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a. Accept a $5,000 Grant Award from the Tides Foundation, at the recommendation of the Center for Care Innovations (CCI), in partnership with the California Health Care Foundation, to support the Health Department's role as a Technology Hub participant to collaborate, test, learn, and share about technologies that bring value to care delivery to safety net health systems; and
b. Authorize the Director of Health or Assistant Director of Health to accept the Terms and Conditions of Grant No. 1806-52621, on behalf of the Health Department, Clinic Services Bureau in the amount of $5,000, effective upon acceptance of the Grant Award payment.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
a. Accept a $5,000 Grant Award from the Tides Foundation, at the recommendation of the Center for Care Innovations (CCI), in partnership with the California Health Care Foundation, to support the Health Department's role as a Technology Hub participant to collaborate, test, learn, and share about technologies that bring value to care delivery to safety net health systems; and
b. Authorize the Director of Health or Assistant Director of Health to accept the Terms and Conditions of Grant No. 1806-52621, on behalf of the Health Department, Clinic Services Bureau in the amount of $5,000, effective upon acceptance of the Grant Award payment.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
The Health Department Clinic Services Bureau (Health Department) operates nine community clinic sites designated as Federally Qualified Health Center Look-Alikes (FQHC-LA), which provide preventative, primary, and specialty medical care services.
The Tides Foundation, at the recommendation of the Center for Care Innovations (CCI) Fund, in partnership with California Health Care Foundation, has awarded the Health Department's Clinic Services Bureau a grant to provide funding under their Technology Hub program, which goal is to partner with safety net health systems to vet, pilot, evaluate...
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