Sedgwick County - File #: 11-0939

• File #: 11-0939
• Version: 5
• Name: 2011-12 KDHE PREP Grant
• Type: Grant Application
• Status: Passed
• File created: 8/26/2011
• In control: Board of Sedgwick County Commissioners
• On agenda: 10/5/2011
• Final action: 10/5/2011
• Title: CONSIDERATION OF GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF $180,000 TO THE KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT (KDHE) FOR THE HEALTHY BABIES PROGRAM IN THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. Presented by: Claudia Blackburn, Health Department Director. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Accept the grant award and establish budget authority as provided in the Financial Considerations section of this Request; implement the Staffing Table changes identified in the Personnel Considerations section of this Request; and authorize the Chair to sign the grant agreement.

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
10/5/2011	5	Board of Sedgwick County Commissioners	Approved	Pass
9/28/2011	4	Board of Sedgwick County Commissioners	Deferred	Pass

Title
CONSIDERATION OF GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF $180,000 TO THE KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT (KDHE) FOR THE HEALTHY BABIES PROGRAM IN THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
Presented by: Claudia Blackburn, Health Department Director.

RECOMMENDED ACTION: Accept the grant award and establish budget authority as provided in the Financial Considerations section of this Request; implement the Staffing Table changes identified in the Personnel Considerations section of this Request; and authorize the Chair to sign the grant agreement.

Body
Grant Renewal: No
Never Applied: Yes
Applied; not awarded: No

Grant Summary and Timeline: Healthy Babies is a home/office visit program that provides preconception, prenatal and interconceptional group education designed to reduce the rate of teen and unwanted pregnancy in Sedgwick County while also improving birth outcomes of at-risk moms. Services are available to all Sedgwick County residents regardless of income or insurance coverage, and services are provided by Registered Nurses and Community Liaisons prenatally through the childs second birthday.

Healthy Babies and the Wichita Public Schools, Unified School District (USD) 259, have partnered since 2009 to provide education and resources on topics including abstinence, pregnancy prevention, sexually transmitted infections and HIV, risky behaviors and making healthy choices. Healthy Babies nurses provide "Healthy Today, Healthy Tomorrow" presentations to 8th grade science and 9th grade physical education students in USD 259 middle and high schools. Healthy Babies is the only provider approved by USD 259 to provide such education, ensuring that students receive accurate and consistent messaging.

In December 2010, Healthy Babies was approached by KDHE to accept the Personal Responsibility Education Program (PREP) grant as part of our annual Aid to Local (ATL) funding. The intent of the PREP project is to implement evidence-based program models to educate adolescents on abst...