HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 06232009 - C.65RECOMMENDATION(S):
Approve and authorize the Health Services Director, or his designee (Wendel Brunner,
M.D.), to execute on behalf of the County, Standard (Amendment) Agreement #29-203-88
(State #08-85425, A01) with California Department of Public Health, to amend Standard
Agreement #29-203-87, effective March 1, 2009, to increase payment to the County, by
$365,000, from $13,015,000 to a new total not to exceed $13,380,000, for the continuation
of the Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC), with no change
in the term of October 1, 2008 through September 30, 2011.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Approval of this Agreement will result in an increase of $365,000 of funding from the
California Department of Public Health for the Supplemental Food Program for Women,
Infants and Children (WIC) through September 30, 2011. No County Funds required.
BACKGROUND:
For over eighteen years the County has participated in the WIC Program
APPROVE OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY
ADMINISTRATOR
RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD
COMMITTEE
Action of Board On: 06/23/2009 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
Clerks Notes:
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
AYE:John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Gayle B. Uilkema, District II
Supervisor
Mary N. Piepho, District III Supervisor
Susan A. Bonilla, District IV
Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V
Supervisor
Contact: Wendel Brunner, M.D.
(313-6712)
I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the
Board of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: June 23, 2009
David J. Twa, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
By: Celicia Nelson, Deputy
cc: Jacqueline Pigg, Barbara Borbon
C. 65
To:Board of Supervisors
From:William Walker, M.D., Health Services Director
Date:June 23, 2009
Contra
Costa
County
Subject:(Amendment) Agreement #29-203-88 with California Department of Public Health
BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)
with the State. This is a mandated program under the Community Health Services Division
of the State Department of Health Services. WIC is a nutrition education, counseling and
food supplement program for low-income, pregnant, postpartum and breast-feeding women,
infants and children at nutritional risk. This program serves approximately 22,200 clients.
On January 20, 2009, the Board of Supervisors approved Standard Agreement #29-203-87
with the California Department of Public Health, for the Supplemental Food Program, for
the period from October 1, 2008 through September 30, 2011.
Approval of Standard (Amendment) Agreement #29-203-87 will provide additional funding
for continuous nutrition assessment and education, community referrals, and food checks to
eligible residents of Contra Costa County.
Four certified and sealed copies of this Board Order should be returned to the Contracts and
Grants Unit