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Consent-Health & Human Services # 16.
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| Board of Supervisors Meeting |
Health Services |
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| Subject |
| Authorize the Department of Health Services (DHS) to accept the California Department of Public Health, Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health Division (CDPH/MCAH) grant award for $375,000 and First Five Yolo grant award for $50,000 to fund the California Home Visiting Program; authorize the Department of Health Services Director and/or her/his designee to sign any and all documents necessary to accept the grant awards; approve and authorize the Chair to sign Agreement with Yolo County Children’s Alliance in the amount of $385,000 to provide California Home Visiting Program Services for the period July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2016; and authorize the Department of Health Services Director and/or her/his designee to sign any additional documents necessary to execute the Agreement and any amendments to the Yolo County Children’s Alliance Agreement. (No general fund impact) (Cook/Babb) |
| Recommended Action |
- Authorize the Department of Health Services (DHS) to accept the California Department of Public Health, Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health Division (CDPH/MCAH) grant award for $375,000 and First Five Yolo grant award for $50,000 to fund the California Home Visiting Program.
- Authorize the Department of Health Services Director and/or her/his designee to sign any and all documents necessary to accept the grant awards.
- Approve and authorize the Chair to sign Agreement with Yolo County Children’s Alliance in the amount of $385,000 to provide California Home Visiting Program Services for the period July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2016.
- Authorize the Department of Health Services Director and/or her/his designee to sign any additional documents necessary to execute the Agreement and any amendments to the Yolo County Children’s Alliance Agreement.
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| Strategic Plan Goal(s) |
Collaborate to maximize success
Enhance and sustain the safety net
Preserve and ensure safe and crime free communities
Provide fiscally sound, dynamic and responsive services |
| Reason for Recommended Action/Background |
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 established the Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) Program to provide an opportunity for collaboration and partnership at the federal, state, and community levels to improve outcomes for families who reside in at-risk communities through evidence-based home visiting programs. The California Department of Public Health, Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health Division (CDPH/MCAH) has awarded County a twelve month grant for the implementation of Healthy Families America under the California Home Visiting Program (CHVP) in the amount of $375,000. Additionally, First Five Yolo has awarded County a grant of $50,000 to fund this program. County will use $385,000 to fund the Agreement with Yolo County Children’s Alliance (YCCA); and $40,000 to cover County administrative costs. Total County funds for YCCA is attached. The California Home Visiting Program (CHVP) shall strive to develop collaborative community systems that protect and improve the health and developmental outcomes for California’s pregnant women, parents, and families. Approval of this Agreement will provide the parameters for implementing or expanding an existing Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP) or Healthy Families America (HFA) home visiting program in accordance with Federal MIECHV and State requirements to achieve positive outcomes for each of the following five goals: 1. Provide leadership and coordinate maternal and early childhood systems and supports to advance federal, state, and local efforts to improve the health and well-being of families in California 2. Cultivate strong communities 3. Promote maternal health and well-being 4. Improve infant and child health development 5. Strengthen family functioning.
Funding Source for Yolo County Children’s Alliance Agreement FY2015-16:
- $375,000 California Department of Public Health Home Visiting Program
- $10,000 First Five Yolo
- $385,000 Total
Competitive Bid Process: This Agreement is being sought via Sole Source that has been approved by the Department of Financial Services. |
| Collaborations (including Board advisory groups and external partner agencies) |
First Five
Yolo County Counsel
Department of Financial Services
Yolo County Children's Alliance |
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Explanation (Expenditure and/or Revenue) |
| Further explanation as needed: |
| No county general funds are required by this action. The total amount for this Agreement is $385,000 for one fiscal year: 2015-16 and will be included in the proposed budget for fiscal year 2015-16. Of the total grant funds of $425,000, $385,000 will fund the Agreement and $40,000 will cover County administrative costs. |
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