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TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
FROM: William Walker, M.D. , Health Services Director ••f C�
By: Ginger Marieiro, Contracts Administrator Contra
Costa
DATE: County
November 14, 1996
SUBJECT: Approve Standard Agreement #29-203-63 with the State Department of
Health Services for the Supplemental Food Program for Women, -Infants
and --Children
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
I. RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Approve and authorize the Health Services Director, or .,his
designee (Wendel Brunner, M.D. ) , to execute on behalf of the
County, a Certification Regarding Lobbying and Standard Agreement
#29-203-63 (State #96-25930) with the State Department of Health
Services, in the amount of $1, 749,871, for the period from October
1, 1996 through September 30, 1997, for continuation of the
Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) .
II. FINANCIAL IMPACT:
Approval of this agreement will result in $1,749,871 of federal
funding through the State for the WIC program. No County funds
are required.
III. REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATIONS/BACKGROUND:
For over eighteen years the County has participated in the WIC
Program with the State. This is a mandated program under the
Community Health Services Division of the State Department of
Health Services. Approval of Standard Agreement #29-203-63 will
provide federal funding through the State for continuation of the
program during the next federal fiscal year.
WIC is a nutrition education, counseling and food supplement
program for low-income, pregnant, postpartum and breast-feeding
women, infants and children at nutritional risk. Approximately
16, 550 clients are served by this program.
Four certified/sealed copies of this Board Order should 'be
returned to the Contracts and Grants Unit.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE:
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE(S)
ACTION OF BOARD ON nFE 113 Ift. APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
X UNANIMOUS (ABSENT ) I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
AYES: NOES: AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
Contact: Wendel Brunner, M.D. (313-6712) DEC
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Health Services (Contracts) ATTESTED 3
State Dept. of Health Services Phil Batchelor, Clerk of the Board.of
supervisors and County Administrator
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