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a. Accept a $92,500 Provider Recruitment Grant Award from Central California Alliance for Health (CCAH) in support of hiring a full time Public Health Nurse that will provide Nurse Family Partnership Program services to Medi-Cal members in the County of Monterey (County); and
b. Approve and authorize the Director of Health or Assistant Director of Health to execute a Medi-Cal Capacity Grant Agreement ("Agreement"), Grant number 1116-MCHD-PH-PR3, between (CCAH), in the amount of $92,500, for the hiring of a full time Public Health Nurse that will provide Nurse Family Partnership services to Medi-Cal members, effective on the date of execution by County and terminating no earlier than one year after the date of the last payment made to County.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
a. Accept a $92,500 Provider Recruitment Grant Award from Central California Alliance for Health (CCAH) in support of hiring a full time Public Health Nurse that will provide Nurse Family Partnership Program services to Medi-Cal members in the County of Monterey (County); and
b. Approve and authorize the Director of Health or Assistant Director of Health to execute a Medi-Cal Capacity Grant Agreement ("Agreement"), Grant number 1116-MCHD-PH-PR3, between (CCAH), in the amount of $92,500, for the hiring of a full time Public Health Nurse that will provide Nurse Family Partnership services to Medi-Cal members, effective on the date of execution by County and terminating no earlier than one year after the date of the last payment made to County.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
Central California Alliance for Health (CCAH) established the Medi-Cal Capacity Grant Program to support health care providers and community organizations whose efforts help to advance the mission of CCAH, which is to provide timely access to quality health care services and to increase Medi-Cal capacity in their service area. In February of 2017, the Director of Health notified the B...
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