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COUNTY OF HAWAII ~ STATE OF HAWAII
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RESOLUTION NO. 586 Q8
A RESOLUTION TRANSFERRING/APPROPRIATING AN APPROPRIATION OUT AND
FROM THE DESIGNATED FUND ACCOUNT(S) AND CREDITING SAME TO A
DESIGNATED FUND ACCOUNT(S).
WHEREAS, statistics provided by the Oral Health Task Force Hawaii Primary Caze
Association states that "more than 350,000 Hawaii residents do not have dental insurance and an
additiona175,000 children have covereage under the State Medicaid program (QUEST); and
WHEREAS, the Medicaid and QUEST programs provide no routine dental coverage for
adults and children, who must often wait until their condition is an emergency situation; and
WHEREAS, the Office for Social Ministry, Catholic Church in Hawaii has provided the
Mobile Care Health Project (MCHP) as a safety net provider of dental services for the low-income
uninsured, Quest and Medicaid population on the Island of Hawaii in the Hamakua and North
Hawaii districts; and
WHEREAS, the immediate and short-term goals are to provide direct services of acute and
episodic dental care, oral health assessments, education, referrals and patient advocacy to which
services was provided in access of 17,000 patient's visits, allowing people to return to work, school
or their families by alleviating pain and infection, and improving health; and
WHEREAS, the long term solutions by the Mobile Caze Health Project aze to continue
working to participate in strong community partnerships at the State and County level, including the
Community Health Clinics (CHC), to develop permanent, sustainable solutions to dental caze needs
by being a primary voice in raising awareness of the needs of the poor for access to oral healthcare;
and
WHEREAS, the Mobile Caze Health Project provides services such as emergency/acute
Caze for Medicaid/Quest and low-income uninsured individuals in the Honoka`a, Kona and
Honaunau azeas for children between the ages of one through twenty-one, and for vulnerable adults
in active case management, treatment programs, residential caze facilities, pregnant, and referrals
from Oncology, Organ Replacements; and
WHEREAS, Contingency Relief funds from Council District 1 will be appropriated to the
the Office of Housing and Development to be used towards the Mobile Care Health Project; now,
therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY TIIE COUNCIL OF TIIE COUNTY OF I~AWAI`I, that the
following amount is hereby transferred/appropriated as set forth below:
FUND: GENERAL
AMOUNT OF
APPROPRIATION: $15,000
OUT AND FROM:
010.101.5101.91 Clerk-Council SVC -Contingency Relief $15,000
CREDITED TO:
010.801.5801.32 Office of Housing & Community Development $15,000
Trans to Housing Fund
(OSM-Hawaii Island Mobile Care Health Project
152.461.5466.39)
BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that the County Clerk shall forward a copy of this
resolution to the Housing Administrator and Director of Finance and that the Director of Finance is
hereby authorized to make the necessary transfers in accordance with the terms of this resolution.
Dated at Hilo , Hawaii, this 9th day of April , 2008.
INTRODUCED BY:
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COUNCIL MEMBE O OF HAWAII
COUNTY COUNCIL ROLL CALL voTE
County of Hawaii AYES NOES ABS Ex
Hilo, Hawaii FO>~ X
HIGA X
I hereby certify that the foregoing RESOLUTION was by HOFFMANN X
the vote indicated to the right hereof adopted by the COUNCIL of the IKEDA X
County of Hawaii on April 9 , 20 0 8
JACOBSON
NAEOLE
ATTEST: PILAGO X
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YOSHIMOTO
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~ ~ Reference: C-1125/Waived FC
CO>~JNTY CLERK CHAIRMAN & SIDING OFFICER RESOLUTION NO. ~