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CONSIDERATION OF A GRANT AWARD IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,000,000 FROM THE KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT (KDHE) TO PROVIDE OUTREACH, PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION SERVICES THROUGH THE HEALTHY BABIES PROGRAM AT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
Presented by: Claudia Blackburn, Health Director, Sedgwick County Health Department.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Accept the award; and authorize the Chairman to sign the grant award agreement and establish 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: (1) Improve birth outcomes (prematurity, low birth weight and infant mortality); (2) Improve parenting skills; (3) Reduce child abuse and neglect; and (4) Assist with other family support issues among at-risk families. (See Attachment #1, Table #1 for education topics).
Services are available to all Sedgwick County residents regardless of income or insurance coverage, prenatally through the childs 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 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 increasing the initial 2010-2011 KHPA grant award agreement from $824,000 to $1,000,000, an increase of $176,000; to reflect the additional match monies available to meet the grant requirement.
The Healthy Babies portion of the grant is $854,000, with a required match ...
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