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Commissioner Brown - DHHS (Health Division) - To Accept and Appropriate Grant Funds Received from the National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) for the Environmental Health Private Well Program (100% Grant Funds - $20,000)
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STAFF CONTACT
Samantha Dye - Environmental Health Administrator - DHHS (Public Health Division) - 704-853-5230
BUDGET IMPACT
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Appropriate 100% Other Grant Revenue.
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BUDGET ORDINANCE IMPACT
Increase Other Grant revenue by $20,000 and appropriate $20,000 into the Special Program Accounts.
BACKGROUND
The Gaston County Department of Health and Human Services - Public Health Division received Grant funds from the National Environmental Health Association for the Environmental Health Private Well Program. The NEHA grant develops methods to estimate the number of private wells, private well users, determines private well testing distribution, and assesses risk for regional contaminant exposure. Funds will be used to hire a part-time graduate intern to assess the risks of contaminant exposure and for supplies and online tools to develop private well educational materials. These are Non-County funds.
POLICY IMPACT
N/A
ATTACHMENTS
Budget Change Request (BCR)