Department
Behavioral Health and Development Disabilities
Requested Action (Identify appropriate Action or Motion, purpose, cost, timeframe, etc.)
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Request approval to enter into two Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs) between Fulton County, on behalf of the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities (DBHDD), with Sub-recipients for the extended grant award in the amount of $3,900,000.00 from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health). The two MOUs are with (a) the Fulton County Board of Health (FCBOH) in the amended amount of $812,690.00 to implement evidenced-based, culturally-tailored health literacy strategies to enhance the rates of COVID-19 testing, contact tracing, mitigation measures, and vaccine confidence and the cross-cutting urgency of behavioral health literacy and access to related services among racial and ethnic minority populations and other socially vulnerable populations, and (b) Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM), in the amount of $800,000.00 to provide quality improvement activities and program evaluation. The County Attorney is authorized to approve the two MOUs as to form and make necessary changes thereto prior to execution. The MOUs are effective August 1, 2023 through October 1, 2024. (APPROVED UPON ADOPTION OF THE CONSENT AGENDA)
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Requirement for Board Action (Cite specific Board policy, statute or code requirement)
Pursuant to O.C.G.A. § 36-10-1, all official contract entered into by the County governing authority and with other persons on behalf of the County shall be in writing and entered in its minutes.
Strategic Priority Area related to this item (If yes, note strategic priority area below)
Health and Human Services
Commission Districts Affected
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Summary & Background (First sentence includes Agency recommendation. Provide an executive summary of the action that gives an overview of the relevant details for the item.)
Scope of Work: The purpose of the project is to increase awareness about COVID-19 mitigation efforts and behavioral health services; increase COVID-19 testing, vaccine confidence, and vaccine uptake; and decrease stigma related to behavioral health, increase behavioral health literacy, and increase usage of behavioral health services in Fulton County. Fulton DBHDD is providing oversight for the project, which includes subrecipients Fulton County Board of Health and Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM). Fulton County BOH is responsible for the use of an Organizational Health Literacy Initiative for primary and behavioral health providers that includes train-the-trainer, evidenced-based teach backs, toolkits/discussion guides, and plain language materials in order to align with the Healthy People 2030 objectives related to provider/patient communication (HC/HIT-01, HC/HIT-02 and HC/HIT-03). Morehouse School of Medicine is responsible for quality improvement activities and program evaluation. Together, they will expand Fulton County’s efforts to improve health literacy, enhance the rates of COVID-19 testing, contact tracing, mitigation measures, and vaccine confidence and the cross-cutting urgency of behavioral health literacy and access to related services among racial and ethnic minority populations and other socially vulnerable populations.
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Department Recommendation: Fulton County Department of Behavioral Health & Developmental Disabilities requests approval of two Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs) between Fulton County, on behalf of the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities (DBHDD) with Sub-recipients for the extended grant award in the amount of $3,900,000.00 from the US Department of Health & Human Services (Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health), effective August 1, 2023 through October 1, 2024.
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Funding Line 1:
461 755 AHL1 1160