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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1994-09-26 94-409 ORDERI-OW Date September 26, 1994 Item No.94-409 Item/Subject: Iemarcation Program Grant Renewal Responsible Department Health and Welfare Commentary: This is the fifteenth renewal of the I®wization Program Grant. The total of this years grant is $]9.]00-. the purpose of the program is t �mt rdinate and facilitate childhood immunization fox vaccine -preventable diseases and adult flu and Hepatitis B. A copy of the progress surmary is attached for your. information. p.ornem/� Manager's Comments: - Cny mnfe Associated Information: Budget Approval: re Legal Approval: C Sol.rm. Introduced For ®passage ❑First Reading Page -of oft- ❑ Referral 94-409 Ae®pad to Councils Sullivan September 26, 1994 CITY OF BANGOR (TITLE.) (orberi.entbnriaing..che.city -Mauagai-to. axecute..a. GrantAgreement Maine Department of Human Services =- Immunization program By the City Coaxei! of Ga OUV of Bandar. ORDERED, TUT the City Manager is hereby authorized to submit and accept a grant from the State of Maine, Department of Human Services, Bureau of Health for $]9}00 with $2,500 from clinic receipts and $13.066.04 In carry-over funds from the 1993-94 grant under the Immunization program for continuation of immunisation services, the grant and project are to be administered by the City of Bangor Department of Health and Welfare. 94-409 IN CITY COUNCIL O R D E R September 26, 1994 Passed Title CiY CLe gnM......g the CIIy Mana&et to. Hnecgte a Grant Agreement With the Ma1m Department of. Human Services - ImmunlznHon Pro$rnm. j I Awigned to I i ....SY I1 •.VA n ................ Co.uncilman STATE OF MAINE P;aoram- Immunization DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES BUREAU OF HEALTH Grant dates1011/949/30/95 Since 1979 the Bangor Health & Welfare Department Immunization Program has operated in conjunction with, and has been funded by, the State Bureau of Health Immunization Program to provide services to the residents of Northern and Eastern Maine. In the fall of 1993 Bangor Program staff increased from one to three positions with the onset of Federal Immunization Action Plan funding: one full-time health educator and two part-time public health nurses. The director of the Bangor Health & Welfare Department serves as project supervisor and grant manager. Bangor Program efforts are communicated to the State Program Grant Manager through. quarterly reports and attendance at periodic State Program staff meetings. - Since long before 1979 the Public Health Nursing Division of Bangor Health & Welfare has provided a variety of preventive health services primarily to Bangor residents. Historically these services have included semi-monthly immunization clinics. These regularly scheduled clinics always have been held at locations in Bangor and mainly have served patients of area pediatricians. IAP funding has enabled Bangor Program staff to expand services targeted toward infants and children under the age of two. Specifically the Program has increased to six the number of clinics offered each month, has promoted the clinics more effectively, and has augmented the remindeorecall system designed to increase clients' rate of return. This grant award will allow the Bangor Health & Weffare Department to maintain its immunization services, and to pass knowlegde gained through our efforts to public and private sector practices throughout the region. Program staff will continue to identify clients not being sewed by existing public and private providers throughout the region, administer indicated vaccines, provide appropriate medical and social service referrals, and recruit and train qualified volunteers to help with the effort. Further, the award will enable expanded efforts at improving service delivery, assessment, and educational programs throughout the region. The public health nurses receive clinical supervision from the director of Public Health Nursing, and otherwise report to the health educator who, in tum, apprises the State Immunization Program director of project activtlies through quarterly reports. The public health nurses will attend State Immunization Program staff meetings.