ADOPTED - JUNE 23, 2009

Agenda Item No. 37

 

Introduced by the Human Services and Finance Committees of the:

 

INGHAM COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

 

RESOLUTION TO ACCEPT A GRANT FROM THE W. K. KELLOGG FOUNDATION
TO ADDRESS THE ROOT CAUSES OF HEALTH INEQUITY

 

RESOLUTION #09-198

 

WHEREAS, the Health Department has health equity – which is the elimination of the root causes of health disparity as one of its core values; and

 

WHEREAS, in 2004 and 2006 the Health Department received grant support from the W. K. Kellogg Foundation (Resolutions #04-074 and #06-015) to launch a social justice network to advance health equity; and

 

WHEREAS, the Health Department has successfully engaged its workforce and members of the community in dialogue and workshops on health equity and social justice, resulting in recommendations for action to engage young people in these areas and to increase the capacity of our community to organize effectively in support of health equity; and

 

WHEREAS, the Health Department has been awarded additional support by the W. K. Kellogg Foundation to develop a Health Equity Youth Academy in Ingham County, support the community’s ability to organize for health equity, expand the social justice network to other local health departments, and publish a report and two articles on the lessons learned for the use of dialogue to advance health equity through public health; and

 

WHEREAS, the Health Officer has recommended that the Board of Commissioners accept the grant award.

 

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Ingham County Board of Commissioners authorizes acceptance of a $400,000 grant from the W. K. Kellogg Foundation.

 

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the grant period will be from April 1, 2009 through March 31, 2011.

 

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a subcontract is authorized with Angela Austin, CEO of One Love Global, Inc., an Ingham County-based firm with expertise in youth empowerment and mobilization, to assist in the development of a Health Equity Youth Academy, subcontract amount not to exceed $30,000.

 

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a subcontract is authorized with the School-Community Health Alliance of Michigan (SCHA-MI), a statewide association of school/community health centers with expertise in youth engagement and policy development, to assist with policy development for the participants in the Health Equity Youth Academy, subcontract amount not to exceed $15,000.

 

 

ADOPTED - JUNE 23, 2009

Agenda Item No. 37

 

RESOLUTION #09-198

 

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a subcontract is authorized with Temple Smith, an MSU Ph.D. candidate with expertise in race, culture, and community, to assist in gathering and analyzing information from local health departments on the use of dialogue to advance health equity through social justice, subcontract amount not to exceed $25,000 per year for two years.  

 

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Controller/Administrator is authorized to amend the Health Department’s 2009 Budget in order to implement this resolution.

 

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Board Chairperson and County Clerk are authorized to sign any necessary documents consistent with this resolution after approval as to form by the County Attorney.

 

HUMAN SERVICES:  Yeas:  Tennis, Davis, McGrain, Schor, Dougan, Vickers

       Nays:  None            Absent:  None         Approved 6/15/09

 

FINANCE:  Yeas:  Grebner, Nolan, Bahar-Cook, Tennis, Davis, Dougan

      Nays:  None       Absent:  None        Approved 6/17/09