ADOPTED - OCTOBER 27, 1998

Agenda Item No. 9

Introduced by the Human Services and Finance Committees of the:

INGHAM COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE 1998-99 COMMUNITY AGENCY

CONTRACTS FOR HEALTH SERVICES

RESOLUTION #98-245

WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners has for many years contracted with community agencies for certain services that assist the Health Department in carrying out its mission to protect and promote the health of the community; and

WHEREAS, the existing contracts for service expire on September 30, 1998, and the funding to continue these contracts is included in the Health Department's proposed 1999 budget; and

WHEREAS, the Health Officer recommends that the Board authorize contracts with these agencies to implement the services for the period October 1, 1998 through September 30, 1999, corresponding with the fiscal year for the Health Department; and

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Ingham County Board of Commissioners authorizes contracts for the period October 1, 1998 through September 30, 1999 with the following community agencies at funding levels established in the Health Department's 1999 adopted budget:

Cristo Rey Community Center, 1717 High Street, Lansing, MI 48906, $41,775 to provide County support for the operation of a primary care clinic to serve low-income, uninsured persons in the North Lansing area and to serve Spanish speaking Ingham County residents.

Gateway Community Services, 910 Abbott Road, Suite 100, East Lansing, MI 48823, $87,560 to provide County support for the operation of a primary care clinic to serve low-income, uninsured persons in the student housing area of East Lansing, and to provide family planning and sexually transmitted disease services to Ingham County residents.

Child Abuse Prevention Services, 300 N. Washington, Suite 51, Lansing, MI 48933, $49,517 to provide advocacy, educational, prevention and respite services directed at preventing child abuse and correcting the effects of child abuse.

Catholic Social Services/St. Vincent's Home for Children, 1900 S. Cedar Street, Room 302, Lansing, MI 48910, $122,560 to provide support, transportation and translation services to support health care needs of refugees settled in the Lansing area, and to provide educational services to assist these refugees to make the transition to the local culture and economy.

ADOPTED - OCTOBER 27, 1998

Agenda Item No. 9

RESOLUTION #98-245

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Board Chairperson is authorized to sign the service contracts after review by the County Attorney.

HUMAN SERVICES: Yeas: Czarnecki, Smiley, Stid, Keefe

Nays: None Absent: Juall Approved 10/19/98

FINANCE: Yeas: Goulet, Keefe, McDonald, Grebner, Czarnecki, Schafer

Nays: None Absent: Bernero Approved 10/21/98