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Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA) recommending the Board:
1) Approve and authorize the Chair to sign a financial operational Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) 6260 with the El Dorado Union High School District for the provision of Public Health Nurse Services for the term effective upon execution through June 30, 2025, and a total reimbursement to HHSA in the amount of $90,000; and
2) Authorize the HHSA Director, or the Public Health Director, to execute further documents relating to MOU 6260, including amendments that do not increase the maximum dollar amount or term of the MOU, contingent upon approval by County Counsel and Risk Management, and to further authorize the HHSA Director or the HHSA Chief Fiscal Officer to execute any required fiscal and programmatic reports.
FUNDING: 100% Revenue from El Dorado Union High School District discretionary funds.
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND:
The Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA) Public Health Division (PHD) has been an active participant in collaboration with the El Dorado Union High School District (EDUHSD) in providing preventative public health intervention and education to at-risk students and their families since 1996.
Through the provision of a dedicated Public Health Nurse (PHN) available to the campus complexes of the district, students have access through direct referral to a full scope of community-based resources. The PHN provides expert physical/social assessments and case management for those students and families that are at highest risk for complex health, psychosocial, and academic challenges.
Activities of the PHN on campus are an extension of the required scope of activities undertaken through the Maternal Adolescent Child Health Program as defined by the Title V Block Grant specific to children and youth, including children of special needs for the expressed purpose of improving health and wellbeing for the school-aged population in the areas of oral health, trauma and viol...
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