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 Initiative (HVI)
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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 April 9, 2019 through June 9, 2019 to be automatically renewed until otherwise terminated as outlined in the agreement; and
2. Authorize the Directors of DHHS-Social Services and DHHS- Public Health or their designees to sign two original signature pages of the MOU.
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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 Initiative (HVI) through the California Department of Social Services CalWORKs program. Assembly Bill 1811 (Chapter 35, Statutes of 2018) codified the requirements for the HVI. Continued funding is subject to appropriation in the annual Budget Act.
The purposes of the HVI 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, coaching, access to prenatal and postnatal care and other health and social services. The pairing of home visiting with CalWORKs provides an opportunity to connect parents with necessary resources, improve their parenting s...
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