Drafter
Clerk 09/07/2017
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A RESOLUTION retroactively approving the Healthcare for the Homeless Network's budget for fiscal year 2016, effective January 1, 2016; approving the 2018-2020 Health Resources and Services Administration's Service Area Competition grant application; and, retroactively approving the New Access Point grant application for the Boren Clinic, effective August 2015.
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WHEREAS, Public Health - Seattle & King County is a Healthcare for the Homeless grantee authorized under Section 330(h) of the Public Health Service Act, and
WHEREAS, as a health center grantee, King County must comply with a set of expectations, including the establishment of a formal governing board, and King County has elected to meet that requirement directly through the Board of Health, and
WHEREAS, the Board of Health standing committee on the Healthcare for the Homeless Network was created in 2016 to further meet the governance requirements, and
WHEREAS, these governance requirements include: reviewing and approving the annual operating budget and evaluating health center activities; measuring and evaluating the organization's progress and long-term programmatic and financial goals; and developing plans for the long-range viability of the organization by engaging in strategic planning in partnership with the Healthcare for the Homeless Network planning council, and
WHEREAS, in King County, many of the governance functions required by the Health Resources and Services Administration are accomplished by structures already within King County government making further action by the King County Board of Health unnecessary or redundant, and
WHEREAS, in King County government, the metropolitan King County council has primary responsibility to approve the budget proposed by the executive for all departments and programs and the council fully vets the Healthcare for the Homeless Network's budget as part of its budget process, and
WHEREAS, Board of Health standi...

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