Memorandum
Date: August 9, 2022
To: The Honorable Lake County Board of Supervisors
From: Jen Baker, Health Services Deputy Director
Subject: Adopt a Resolution Approving the Renewal Application and Certification Statement for the State Department of Health Services, CMS Branch's Child Health & Disability Program (CHDP), Health Care Program for Children in Foster Care Program (HCPCFC), Monitoring Oversight of Foster Children Treated with Psychotropic Meds (HCPCFC-PMMO) and Caseload Relief (HCPCFC-CR) Grant for FY 2022-2023 and Authorize the Board Chair to Sign Said Certification Statement
Executive Summary:
The CHDP program assists children seen by a local network of medical providers with well child care and immunizations. The program carries out community activities, which include planning, evaluation and monitoring of medical services to low income children and youth in California. This program allows the Health Department to assist with care coordination, medical appointment scheduling, and access to medical services for qualifying children.
The CHDP program has several subprograms:
* Health Care Program for Children in Foster Care (HCPCFC) - a Public Health Nursing program that provides Public Health Nurse (PHN) expertise in meeting and assessing the medical needs of children in foster care.
* The Health Care Program for Children in Foster Care, Monitoring Oversight of Foster Children Treated with Psychotropic Meds (HCPCFC-PMMO) - allows PHN's to perform administrative activities in order to oversee psychotropic medication usage in foster children, including oversight of prescription medications, and by supporting the facilitation of the judicial oversight of psychotropic meds.
* The Health Care Program for Children in Foster Care Caseload Relief (HCPCFP-CR) - provides the Health Department additional funding for staffing to assist our local program in reducing our Public Health Nurse Caseloads.
The attached Resolution requests approval for t...
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