HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 09202011 - C.35RECOMMENDATION(S):
Approve and authorize the Health Services Director or his designee, to execute, on behalf of
the County, Grant Award #28-774-4 from Kaiser Permanente Community Benefits
Program, in an amount not to exceed $25,000, for the Community Wellness and Prevention
Program (CW&PP) to continue the Concord Monument New Kids Project, for the period
from July 1, 2011 through June 30, 2012.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Acceptance of this Grant Award will result in an amount of $25,000 from the Kaiser
Permanente Community Benefits Program in support of the Concord Monument New Kids
Project. No County funds are required.
BACKGROUND:
Contra Costa County is facing an epidemic of childhood overweight and obesity. According
to the California Department of Education, Standards and Assessment Division, 31% of
Contra Costa fifth graders are overweight, with the greatest number concentrated in the Mt.
Diablo Unified School District. 48% of children seeking care in CCRMC health centers are
overweight or at
APPROVE OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
Action of Board On: 09/20/2011 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
Karen Mitchoff, 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: September 20, 2011
David Twa, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
By: June McHuen, Deputy
cc: J Pigg, D Gary
C.35
To:Board of Supervisors
From:William Walker, M.D., Health Services Director
Date:September 20, 2011
Contra
Costa
County
Subject:Grant Award #28-774-4 from Kaiser Permanente Community Benefits Program
BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)
risk for becoming overweight, yet there are few clinical programs geared towards helping
them achieve a healthier and more active lifestyle. Among Californians and Contra Costans,
Latinos are very high risk for overweight and obesity, and the co-morbidities of Type II
diabetes, hypertension, cancer, orthopedic problems and other diseases. It is projected that
one half of Latino newborns could develop diabetes during their lifetime. The Monument
neighborhood in Concord, population 39,000, is predominantly Latino with many new
immigrants from Mexico and rural Latin America. The poverty rate is high with more than
50% living below 185% of the Federal poverty level.
Monument NEW Kids is the only program of its kind in Central Contra Costa County. The
program is collaboration between CW&PP, Public Health Clinic Services and Ambulatory
Care. The project’s goal is to decrease the overweight rates of children ages 6 – 14 in the
Monument neighborhood of Concord by providing culturally competent, linguistically
appropriate and accessible prevention and intervention programs.
Approval of Grant Award #28-774-4 will allow the County to continue the Concord
Monument New Kids Project through June 30, 2012.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
If this contract is not approved, the County will not receive funding to provide children ages
6 – 14 culturally competent, linguistically appropriate and accessible prevention and
intervention programs.
CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:
NOT APPLICABLE