To: Board of Supervisors
From: DHHS: Public Health
SUBJECT:
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Grant Agreement with First 5 Humboldt for the Nurse-Family Partnership Program July 1, 2018 through June 30, 2019
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
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That the Board of Supervisors approve the Grant Agreement with First 5 Humboldt in the amount of $60,125.00 for the term of July 1, 2018 to June 30, 2019; authorize the Chair of the Board to sign three (3) originals of the agreement; and direct the Clerk of the Board to return three (3) executed originals of the agreement to the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), Contract Unit for forwarding to DHHS-Public Health.
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SOURCE OF FUNDING:
Public Health Fund
DISCUSSION:
On April 27, 2010 (item C-10), your Board approved the first grant from First 5 Humboldt to fund 0.5 Full Time Equivalent of a Nurse Home Visitor, including clerical and supervisory support, project costs and client education materials. First 5 Humboldt has been providing funding support since that time and has enabled Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP) to serve more first-time mothers. The funding allows the program to maintain nurse home visitor staffing at necessary levels to serve the needs of clients in Humboldt County.
The grant agreement before your Board today funds the period of July 1, 2018 through June 30, 2019 in the amount of Sixty Thousand, One Hundred Twenty-Five Dollars ($60,125.00)
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 who visits the family beginning in pregnancy until the child's second birthday. NFP has been shown to have positive impacts on child and maternal health, rates of child abuse and neglect, long-term impacts on birth rates, rates of incarceration, educational successes, maternal employment and paternal capacity. Humboldt County's NFP has been providing service to the community since July 1, 2009 with a current caseloa...
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