HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 11152011 - C.36RECOMMENDATION(S):
Approve and authorize the Health Services Director, or his designee, to accept, on behalf of
the County, Grant Award #28–828 from the California Department of Public Health, to pay
County an amount not to exceed $2,594,280, for the Family Maternal and Child Health,
Nurse Family Partnership project through the California Home Visiting Program, for the
period January 1, 2012 through June 30, 2014.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Acceptance of this Grant Award will result in an amount not to exceed $2,594,280 from the
California Department of Public Health to fund the Nurse Family Partnership Project. No
County funds are required.
BACKGROUND:
The California Department of Public Health, Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health
(CDPH/MCAH) Division, California Home Visiting Program has awarded recipients of
Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting funding to implement either
Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP) or Healthy Families American (HFA) within at-risk
communities in California. The Nurse-Family Partnership
APPROVE OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
Action of Board On: 11/15/2011 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
Clerks Notes:
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
AYE:John Gioia, District I
Supervisor
Gayle B. Uilkema, District II
Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV
Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V
Supervisor
ABSENT:Mary N. Piepho, District III
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: November 15, 2011
David Twa, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
By: June McHuen, Deputy
cc: J Pigg, D Gary
C.36
To:Board of Supervisors
From:William Walker, M.D., Health Services Director
Date:November 15, 2011
Contra
Costa
County
Subject:Grant Award #28–828 from the California Department of Public Health
BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)
Project represents a highly refined approach to the long-established service strategy of home
visiting. Starting at or before the 28th week of pregnancy, clients are visited at home,
one-on-one with a trained nurse, visits continue throughout the pregnancy and the first two
years of the child’s life. The goal of the County’s Public Health, Family and Maternal Child
Health Program will be to achieve better pregnancy outcomes, improve the child’s health
and development and help the families become economically self-sufficient by working
with parents to develop a vision of their own future, plan future pregnancies, continue their
education and find jobs, through June 30, 2014.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
If this contract is not approved, the County will not receive the funding necessary to support
the goals of the Nurse-Family Partnership Project, home visiting program.
CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:
Not Applicable.