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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 via sub-contract to KCSL based on availability of additional monies they are able to certify for match.
Financial Considerations:
Grant period starts: July 1, 2013
Grant period ends: June 30, 2014
Source of funding:
Grant: $ 1, 053,000.00
Required Match: $ 0.00
Required Cash Match: $ 0.00
Required In-Kind Match: $ 1,053,000.00
Other funding: $ 0.00
TOTAL SOURCES: $2,106,000.00 (Note: Includes $1,053,000 in In-Kind Match funds that are not included in Uses of Grant Funds below.)
Uses of funding:
Operational costs: $1,053,000.00
Personnel: $ 767,481.00
Contractual services: $ 170,000.00
Operational supplies: $ 46,539.00
Equipment: $ $0.00
Indirect administrative costs: $68,980.00
Capital projects cost: $ 0.00
TOTAL USES: $1,053,000.00
Source of matching funds: Fund 110 - $614,425; Fund 274 - $438,575
Source of other funding: N/A
Budget Authority Adjustment: Funds will be managed through 38109-274 / 381095-14 (KCSL) and 38059-274 / 380595-14 (KDHE).
Note: Agenda Item #13-0526 is being presented to the BoCC for approval in conjunction with this item on July 24, 2013. The total amount of the KCSL agreement is $340,000; ($170,000 private foundation funding and $170,000 FFP through this award).
Personnel considerations:
This agreement pays for a portion or all of 16 positions that provide service and/or support for the Healthy Babies Program and the Fetal Infant Mortality Review (FIMR) Project.
Expected measurable outcomes:
1. By 12/31/2014, decrease the Low Birth Weight (LBW) rate of program participants to 5.0%. (CY2009 = 15.78%; CY2010 = 10.34%; CY2011 = 13.15%)
2. By 12/31/2013, decrease the Very Low Birth Weight (VLBW) rate of program participants to 1.0%. (CY2009 = 3.5%; CY2010 = 1.03%; CY2011 = 2.35%)
Analysis:
Amending the KDHE agreement for additional funding will allow the Healthy Babies program to maintain current services despite sequestration funding cuts to our federal Healthy Start grant.
Alternatives:
The alternatives to accepting this contract funding are to not accept the funding and reduce personnel and services or try to seek funding elsewhere.
Policy considerations:
Legal considerations:
This agreement is governed by K.S.A. 65-241 et seq. and K.S.A.75-7411. The Medicaid provisions that are applicable to this agreement are contained within 42 C.F.R. 433.50 et seq. Approval is by simple majority vote.