To: Board of Supervisors
From: DHHS: Public Health
SUBJECT:
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Agreement with Nurse-Family Partnership(r) for the period of July 1, 2018 to June 30, 2021
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
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That the Board of Supervisors approve the agreement between Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) - Public Health and Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP) for the period of July 1, 2018 to June 30, 2021; authorize the Chair to sign three (3) originals of the agreements; authorize the Public Health Director to sign future amendments to this agreement thereto after review by County Counsel and Risk Manager; and direct the Clerk of the Board to return two (2) signed agreements to DHHS-Contract Unit to forward to DHHS-Public Health.
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SOURCE OF FUNDING:
Public Health Fund
DISCUSSION:
DHHS-Public Health formed an agreement with the national NFP program in July 2009 to implement NFP in Humboldt County. The NFP model- a nurse home visitation program for first-time, low-income moms and their children- was developed over several decades. The NFP National Service Office, a national non-profit organization, was established in 2003 to facilitate quality replication of the NFP program across the country and to provide implementing agencies with ongoing support in nursing education and practice, program quality assurance, marketing, public policy and ongoing research.
The agreement before your Board today will allow DHHS- Public Health to continue providing NFP Services in Humboldt County and, in addition, will continue to support the mission of the California Home Visiting Program (CHVP) by sustaining NFP services in Del Norte County. Your Board approved the CHVP Expansion of NFP in March 2012.
NFP is an evidence-based home visiting program in which first-time, low-income mothers voluntarily enroll for home visitation by a Public Health Nurse. NFP has been shown to have positive impacts on child and maternal health, rates of child abuse and neglect, long-ter...
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