health department, United Way, and low-income primary care contracts

1:09:22So I pulled C44, I mean yeah, 43, 44, and 46. And I just wanted to draw attention to it. One was the Department of Health, one's United Way, uh, and the other's local metch funding for low income for premier health care. These are all very important things. Paul, do you want to speak to them all?

1:09:41Yeah, of course. Uh so for our Department of Health, uh Trent Chicatone is also here. Case you want to hear from her, but essentially that contract allows for um communicable diseased primary care services and environmental services across our community. Over 46,000 residents have benefited from those services under that contract, and over 1 million services have been provided this year alone. Um for uh C44, the United Way of Pasco County, um

1:10:11they distribute the funding that we provide in the amount of three hundred and fifteen thousand dollars to a variety of not-for-profits that then ends up having a very positive downstream effect to our community. A good example of that. Is an allocation that will go to our Pasco County, Pasco Kids first organization that we work closely, and they'll be able to use that allocation to leverage federal dollars coming into our community to enhance and provide services. Over 60

1:10:41organizations are funded this year, and so that's something to consider as well on the level of services that are also uh provided to our community. For C46, the um premier contract to provide local match funding for the low-income pool program, that provides uncompensated charity care for uninsured or underinsured residents in our community. To date, they've treated over 7,500 residents in Pasco

1:11:11County under that program alone. So that $150,000 that we provide under that contract then gets us a federal match of $245,389 back. That then goes back to our community in the means of services for primary care, dentistry, pediatric care, obstetrics, and gynecology, among others. And so the impact to our community is offering those preventive. services that they wouldn't otherwise have uh should this funding uh go

1:11:41away.

1:11:42So all three of these programs all help low income. That's correct. And especially the United Way one. When we look at like years ago we started with a small amount of money, we'd help United Way. And when the money grew a little bit, uh the economy there's res recession hit. Instead of pulling back from that, we actually put more money into it to help those that we knew were gonna be in more trouble. Um as we look at things nowadays Yeah. You wanna help people get their health, you wanna help them get situations they can get out

1:12:12of if United Way does it as opposed to us because our bureaucracy is huge as we all know. United Way is much more efficient in making great decisions with all the people that sit on that board. We got high level people across this county that I I I know they're doing the the right thing with that and um one other put you know, premier health care helping the low income across. the board.

1:12:34You know, same thing with the health department going to our merchant room trying to get there. Exactly. So what we're doing is something there and it's not funded for anything else, but believe but our ad valorem tax is coming through. So Commissioner Oakley.

1:12:45Yeah, I just want to say that uh all three of these programs do very much for our citizens in Pasco County and uh United Way actually takes that money and and gets grants. that sometimes doubles that amount of money that they're able to put out in in the Pasco County and Citizens Company. So that's very good programs.

1:13:05I just want to say something about United Way too. I I've called them and they've helped people with rental assistance. And even on a Sunday they will meet the citizen, whether it's at Walmart to buy their groceries and then check them out. They're seven days a week. not like sorry it's the weekend we'll get with you Monday. I mean they they help people right away so I can't say enough about those those three entities and um I am so thankful we support them. So Yeah

1:13:32move to approve forty three and forty four and forty six. That's it.

1:13:36All in favor say aye.

1:13:38Wait, uh Commissioner, did you pull all three for the same discussion? Because the low-income poll we have to do that right-that's a

1:13:44sign. He's doing it because I'm difficult during budget time.

1:13:47No, I'm very good. I

1:13:49mean Yeah. Okay.

1:13:51So it's okay to do it all in one motion. We've done it. All in favor say aye. Aye. Aye. Any opposed? Okay. thank you.

1:14:02For my time, just for the chairman.

1:14:04So good.

1:14:06I think that was unanimous.