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PROPOSED GRANT AWARD
Department: Cook County Health
Grantee: Cook County Health
Grantor: Health Resources and Services Administration
Request: Authorization to accept grant
Purpose: Primary Care Training and Enhancement-Community Prevention and Maternal Health
Grant Amount: $600,000.00
Grant Period: 7/1/2021 - 6/30/2022
Fiscal Impact: $600,000.00
Accounts: N/A
Concurrences:
The Budget Department has received all requisite documents and determined the fiscal impact on Cook County, if any.
Summary: The Cook County Health (CCH) Primary Care Training and Enhancement-Community Prevention and Maternal Health Program seeks to expand its current curriculum to include focused training in maternal health outcomes targeted to underserved populations in Cook County, IL. This program will also enhance the existing clinical curriculum in priority areas of HIV, opioid addiction and overdose, quality improvement, telehealth, and mental health access to include a focus on maternal health needs and initiatives in each area. CCH will convene an advisory panel of multidisciplinary maternal health care (MNC) experts to work with preventive medicine program leadership to guide the implementation of all our proposed program activities and foster partnerships with academic and community organizations focused on MHC.
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