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Committee approves $500,000 council appropriation to expand JAX Care Connect referrals to primary care
Summary
Committee recorded approval of a $500,000 council strategic planning allocation to support JAX Care Connect and We Care's clinic network; presenters said the program has reduced unnecessary emergency-room returns and served tens of thousands of uninsured residents.
A committee approved a $500,000 council funding allocation to support JAX Care Connect, the coordinated referral system that links uninsured and under-resourced residents to primary and specialty care, presenters said.
The appropriation is a council budget enhancement; sponsors said the allocation was already approved in the council budget process and that bringing the funds to SPAR/We Care administration simply moves already approved money to program administration. "This was already in the…
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