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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IS THIS A PURCHASING ITEM?
No
SUMMARY & BACKGROUND (First sentence includes Agency recommendation....
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