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FROM: Mark Finucane , Health Services Director /
By: Elizabeth A. Spooner , Contracts Administrator Contra
Costa
DATE-. February 10, 1988 County
SUBJECT: Approve submission of Funding Application #29-360 to the
March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
I . RECOMMENDED ACTION :
Approve submission of Funding Application #29-360 to the March
of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation in the amount of $5 ,0.0.0 for
the period July 1 , 1988 - June 30 , 1989 for funding to support a
coordinated effort in Contra Costa County to reduce maternal
drug and alcohol use during pregnancy.
II . FINANCIAL IMPACT :
Approval of this application by the Foundation will result in
$5 ,0.00.. of Foundation funding for this program. Sources of
funding are as follows :
$ 5 ,000 March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation
2 , 500 County In-Kind
$ 7 , 500 Total Program
III . REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATIONS/BACKGROUND :
An Alcohol/Drug Abuse and Pregnancy Task Force was formed six
months ago to improve services for pregnant women who use/abuse
alcohol or drugs . No specialized services are available in our
County for this high-risk population. Of the 11 ,000 infants
born each year in our County, an estimated 880 to 1 , 210 are
exposed to drugs or alcohol during pregnancy. Grant funds will
support Task Force activities which include training health and
human service professionals in identifying pregnant women with
drug or alcohol problems ; appropriate intervention with iden-
tified women; developing education and referral protocols; and
increasing coordination among Health Services , Social Service ,
and Probation Departments and with community agencies to more
successfully treat these high-risk women.
In order to meet the deadline for submission , draft copies of
the funding application have already been forwarded to the March
of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation, but subject to Board appro-
val . Four copies of the Board Order authorizing submission of
the application should be returned to the Contracts and Grants
Unit for transmittal to the grantor . The attached copy of the
Funding Application should be retained by the Clerk of the Board
for County files .,
CONTDINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE; , Q
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDA 1 OF BOARD COMMITTEE
APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE(S):
ACTION OF BOARD ONFEB 2 3- APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
1 HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
UNANIMOUS (ABSENT ) AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
AYES: NOES: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
Orig: Health Services (Contracts) FEB 2 3 1988
CC,. Auditor-Controller (Claims) ATTESTED -- _�.--- ---
March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation PHIL BATCHELOR. CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
BY DEPUTY
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