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MEMORANDUM To: the Honorable Carrie Austin Chair, Committee on Budget & Government Operations MEMORANDUM To: The Honorable Carrie Austin Chair, Committee on Budget & Government Operations From: Julie Morita, M.D. Commissioner Chicago Department of Public Health CC: Samantha Fields Mayor’s Office of Legislative Counsel and Government Affairs Date: October 5, 2015 Re: Request for Information from Annual Appropriation Committee Hearing Ref ID: 41-02 Non-Union Increases The information below is in response to questions posed at our department’s hearing on October 1, 2015, to discuss the proposed 2016 budget. Alderman Reilly asked for a list of all unscheduled raises given to non-union/management staff. For 2016, the department is requesting unscheduled salary increases for the following positions: 2016 Proposed Position Program 2015 Salary Salary Director of Administrative Services Behavioral Health $83,940 $89,340 Manager of Quality Assurance Communicable Diseases $85,872 $90,228 Attorney Environmental Permitting $82,524 $87,579 As always, please let me know if you have any further questions. MEMORANDUM To: The Honorable Carrie Austin Chair, Committee on Budget & Government Operations From: Julie Morita, M.D. Commissioner Chicago Department of Public Health CC: Samantha Fields Mayor’s Office of Legislative Counsel and Government Affairs Date: October 5, 2015 Re: Request for Information from Annual Appropriation Committee Hearing Ref ID: 41-03 Mental Health Case Load The information below is in response to questions posed at our department’s hearing on October 1, 2015, to discuss the proposed 2016 budget. Alderman Garza asked for caseload information for clinicians at CDPH’s mental health centers. The caseload numbers for the time period July 1, 2014, to June 30, 2015, are as follows: Greater North Greater Site Lawndale Lawn River Grand Roseland Englewood Average Number of Unduplicated Patients Seen 98 194 167 169 121 108 per Month Number of Therapists per Site 3 5 5 6 3 5 Average Number of Unduplicated Patients Served 33 39 33 28 40 22 per Month per Therapist As always, please let me know if you have any further questions. MEMORANDUM To: The Honorable Carrie Austin Chair, Committee on Budget & Government Operations From: Julie Morita, M.D. Commissioner Chicago Department of Public Health CC: Samantha Fields Mayor’s Office of Legislative Counsel and Government Affairs Date: October 5, 2015 Re: Request for Information from Annual Appropriation Committee Hearing Ref ID: 41-04 Delegate Agency Funding The information below is in response to questions posed at our department’s hearing on October 1, 2015, to discuss the proposed 2016 budget. Aldermen Emma Mitts and David Moore asked for a list of all delegate agencies by funding source and program area. Please find the information requested below. Chicago Department of Public Health 2015 Delegate Agency Contracts Program Name Agency Budget Funding Source Adolescent STI / Planned Parenthood of Ill $405,837 CDBG Teenage Pregnancy Prev. Breast Health Mercy Foundation $50,000 Corporate Breast Health Roseland Community Hospital $50,000 Corporate Breast Health St. Bernard Hospital $110,000 Corporate FQHC - Clinical Care Aunt Martha $58,819 Corporate FQHC - Clinical Care Chicago Family $47,643 Corporate FQHC - Clinical Care Erie $334,200 Corporate FQHC - Clinical Care Esperanza $64,000 Corporate FQHC - Clinical Care Heartland $279,396 Corporate FQHC - Clinical Care UIC $140,053 Corporate HIV Housing Alexian Brothers $44,977 CDBG HIV Housing Chicago House and Social Service Agency $100,000 CDBG HIV Housing Christian Community Health Center $50,432 CDBG HIV Housing Heartland Human Care Services $70,126 CDBG HIV Housing The Children's Place $49,761 CDBG HIV Prevention Access Community Health Network $284,942 CDC HIV Prevention Asian Human Services $100,000 Corporate HIV Prevention Board of Trustees of the University of $231,768 Corporate Illinois HIV Prevention Brothers Health Collective $87,500 Corporate HIV Prevention Center on Halsted $165,000 Corporate HIV Prevention Chicago Black Gay Men's Caucus $95,000 Corporate HIV Prevention Chicago House and Social Service Agency $150,000 Corporate HIV Prevention Chicago Recovery Alliance $318,232 Corporate HIV Prevention Chicago Women's AIDS Project $100,000 Corporate HIV Prevention Div of Adolescent Medicine at Core $150,000 Corporate Center/Stroger Hospital HIV Prevention FOLA Community Action Services, Inc. $90,000 Corporate HIV Prevention Heartland Human Care Services $50,000 Corporate HIV Prevention Hektoen - CORE MAI/TCE $328,611 Corporate HIV Prevention Hektoen -Austin $87,500 CDC HIV Prevention Hektoen -Cermak $165,000 CDC HIV Prevention Hektown-Stroger $95,000 Corporate HIV Prevention Howard Brown $415,000 Corporate HIV Prevention Lester and Rosalie Anixter Center $50,000 Corporate HIV Prevention Lurie Children's Hospital $185,543 Corporate HIV Prevention MADE/Public Health (Fiscal Agent) $95,000 Corporate HIV Prevention McDermott/Haymarket $50,000 Corporate HIV Prevention Northwestern University $150,000 Corporate HIV Prevention Puerto Rican Cultural Center/Vida Sida $100,000 Corporate HIV Prevention Rincon Family Services $155,015 Corporate HIV Prevention South Side Help Center $165,000 Corporate HIV Prevention The Hektoen - Provident $363,183 CDC HIV Prevention The Night Ministry $75,000 Corporate HIV Prevention TPAN $172,000 Corporate HIV Prevention University of Chicago $515,000 CDC HOPWA Agape Missions $114,253 HUD HOPWA Aids Foundation $3,400,000 HUD HOPWA Alexian Brothers/Bonaventure House $191,624 HUD HOPWA Asian Human Services $87,000 HUD HOPWA Canticle Ministries, Inc. $295,438 HUD HOPWA Chicago House and Social Service $688,760 HUD HOPWA Christian Community Health Center $114,950 HUD HOPWA Community Supportive Living System $92,584 HUD HOPWA Edge Alliance $380,000 HUD HOPWA FOLA Community Action Services $60,000 HUD HOPWA Heartland Health Outreach $245,706 HUD HOPWA Heartland Human Care Services $502,252 HUD HOPWA Housing Opportunities for Women $170,262 HUD HOPWA Human Resources Development Institute $257,000 HUD HOPWA Interfaith House $311,000 HUD HOPWA Legal Assistance Foundation $116,166 HUD HOPWA Lester and Rosalie Anixter Center-CALOR $68,360 HUD HOPWA McDermott-Haymarket $346,589 HUD HOPWA Pilsen Wellness Center $80,000 HUD HOPWA Puerto Rican Cultural Center $200,000 HUD HOPWA The Children's Place $160,000 HUD HOPWA Unity Parenting Counseling Center $100,000 HUD Immunization Illinois Maternal & Child Health Coalition $71,000 CDC Immunization Illinois Chapter of American Academy of $71,000 CDC Pedi. Lead Neighborhood Housing Services $1,752,500 HUD MAI/TCE Association House of Chicago $42,587 SAMSA MAI/TCE Chicago Women's AIDS Project (CWAP) $21,664 SAMSA MAI/TCE Christian Community Health Center $28,799 SAMSA MAI/TCE Healthcare Alternative Systems $40,579 SAMSA MAI/TCE Heartland $8,003 SAMSA MAI/TCE New Age Services $66,840 SAMSA MAI/TCE Public Health Institute $87,896 SAMSA MAI/TCE Thresholds Inc. $66,570 SAMSA MAI/TCE Trilogy $29,245 SAMSA Medicaid Local Initiatives Support Corp (LISC) $45,000 Corporate Mental Health Chicago Children's Advocacy Center $250,000 CDBG Mental Health HRDI $44,671 Corporate Mental Health Human Resource Development Inst $100,000 CDBG Mental Health Thresholds $375,000 CDBG Playstreets Active Transportation (ATA) $122,500 Corporate Playstreets Gadshill $122,500 Corporate Poison Control MCHC $35,000 CDBG Ryan White Puerto Rican Cultural Center $224,806 HRSA Ryan White Access Community Health Network $256,288 HRSA Ryan White AIDS Foundation of Chicago $128,000 HRSA Ryan White AIDS Healthcare Foundation $192,165 HRSA Ryan White AIDS Legal Council of Chicago $394,900 HRSA Ryan White Alexian Brothers Bonaventure House, Inc. $37,000 HRSA (Bonaventure House) Ryan White Alexian Brothers Bonaventure House, Inc. $10,680 HRSA (The Harbor) Ryan White Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital $222,953 HRSA Ryan White Catholic Charities of The Archdiocese Of $246,240 HRSA Chicago Ryan White Center On Halsted $24,567 HRSA Ryan White Chicago House And Social Service Agency $60,644 HRSA Ryan White Chicago Women's Aids Project $14,000 HRSA Ryan White Christian Community Health Center $72,000 HRSA Ryan White County of Lake, Dba Lake County Health $314,208 HRSA Department And Community Health Center Ryan White Erie Family Health Center $101,400 HRSA Ryan White Garfield Counseling Center $30,856 HRSA Ryan White Healthcare Alternative Systems, Inc. $184,850 HRSA Ryan White Heartland Health Outreach, Inc. $1,166,526 HRSA Ryan White Hektoen - Austin $756,000 HRSA Ryan White Hektoen - CORE - Part A $1,489,331 CDC Ryan White Hektoen - Project VIDA (Part A) $132,000 HRSA Ryan White Hektoen - Provident $1,134,817 HRSA Ryan White Hektoen - Ruth M. Rothstein Core Center $961,890 HRSA Ryan White Howard Area Community Center $83,025 HRSA Ryan White Howard Brown Health Center $486,071 HRSA Ryan White Human Resource Development Institute, $228,919 HRSA Inc. Ryan White LAF $284,000 HRSA Ryan White Lawndale Christian Health Center $94,415 HRSA Ryan White Loyola University Health System $245,843 HRSA Ryan White McDermott Center dba Haymarket Center $778,944 HRSA Ryan White McDermott Center dba Haymarket Center $147,812 HRSA (admin) Ryan White Michael Reese Research & Education $677,056 HRSA Foundation-HIV Care Program Ryan White New Age Services Corporation $24,000 HRSA Ryan White Open Door Clinic of Greater Elgin $334,956 HRSA Ryan White Prairie State Legal Services, Inc. $72,000 HRSA Ryan White Public Health Institute of Metropolitan $747,840 HRSA Chicago Ryan White Regional CARE Association $99,677 HRSA Ryan White
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