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Vote on a request to accept $33,850 Duke Endowment Grant Funds
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Action Requested: Vote on a request to accept $33,850 Duke Endowment, Healthy People, Healthy Carolinas Grant Funds
Introduction & Background: The Duke Endowment Healthy People, Healthy Carolinas program grant is awarded to community coalitions working to improve community health, specifically around obesity and chronic disease. The grant is available to local health departments and community hospitals, who have worked jointly on a recent Community Health Assessment. The Duke Endowment provides funding for the Healthy People, Healthy Carolinas Program. Population Health Improvement Partners oversees grant activities and provides technical assistance to the coalitions.
The Chatham County Public Health Department and Chatham Hospital applied for and were awarded funding through the program. Chatham Hospital is the fiscal agent for the grant, and will be released funding annually (a total of $450,000 over three years was awarded). Chatham County Public Health Department, as the backbone agency for the Chatham Health Alliance will provide coalition coordination, and continued programmatic support.
Funding will be used to support the Chatham Health Alliance's work related to obesity prevention, and to hire a full-time Strategy and Evaluation Coordinator to oversee the obesity action plan, coordinate Healthy People, Healthy Carolinas work, and grant requirements. The Strategy and Evaluation Coordinator will be housed at the Health Department, to ensure streamline communication between the Strategy and Evaluation Coordinator and other Health Promotion staff working on Chatham Health Alliance work.
Discussion & Analysis: In order to house the Strategy and Evaluation Coordinator position at the Chatham County Public Health Department, Chatham Hospital will need to release $33,850 to the Chatham County Public Health Department quarterly to cover the salary, benefits, and op...
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