Item:
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Authorize the County Manager to Submit a Signed Letter Confirming the Board’s Support of Lincoln Community Health Center’s Application for Section 330 Federal Funding.
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Date of BOCC Meeting: November 12, 2024
Request for Board Action:
Agenda Text
The Board is requested to authorize the County Manager to submit a signed letter confirming the Board’s support of Lincoln Community Health Center’s application for Section 330 federal funding.
Lincoln Community Health Center LCHC is a non-profit community health center that has been providing accessible, affordable, high quality, patient focused primary care for more than fifty years. Current clinic statistics confirm that 97% of LCHC patients have incomes at or below 200% of federal poverty guidelines and 51% are uninsured (Attachment 2).
The primary form of federal funding for Community Health Centers like (LCHC) is the Health Center Program as authorized in Section 330 of the Public Health Services Act (42 U.S. Code §254b <https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section254b&num=0&edition=prelim>).
The letter of support is an essential component of LCHC’s application for the Service Area Competition Grant for Community Health Center and Healthcare for the Homeless funding (Attachment 3).
Attachments: 1) Letter of support; 2) Request Letter from LCHC; 3) Healthcare for the Homeless Program Fact Sheet.
Alignment with Strategic Plan: This item addresses the following focus areas: 1) Healthy and Inclusive Community, 2) Safe and Resilient Community, 3) Empowered Community.
Resource Persons: Claudia Hager, Durham County Manager; Larissa Williamson, Durham County Attorney; Nathan McKinney, Senior Assistant County Attorney.
County Manager’s Recommendation: The County Manager recommends that the Board authorize the County Manager to submit a signed letter confirming the Board’s support of Lincoln Community Health Center’s application for Section 330 federal funding.
Signature
County Manager: ____________________________