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Commissioners approve endorsement use of Community Health Centers logo for LC 24-23 school sealant funding
Summary
Community Health Centers requested the board endorse LC 24-23, a legislative concept directing the Oregon Health Authority to allocate $900,000 to certified school-based sealant programs; the board approved use of the health centers’ logo to endorse the measure.
Molly Perino, representing Community Health Centers of Benton and Linn counties, asked the Benton County Board of Commissioners on Jan. 7 to endorse LC 24-23, a legislative concept that ‘‘directs the Oregon Health Authority to allocate $900,000 to support school based, sealant programs.’’ Perino said the state program certifies 19 programs across Oregon and that the funding would help pay for follow-up care for children seen in school-based sealant programs.
Perino said roughly ‘‘40% of the kids we see need some kind of follow-up care’’ and that the proposed funding would allow programs to hire staff or dedicate time for outreach to families who otherwise receive only a passive paper notice sent home in backpacks. She noted the bill text in the packet was not specific about distribution and that staff had not yet produced final allocation rules.
Commissioner Malone asked about distribution and noted subsection language mentioning proportional distribution by number of schools; Perino said distribution could be either equal by program or proportional by number of schools served and that the final method could change the per-program amount. Malone moved to approve using the Community Health Centers of Benton and Linn County logo to endorse LC 24-23; the motion passed with ‘‘aye’’ votes recorded.
Ending: The board granted the requested endorsement use; no county matching funds or long-term staffing commitments were authorized on the record.
