HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 06232009 - C.67RECOMMENDATION(S):
Approve and authorize the Health Services Director, or his designee (Wendel Bruner,
M.D.), to accept on behalf of the County, Grant Award #28-805 (#20092627) from the East
Bay Community Foundation, a non-profit corporation, to pay the County an amount not to
exceed $4,500, for the Family Maternal and Child Health Program, Life Course Initiative
(LCI) and Building Economic Security Today (BEST) Project, for the period from May 15,
2009 through May 15, 2010.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Approval of this Grant Award will result in $4,500 from the East Bay Community
Foundation (the Hunter Fund) for the County’s Family Maternal and Child Health Program
(FMCH), Building Economic Security Today (BEST) project.
BACKGROUND:
In 2005, the FMCH Program launched both the Building Economic Security Today (BEST)
Project and the Life Course Initiative (LCI) Project. These projects were designed to reduce
disparities in birth outcomes, change the health of a generation and bring about a paradigm
shift
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 Bruner, 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. 67
To:Board of Supervisors
From:William Walker, M.D., Health Services Director
Date:June 23, 2009
Contra
Costa
County
Subject:Acceptance of Grant Award #28-805 from East Bay Community Foundation
BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)
in the planning, delivery, and evaluation of maternal, child, and adolescent health services.
LCI and BEST are projects that utilize innovative strategies to reduce disparities and
inequities in health outcomes for low-income Contra Costa Families by improving their
financial security and stability for this and future generations. The goal of the projects will
provide one-on-one support to families in all of FMCH home visiting programs, financial
education classes for WIC clients, and asset development educational materials and
referrals for all clients.
Approval of this Grant Award #28-805 will provide funding for this project to allow FMCH
to train staff to deliver LCI and BEST services to home visiting and WIC clients in
Richmond and East Contra Costa County.