Drafter

Clerk 07/06/2017

Title

A RESOLUTION retroactively approving the Healthcare for the Homeless Network's budget for the fiscal year 2015-2016.

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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 this 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 Recovery Services Administration are accomplished by structures already within King County government making 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 including the Healthcare for the Homeless Network within the community health services division of Public Health - Seattle & King County and the council fully vets the Healthcare for the Homeless Network's budget as part of its budget process, and

                     WHEREAS, Board of Health standing committee members were invited to participate and one or more members or staff attended meetings related to the Healthcare for the Homeless Network in 2017, and

                     WHEREAS, in October 2016 the Healthcare for the Homeless Network program underwent an onsite visit by the Health Recovery Services Administration and the corrective action plan includes Board of Health governance action to approve the 2015-2016 Healthcare for the Homeless budget;

                     NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Health of King County:

                     The Healthcare for the Homeless Network's budget for the fiscal year 2015-2016 is retroactively approved.