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TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS / - ° Con ra
FROM: William Walker, M.D., Health Services Director Costa
By: Jacqueline Pigg, Contracts Administrator
DATE: April 11, 2006 -ra auh County
SUBJECT: Approval of Grant Award#29-665 from Kaiser Permanente (Heal Grant)
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION(S):
Approve and authorize the Health Services Director or his designee (Jeff Smith, M.D.), to accept on behalf of
the County, Grant Award #29-665 from Kaiser Permanente (Heal Grant), in an the amount of$20,000, for.the
Contra Costa Regional Medical Center and Health Centers, Bay Point Promotora Healthy Lifestyle for Families
Project, for the period from November 1! 2005 through January 31, 2007.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Acceptance of this Grant Award will result in an amount of$20,000 from Kaiser Permanente (Health Grant) for
the Contra Costa Regional Medical Center and Health Centers, Bay Point Promotora Healthy Lifestyle for
Families Project. No County funds are required.
BACKGROUNDIREASON(S) FOR WCOMMENDATION(S):
Contra Costa County has a high incid nce of childhood obesity among the Hispanic community. The Bay
Point Promotora Healthy Lifestyle for Families Project, in collaboration with the Contra Costa Public Health
staff from the U.C. Cooperative Extension, County Nutrition Network members, and Child Health Disability
and Prevention will work together to provide health education to community parents with regard to healthy
nutrition and physical fitness. This project will provide 120 Central and East County Hispanic mothers with an
8 week curriculum series, develop East and Central County physical fitness resource guides for parents, and
develop and implement pre-and post tests in order to measure knowledge increase of participants. The goal of
the project is to increase knowledge, change attitudes and behavior of Spanish speaking resident with regard to
healthy nutrition and physical fitness for families.
Three sealed and certified copies of the Board should be returned to the Contracts and Grants Unit.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE:
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RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURES -
ACTION OF BOARD APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
UNANIMOUS (ABSENT AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
AYES: NOES: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: �^
ATTESTED �J ,
JOHN ULLEN, CLERKSZ HE BOA D OF
Contact Person: Jeff Smith,M.D. (370-5113) SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
CC: Health Services Department (Contracts)
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