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Health and Human Services Agency, Public Health Division, recommending the Board consider the following:
1) Approve in concept, that the Chronic Disease Prevention Coalition, a project of Health and Human Services Agency, Public Health Division, become a participant (mentee) in a two-year Drug-Free Communities Mentoring Program with El Dorado Hills Community Vision Coalition, Inc. acting as the Program's mentor;
2) Authorize the Director to sign a Letter of Support for El Dorado Hills Community Vision Coalition, Inc., to apply for a Drug-Free Communities Mentoring Program Grant through the Office of National Drug Control Policy;
3) Approve El Dorado Hills Community Vision Coalition, Inc.'s submittal of an application for a two-year Drug-Free Communities Mentoring Program Grant to mentor the Health and Human Services Chronic Disease Prevention Coalition; and
4) Authorize the Health and Human Services Agency Director to execute any further documents required for El Dorado Hills Community Vision Coalition, Inc.'s application for said mentoring services, contingent upon review and approval by County Counsel and Risk Management, as applicable.
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Fiscal Impact/Change to Net County Cost
There is no fiscal impact to the County.
Background
The Office of National Drug Control Policy ("ONDCP") receives funding for the Drug Free Communities Support Program ("DFC") from Congress through the Drug Free Communities Act of 1997 (Public Law 105-20) to provide support to community-based coalitions that have formed to address local youth substance use and its related consequences. DFC Mentoring Program grants were established as a component of the DFC Support Program when it was reauthorized in 2001 (Public Law 107-82, 115 Stat. 814). The DFC program and the DFC Mentoring Program were reauthorized through ONDCP's Reauthorization Act of 2006 (Public Law 109-469). The fiscal year ("FY") 2013 federal budget is still pending before Congress; therefore, projections for av...
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