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CONSIDERATION OF A GRANT AWARD IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,053,000 FROM THE KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT (KDHE) TO PROVIDE OUTREACH, PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION SERVICES THROUGH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT'S HEALTHY BABIES PROGRAM AND THE HEALTHY FAMILIES AMERICAN PROGRAM AT THE KANSAS CHILDREN'S SERVICE LEAGUE (KCSL).
Presented by: Claudia Blackburn, Director, Sedgwick County Health Department.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Accept the award; and authorize the Chairman to sign the grant award agreement and establish of budget authority as provided in the financial considerations section of this request.
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Grant Renewal: Yes
Never Applied: No
Applied; not awarded: No
Grant Summary and Timeline: Healthy Babies is a free, group and individual visit program led by Registered Nurses and Community Liaisons that provides prenatal and parenting education designed to improve birth outcomes (prematurity, low birth weight and infant mortality) among at-risk families.
Services are available to all Sedgwick County residents regardless of income or insurance coverage, prenatally through the child's second birthday. In addition, the Healthy Babies provider ensures the client is connected to other community resources based on individual need.
Healthy Babies partnered with the former Kansas Health Policy Authority (KHPA) for nearly a decade (2002-2011) to promote best practices in providing prevention/early intervention services to high risk prenatal and delivered moms in Sedgwick County. On July 1, 2011, KHPA was transferred to the KDHE through an executive reorganization. In support of the Healthy Babies program, KDHE is renewing their 2013/2014 agreement with the Health Department from $1,000,000 to $1,053,000, an increase of $53,000.
The request for increase is two-fold: (1) $29,000 is being allocated to Healthy Babies to fill the void resulting from a $29,000 decrease in the federal Healthy Start grant due to sequestration; and (2) $24,000 is being allocated...
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