HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 11042014 - C.68RECOMMENDATION(S):
Approve and authorize the Health Services Director, or his designee, to execute, on behalf of the County, Contract
#22-378-33 with Brighter Beginnings, a non-profit corporation, in an amount not to exceed $201,594, to provide case
management services for the Black Infant Health Project, for the period from July 1, 2014 through June 30, 2015.
FISCAL IMPACT:
This Contract is funded 100% by the California Department of Public Health, Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health
Branch, for the Black Infant Health Project. No County funds are required. The budget includes no rate increases.
BACKGROUND:
The Black Infant Health Project was created to provide services mandated by the State Department of Health Services
to develop a partnership for reducing the African-American infant morbidity and mortality rates. This Project meets
the social needs of the County’s population by providing case management services, outreach, recruitment,
enrollment into group intervention, education and support, to pregnant and/or parenting women and their infants in
East and West County, including those in the African-American Community.
APPROVE OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
Action of Board On: 11/04/2014 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
Clerks Notes:
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
Contact: Lorena
Martinez-Ochoa
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 4, 2014
David Twa, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
By: , Deputy
cc:
C. 68
To:Board of Supervisors
From:William Walker, M.D., Health Services Director
Date:November 4, 2014
Contra
Costa
County
Subject:Contract #22-378-33 with Brighter Beginnings
BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)
On September 17, 2013, the Board of Supervisors approved Contract #22–378–32 with Brighter Beginnings to
provide case management services for the Black Infant Health Project, for the period from July 1, 2013 through June
30, 2014.
Due to the State’s delay in finalizing State funding allocation, the County’s plan was not delivered to the State until
Mid-September 2014. The Division is requesting the start date of July 1, 2014, to allow no disruption in services.
Contractor has continued to provide services in good faith.
Approval of Contract #22–378–33 will allow the Contractor to continue providing services through June 30, 2015.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
If this contract is not approved, pregnant and/or parenting women and their infants in East County and West County
will not receive State mandated Black Infant Health Project case management services intended to reduce
African-American infant morbidity and mortality rates.
CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:
This Maternal and Child Health Program supports the County’s “Children and Youth Healthy and Preparing for
Productive Adulthood” community outcome by providing outreach to encourage pregnant women to receive prenatal
medical care and avoid behaviors that would increase the risk to the health of their unborn children. Expected
program outcomes include a decrease in the number of babies born with health problems requiring medical care.
CLERK'S ADDENDUM
This item is a duplication and is removed from consideration.