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Public Health Department recommending Budget Transfer increasing revenue and expenditures in said Department's Fiscal Year 2007-2008 budget; and recommending Chairman be authorized to sign Resolution 306-2007 adding one (1) Health Education Coordinator position and one (1) Health Program Specialist position in preparation of receipt of grant documents from the State Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs for a prevention grant aimed at binge drinking in South Lake Tahoe among Latino youth. (4/5 vote required)
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve.
FUNDING: Safe and Drug Free School and Community Grant
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BUDGET SUMMARY: |
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Total Estimated Cost |
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$210,680 |
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Funding |
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Budgeted |
$ |
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New Funding |
$210,680 |
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Savings |
$ |
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$ |
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Total Funding Available |
$210,680 |
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Change To Net County Cost |
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$0 |
Fiscal Impact/Change to Net County Cost: County shall receive $1,048,309 over a 5-year period. $210,680 shall be budgeted in FY 2007-08. T here is no net County cost.
Background: The Safe and Drug Free Schools Grant, offered by the California State Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs (ADP) - Prevention Branch, is focused on reducing the number of children and adolescents who engage in binge drinking and other alcohol-related issues affecting California minors. A significant number (32%) of youth in South Lake Tahoe, grades 7-12, are identified as Hispanic. It is estimated that 30-32% of these children binge drink or have experienced binge drinking in the last 30 days (California Youth Risk Behavior Survey). Emphasis is placed on children and youth who are not normally served by state and local educational agencies and populations that need special services or additional resources.
The Board authorized the Department to apply to this grant at its meeting on August 14, 2007 (Item #5 on the consent calendar).
Reason for Recommendation: Through a notice of award letter from the State, the County has been notified that its application to the grant was successful. In preparation for the receipt of grant documents, Public Health has begun planning the use of those funds. The grant, titled "Las Deciciones Seguras" (Safe Decisions), is to provide early intervention and education to Latino youth in the South Lake Tahoe region of El Dorado County between the ages 12-18 years who are at risk of experiencing, or currently engaged in, binge drinking. The Department will receive $1,048,309 to cover a period of 5 years.
A portion of that funding will be used to hire an additional Health Education Coordinator and a Health Program Specialist. Human Resources has prepared a resolution increasing the Departments allocation for those two classifications.
Action to be taken following Board approval: Chairman to sign the attached Budget Transfer; Board Clerk's Office to forward Budget Transfer to Auditor-Controller's Office for posting; Chairman to sign the attached resolution increasing Public Health's allocation of the two classifications therein; Department to return to the Board with grant contract documents, when received from the State.
Contact: Dan Buffalo