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COUNTY OF HAWAII <br />STATE OF HAWAII <br />RESOLUTION NO. '733 OS <br />RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE OFFICE OF THE MAYOR TO ENTER INTO AN <br />AGREEMENT WITH THE STATE OF HAWAII DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, <br />PURSUANT TO HRS 46-7, FOR THE CHRONIC DISEASE SELF MANAGEMENT <br />PROGRAM <br />WHEREAS, the State of Hawaii Department of Health has authorized funding to the Hawaii <br />County's Office of Aging for the Chronic Disease Self Management Program (CDSMP); and <br />WHEREAS, these funds, derived from the U.S. Administration of Aging, will be used to <br />implement the CDSMP, which is an evidenced-based prevention program that closely replicates a <br />specific intervention that has been tested through randomly controlled experiments with published <br />results; and <br />WHEREAS, the Office of Aging will coordinate the delivery of this program through an aging <br />service provider organization; and <br />WHEREAS, the goals of this project is to build an Aging Network capacity in evidenced based <br />(EB) programming and to embed the Chronic Disease Self Management Program in the Aging <br />Network; and <br />WHEREAS, the major objectives are to a) staff the Hawaii County Office of Aging's Health <br />Aging Project (HAP), b) participate on the HAP Steering Committee and Evaluation Subcommittee, c) <br />train a minimum of two (2) individuals as Master trainers, d) replicate CDSMP with fidelity in Older <br />Americans Act funded programs in Hawaii County, and e) support ten (10}older adult participants to <br />complete the 6 week CDSMP program and evaluation protocol; and <br />