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COUNTY OF SAN MATEO
Inter-Departmental Correspondence
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Health Department
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DATE:
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April 1, 2005
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BOARD MEETING DATE:
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April 26, 2005
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SPECIAL NOTICE/HEARING:
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None
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VOTE REQUIRED:
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Majority
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TO:
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Honorable Board of Supervisors
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FROM:
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Charlene A. Silva, Director, Health Department
Brian Zamora, Director, Public Health & Environmental Protection
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SUBJECT:
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California Department of Health Services, Office of Family Planning, Male Involvement Program
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RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a resolution authorizing the President of the Board to execute an agreement with the California Department of Health Services, Office of Family Planning for the Male Involvement Program in the amount of $450,000 for the period of January 1, 2005 – June 30, 2009.
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VISION ALIGNMENT:
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Commitment: Ensure basic health and safety for all.
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Goals 6: Children grow up healthy in safe and supportive homes and neighborhoods.
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This activity contributes to this goal by increasing pregnancy prevention education and fatherhood support activities for at-risk young men within the County.
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Performance Measures:
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Measure
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2003 Actual*
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2005 Projected
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The birth rate for teen girls aged 15-17 will be reduced.
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13.02 per 1,000
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12.60 per 1,000
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* We estimate that the birth rate for teen girls aged 15-17 will be reduced by 10% over the four year contract period or a 2.5% reduction annually.
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BACKGROUND:
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In San Mateo County, teen and unintended births cross all racial, cultural, and socio-economic lines, although teen births cluster in Hispanic and African-American communities. Young men need education and support to prevent unintended pregnancy, and if they do become fathers, to parent responsibly. Those young men in juvenile justice settings are particularly at-risk for unintended and uninvolved fatherhood.
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DISCUSSION:
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The Health Department has received a five-year Male Involvement Program (MIP) grant of $450,000 to increase prevention education and fatherhood support activities for these young men. The grant will pay for a portion of an existing Community Program Specialist II and a future Community Worker position. The work program will be integrated into existing Health outreach and education activities. A decision package will be presented to your Board as part of the Recommended Budget in June to propose the Community Worker position.
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The goal of the program is to reduce teen pregnancies. To accomplish this goal, the program will work with young men and will promote responsible behavior. The program will conduct training and education of men likely to have high-risk behavior. In addition to reducing teen pregnancy, the program will address better relations in the pregnancies that that do occur by supporting fathers to care for the economic, social, and emotional needs of their children. By focusing on young men who are “at-risk”, the program will support the development of self-assured and future-oriented youth who are capable of navigating through adolescence to responsible adulthood.
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The Public Health Division will work jointly with the County Office of Education, the Fatherhood Collaborative, the Adolescent Collaborative Action Team and Family Planning Access Care and Treatment (FPACT) providers to implement male involvement and pregnancy prevention training in five juvenile justice educational settings throughout the county.
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FISCAL IMPACT:
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The term is January 1, 2005 to June 30, 2009. The award is $450,000; $50,000 for FY 2004-05, and $100,000 for each year after. $50,000 was included in the FY 2004-05 Budget. In FY 2005-06 and in subsequent years $100,000 will be included in the recommended budgets. There is no new net county cost associated with this program.
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