To: Board of Supervisors
From: DHHS: Public Health
Agenda Section: Consent
SUBJECT:
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Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)- Social Services and DHHS- Public Health for implementation of the CalWORKs Home Visiting Program (HVP)
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
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That the Board of Supervisors:
1. Approve the MOU between DHHS- Social Services and DHHS- Public Health for the period of July 1, 2019 through June 30, 2022;
2. Authorize the Directors of DHHS-Social Services and DHHS- Public Health or their designees to sign two original signature pages of the MOU; and
3. Authorize the Directors of DHHS-Social Services and DHHS- Public Health or their designees to sign Exhibit A: Acknowledgement of Funding Allocation annually to acknowledge the award of HVP funding.
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SOURCE OF FUNDING:
Social Services
DISCUSSION:
Senate Bill 840 (Chapter 29, Statutes of 2018), or the Budget Act of 2018 appropriated approximately $26.9 million allocated for Jan. 1, 2019 through June 30, 2019 for the creation of the Home Visiting Program (HVP) through the California Department of Social Services CalWORKs program. Assembly Bill 1811 (Chapter 35, Statutes of 2018) codified the requirements for the HVP.
The Budget Act of 2019 appropriated approximately $86.3 million allocated for July 1, 2019- June 30, 2020. Continued funding is subject to appropriation in the annual Budget Act.
The purposes of the HVP is to support positive health, development and well-being outcomes for pregnant and parenting women, families and infants born into poverty, expending their future educational, economic and financial capability opportunities, and improving the likelihood they will exit poverty.
This home visiting is to be completed by an evidence-based, voluntary program model that pairs new parents with a nurse, or other trained professional who makes regular visits in the participant's home to provide guidance, coa...
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