HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 09112012 - C.58RECOMMENDATION(S):
Approve and authorize the Health Services Director or his designee, to execute, on behalf of the County, Grant
Award #28-774-5 (#20626502) from Kaiser Permanente Community Benefits Program, to pay the County 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, 2012 through June 30, 2013.
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
APPROVE OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
Action of Board On: 09/11/2012 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
Clerks Notes:
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
AYE:John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Candace Andersen, 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 11, 2012
David Twa, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
By: Carrie Del Bonta, Deputy
cc: J Pigg, D Gary
C. 58
To:Board of Supervisors
From:William Walker, M.D., Health Services
Date:September 11, 2012
Contra
Costa
County
Subject:Grant Award #28-774-5 from Kaiser Permanente, Community Benefits Program
BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)
obesity. According to the California Department of Education, Standards and Assessment Division, 28% of Contra
Costa fifth graders are overweight, with the greatest number concentrated in the Pittsburg Unified School District
43% and Mt. Diablo Unified School District 25.9%. 48% of children seeking care in Contra Costa Regional Medical
Center and Contra Costa Health Centers are overweight or at 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 #28-774-5 will allow the County to continue the Concord Monument New Kids Project
through June 30, 2013.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
If this contract is not approved, the County will not receive funding to support children ages 6 – 14 with culturally
competent, linguistically appropriate and accessible prevention and intervention programs.
CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:
NOT APPLICABLE