 to offset staffing costs for the two-year project; $650,000 to fund Community Health Worker cohort training tuition for 130 individuals employed by Alliance-contracted health care provider organizations; and up to $53,220 for training-related operational costs; and
b. Authorize the Executive Director to sign the services agreement to receive the grant from the Alliance effective retroactive to July 1, 2024, for the period from July 1, 2024, through September 30, 2026
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
a. Authorize the Executive Director of the Monterey County Workforce Development Board (WDB) to accept grant funds in the total amount not to exceed $886,260 from the Central California Alliance for Health (the Alliance), to provide $183,040 to offset staffing costs for the two-year project; $650,000 to fund Community Health Worker cohort training tuition for 130 individuals employed by Alliance-contracted health care provider organizations; and up to $53,220 for training-related operational costs; and
b. Authorize the Executive Director to sign the services agreement to receive the grant from the Alliance effective retroactive to July 1, 2024, for the period from July 1, 2024, through September 30, 2026
SUMMARY:
Beginning July 1, 2022, the State of California's Department of Health Care Services added a compensable Community Health Worker (CHW) Service Benefit to facilitate equitable access to services and improve the quality and cultural competence of service delivery. The Central California Alliance for Health (the Alliance), an award-winning regional non-profit health plan serving members in Monterey, Santa Cruz, and Merced counties, has established the CHW Service Benefit with c...
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