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Health Services Department recommending the Board authorize participation in an application for a Pilot Community Academic Research Award sponsored by the Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program for the purpose of reducing exposure to second-hand smoke in rural California, as co-applicant with University of California, Davis, Department of Public Health Sciences, in the amount of up to $125,000 for two years and requesting ratification of the Director of said Department's signature on participation documents.
FUNDING: State funding through Health Education and Research Accounts of the Tobacco Tax and Health Protection Act of 1988 (Proposition 99).
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BUDGET SUMMARY:
Total Estimated Cost up to $125,000
Funding
Budgeted $0
New Funding up to $125,000 for two years
Savings $
Other $
Total Funding Available up to $125,000 for two years
Change To Net County Cost $0
Fiscal Impact/Change to Net County Cost: There is no Net County Cost related to this grant application. This grant would enable an increase in the Health Services Department's budget by up to $125,000 over a two year period. If the Board authorizes participation in this application, and if the grant is subsequently awarded, the Department will return to the Board for approval of a participation agreement and budget transfer request.
Background: The Department has been invited to participate with University of California, Davis, Department of Public Health Services, in a planning award to develop a research collaboration between a university-based researcher and a community organization/local health department. El Dorado County (EDC) was invited to participate in this grant application due to a referral from staff at the Tobacco Control Evaluation Center after viewing a presentation by EDC Health Services Department Supervising Health Education Coordinator, Christy Kessler, for the EDC Tobacco Prevention Program. Anti...
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