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“Please be assured that the council is aware of the issue,” the executive director said, reporting that vendor invoices dating as far back as November 2024 had been forwarded to the Department of Administration (DOA) and that some invoices totaling over $100,000 remained unpaid. The director said the council’s office forwards invoices to DOA within 24 hours of receipt but that payment timing is controlled by DOA.

The executive director also briefed mayors on FEMA public-assistance projects, saying the council has identified roughly $4,400,000 in eligible projects and that the DOA has advised that procurement for those projects will go through the General Services Agency (GSA). “Procurement will go through GSA. So we will not here at the council be able to assist you with your procurement,” the director said, according to the transcript.

Mayors repeatedly asked for clarification about process and points of contact; some asked whether DOA or the council will organize training for mayors to work with GSA. The director said she would meet with DOA division heads and the acting chief procurement officer to seek clearer guidance and to request a special training session for mayors.

Separately, mayors approved routine meeting items at the session: acceptance of April meeting minutes, approval of the treasurer’s report, and a $450 expenditure to register the MCOG softball team in a league. The outstanding-invoice issue prompted several mayors to request additional follow-up and documentation from the executive director.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Mayors' Council of Guam Monthly Regular Meeting - May 7, 2025","oneSentenceSummary","The Mayor’s Council executive director told mayors many vendor invoices dating to late 2024 remain unpaid and that procurement for identified FEMA public-assistance projects will be handled by GovGuam’s General Services Agency rather than directly by the council, a change mayors asked for clarification about.","taxTitle","Mayor’s Council of Guam, Agencies, Executive , Guam","taxId",18961,"location","","headline","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":72,"_74":72},6246437,"Guahan Dula program trains doulas, seeks Medicaid coverage and village group sessions",486,2374000,2860000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3217687-66a661a4081ad36ba3ec559f306cd11d&start=2374&end=2860","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3217687-66a661a4081ad36ba3ec559f306cd11d/thumbnail_2374000.jpg","/articles/6246437/Guahan-Dula-program-trains-doulas-seeks-Medicaid-coverage-and-village-group-sessions","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6246437-ba574b58d7f099b58e8c863f5a1851ef/orig.mp4?Expires=1770960864&Signature=m155KUjynacVaGvSAMBJ6oO8CePQxyP6xUiwSa9V0QM~EhTw7FQ51x3aPR4bgdn1vGMmWkm8NfT6S~Q2rboil0X-NGNBlMh8FYLGe5-mIH6uOnqsg6l2v-UUrwm-Us6Z3Jwgy8p3t5N4Lo0aCZgucxPysXD45ejVwD-3de05sjPDWbeUEUcs2kffmnJocP9zEZ0b9jblPmAb6zBXojSxRxiaNU8YVCxRQ8zu1wKflDb11UzG7jKhZpNhSN8d9mT8tokYSVgAbO9HecKVJK~KQyqL6~DSJJa7QfKaijWfy07ZUsVFLJrS-iLeeQI8eaJT~DFxcIBawfRazFthggou6Q__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Jane Flores, director of the Guam Bureau of Women’s Affairs, briefed the Mayor’s Council of Guam on May 10 on the Guahan Dula birth-worker project, a locally tailored doula-training and outreach effort funded by the governor and a GEDA grant.

Flores said Guam’s maternal and infant mortality rates are high and cited the program’s public-health purpose: “Because as I mentioned, we have some of the highest rates of maternal and infant mortality,” she said, arguing doulas can improve communication with medical providers, reduce stress in labor, and identify postpartum depression earlier.

Flores told the council the Bureau has trained 19 doulas so far, is integrating culturally relevant Chamorro birth practices into training, and is working to add doula services to the Guam Medicaid plan and to GovGuam employee insurance. She described doula functions — prenatal education and birth planning, advocacy during labor, family engagement, breastfeeding support and postpartum screening for depression — and said the bureau planned group doula sessions at village community centers from July through October.

Two trained doulas attending the meeting, Jelena Santos and Kirsten Rosario, described outreach and community-education work, including services for teen parents and language-access support for Deaf mothers. Flores asked mayors to offer community-center space for evening group sessions; she said the bureau would send an informational sheet for social media and distribution.

The council did not take formal action. Flores said the bureau will continue outreach to Medicaid and Department of Administration officials to secure reimbursement; she noted 12 U.S. states and D.C. already reimburse doulas and the policy change would expand access for marginalized residents.","Jane Flores, director of the Bureau of Women’s Affairs, told the mayoral council the Guahan Dula birth-worker project has trained doulas to address high maternal and infant mortality; the bureau is seeking Medicaid reimbursement and will offer group doula sessions in villages this summer.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":72,"_74":72},6246442,"Commission urges updated Chamorro orthography, warns PUDs may complicate place-name restoration",476,1462000,1938000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3217687-66a661a4081ad36ba3ec559f306cd11d&start=1462&end=1938","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3217687-66a661a4081ad36ba3ec559f306cd11d/thumbnail_1462000.jpg","/articles/6246442/Commission-urges-updated-Chamorro-orthography-warns-PUDs-may-complicate-place-name-restoration","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6246442-6f4d9b6a54129dc8cb14c73c338b2662/orig.mp4?Expires=1770960864&Signature=WiyO4bGE2gMgc76XdEgJpjZsR7fI2gg8FRuagsO~FX4RHTEoQwAGZ1zTzaF0mo4hyqEtgdusaNPa~DdXeiqVeyAWFuYeZhIFvkK~zTzG4FxfSNDbwCxbJiaW3nShnRF~9DW9DGY5-IId~0f6zOMvZl1BMZcfa1vmi15o4qbNcMllfT2lVOjbgu7q1Ag956wYENVcLbQtwO1Ccev0sn2~ywzUX5LSUTaYOQ0xPpicL22YzbSAHLyQs2REP6AchuasknButS9j9B6XfLOJsq2eOHqchtez~DjuwdJmju2xkeBUwcVUYzV4pqbEQFwQQNRizGfLwwwqDRYo25qA-ThqvQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Dr. Robert Underwood, representing the Commission I Fino’na’fåna’ (place-names commission), told the Mayor’s Council of Guam on May 10 that the commission is studying traditional Chamorro place names with a goal of restoring authentic pronunciations and spellings under current Chamorro orthography.

“our main mission is to honor our ancestors by aligning place names with, updated tomorrow orthography, researching the meaning of indigenous place names, and understanding the history of place,” Dr. Underwood said, describing the commission’s legal responsibilities to research and affirm traditional names for rivers, summits, springs, bays, points and commonly used locales.

Underwood said the commission does not control village legal boundaries or road names assigned by other authorities but does have standing with the U.S. Board on Geographic Names (BGN) to advise on official place names for Guam. He said some changes will be primarily spelling updates — for example recommendations to render Tamuning as Tamuning Tomhum — while other cases will be more controversial, especially where planned-unit developments (PUDs) have introduced new neighborhood names.

The commission has catalogued more than 1,300 place names to review, Underwood said, with the southern villages holding the most historical names and the northern and central villages likely to generate more discussion. He cited work with the Water and Environmental Research Institute on river and watershed names and said the commission is coordinating with federal mapping agencies but continues to seek input from village elders and informants.

Underwood warned the commission expects debate over names introduced by developers and military agencies: “planned unit developments will likely cause the greatest controversy in renaming,” he said, noting Apple and Google map labels and U.S. Geological Survey conventions also shape which names are widely used. He said the commission has recommended a compromise format for some village names (e.g., Agana Heights-Tutujan) and will forward recommendations to the legislature where legal changes are required.

No formal council action was recorded; mayors asked clarifying questions and Underwood said the commission will continue community consultations and return with proposed changes.","Dr. Robert Underwood of the place-names commission briefed mayors on a project to research and restore indigenous Chamorro place names and align spellings with current orthography; he cautioned planned-unit developments and external map databases can complicate renaming efforts.",{"_33":100,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":101,"_41":102,"_43":103,"_45":104,"_47":105,"_49":106,"_51":107,"_53":108,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":109,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":110,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":72,"_74":72},6246447,"Total Guam Foundation outlines island mobile clinic, continuity-of-care clinic in Tamuning",754,350000,1104000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3217687-66a661a4081ad36ba3ec559f306cd11d&start=350&end=1104","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3217687-66a661a4081ad36ba3ec559f306cd11d/thumbnail_350000.jpg","/articles/6246447/Total-Guam-Foundation-outlines-island-mobile-clinic-continuity-of-care-clinic-in-Tamuning","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6246447-35fdf337e36755302368b32e24d151c3/orig.mp4?Expires=1770960864&Signature=c8rK22~wp1m~nFeaWbMs5L4dy3rGpygZ2yDLWv2uEERhJyEjjG0Bi3FJghKngxhanLXkmOB9k6MGiryma27v~RhpWcVu8KtMMmLujEevUJgWdFEdNGUhuE8M8tOY1OYHFvBDVit0T9dNSD3YNudfCiynzdsRanl1dGlVpdfQw4t2duUF7UyCeRW1RT-4f2rKdmDg6cJoBTxTW~o~2KchiZ0sUe60N9NSm55o0~K3cBNKuAjVNeJWzXIXldJ9oc2yzlOANH5-VPQW5fo66KFZp1mveyAVvfET71q84kiMF4vSZn3BIwwQbrSAUzaLKHcTwiqXlizQw5xBzWSOpzgmRw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Former Senator Dennis Rodriguez, founder of the Total Guam Foundation, told the Mayor’s Council of Guam on May 10 that the nonprofit operates a mobile clinic and a brick-and-mortar clinic in Tamuning to provide regular primary care and specialty services to residents across the island.

Rodriguez said the foundation’s mission is “to address the health disparities and promote health equity, by providing basic access to healthcare, education and other social services, to our residents, without any restrictions.” The foundation began as a volunteer mobile-clinic outreach in 2016 and expanded into a Tamuning clinic that Rodriguez said is open six days a week from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.

The foundation described six programs to the council, led by its mobile “wellness on wheels” van and the Tamuning clinic, which Rodriguez said allows follow-up care after outreach events. Rodriguez listed services and providers participating regularly: family medicine and internal medicine, board-certified pediatric and psychiatric care, and two returning OB-GYNs who rotate back to Guam. The foundation also operates a cervical-cancer screening program funded initially through a University of Guam Guam Cancer Trust Fund grant and a patient-navigation/financial-assistance program that helps residents arrange off-island care when needed.

Rodriguez told mayors the mobile clinic maintains a regular schedule: weekly outreach at the Dededo farmers market on Saturdays from about 7 a.m. to 11 a.m., second- and fourth-Thursday outreaches at Cathedral Basilica aimed at unstably housed residents, and periodic Sunday stops in the Gilbreese area. He said the mobile van is a single exam-room vehicle and that the Tamuning clinic accepts insured and uninsured patients; the foundation seeks reimbursements from Medicaid and other payers when possible but does not receive a government operating subsidy.

On funding and partnerships Rodriguez said the mobile and clinic operations are supported by private donations, program income from billing insurers and occasional grants. He told mayors, in response to a question about capacity, that the foundation receives some grant support for specific programs (such as the cancer-screening grant) but “we don't get any Government of Guam funding for this. No subsidy. We've never had for our mobile clinic operations.”

Mayors and vice mayors pressed on capacity, telehealth and potential village visits; Rodriguez said the foundation offers telehealth when payers and patient needs permit and invited mayors to schedule village visits through his office. Council members did not take formal action; several said they would follow up to arrange outreach in their villages.

The council was given brochures and a schedule; Rodriguez said the foundation aims to expand continuity of care so screenings at village outreaches lead to ongoing treatment at the Tamuning clinic.","Former Senator Dennis Rodriguez told mayors the Total Guam Foundation operates a mobile clinic and a Tamuning clinic to provide screenings, immunizations and follow-up care; services rely on private donations, insurance billing and limited grant support rather than government subsidy.","actionData","errors"]

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