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TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
Mark Finucane , Health Services Director ���
FROM: By : Elizabeth A. Spooner , Contracts Administrator
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DATE; September 29, 1988 "`1
Approve Submission of Grant Application #29-373 to Junior u
SUBJECT: League of Oakland - East Bay, Inc. for a Baby Bottle Tooth Decay
Prevention Education Program
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
I . RECOMMENDED ACTION :
Approve submission of Grant Application #29-373 to The Junior
League of Oakland - East Bay, Inc. , on behalf of the County,
requesting $5 ,000 of grant funding for the period October 1 ,
1988 - September 30 , 1989 to establish a Baby Bottle Tooth Decay
Prevention Education Program.
II . FINANCIAL IMPACT :
Approval of this application by The Junior League will result in
$5 ,000 of private funding for this prevention education program.
Sources of funding are as follows :
The Junior League of Oakland - East Bay, Inc. $ 5 , 000
County Budgeted In-Kind Share 5 , 250
Total Project $10 ,250
III . REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATIONS/BACKGROUND:
Statistics from the Child Health and Disability Prevention
Program show that dental disease is the number one identified
problem for children from low income families . Often this
disease starts by the improper use of the baby bottle and
results in rampant decay called Baby Bottle Tooth Decay (BBTD) .
This condition is physically, emotionally and financially
debilitating for the child and family. It is completely pre-
ventable through early education, enabling parents to learn the
proper use of the baby bottle .
This application proposes to establish a BBTD prevention
education program for low income expectant and new mothers in
prenatal classes , high Medi-Cal hospitals , Women , Infants and
Children (WIC) Clinics , and County Health Services Clinics .
This early intervention will develop proper bottle feeding
habits , preventing the consequences of baby bottle misuse.
Draft' copies of the grant application have already been for-
warded to The Junior League , but subject to Board approval.
Five certified copies of the Board Order should be returned to
the Contracts and Grants Unit for submission to the Grantor .
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cc: Health Services (Contracts) ATTESTED OCT 11 199$
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.The ,junior League of Oakland - PHIL BATCHELOR, CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
East Bay, Inc. SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
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