COUNTY OF SAN MATEO

Inter-Departmental Correspondence

Health Department

DATE:

April 25, 2005

BOARD MEETING DATE:

May 17, 2005

SPECIAL NOTICE/HEARING:

None

VOTE REQUIRED:

Majority

TO:

Honorable Board of Supervisors

FROM:

Charlene A. Silva, Director, Health Department

Brian Zamora, Director, Public Health & Environmental Protection

SUBJECT:

Grant Agreement with Peninsula Community Foundation

RECOMMENDATION:

Adopt a Resolution authorizing the President of the Board to execute a grant agreement with Peninsula Community Foundation in the amount of $150,000 for the term of February 1, 2005 through January 31, 2006.

VISION ALIGNMENT:

Commitment: Ensuring basic health and safety for all.

Goals 5 & 6: Residents have access to healthcare and preventative care; Children grow up healthy in safe and supportive homes and neighborhoods.

This grant contributes to these goals by assuring collaborative services provided by County departments achieve good outcomes.

Measure

FY 2004-05
Projected

FY 2005-06
Projected

Percent of mothers who are breastfeeding

92%

92%

Percent of mothers who show serious symptoms of depression on assessment instrument

13%

13%

Percentage of parents who show an increase in parent function and parent child interaction between birth and 6-10 weeks after birth on assessment instrument

68%

69%

BACKGROUND:

The explosion of knowledge about how infants and toddlers develop has led to a new appreciation of ways in which a baby’s earliest experiences set the stage for later emotional competence and achievement. With the support of the Board of Supervisors and private funders like the Peninsula Community Foundation, Pre-3 has grown into a nationally recognized early intervention program. Since Pre-3 started in 1996, the Board of Supervisors has accepted yearly grants from Peninsula Community Foundation that have generously supported general operating costs. The current grant extends the funding for a ninth year.

DISCUSSION

This grant will allow Pre-3 to continue to provide multi-disciplinary home visiting, parenting classes, and parent support groups to families on Medi-Cal with children up to age five years. Families facing high-risk situations, such as mental illness or substance abuse, are offered more intensive and longer-term services than families who are coping well with obstacles that they face in their lives. Pre-3 also offers regular training on health and early child development issues to healthcare and child care providers working in San Mateo County.

County Counsel has reviewed and approved the Resolution and Agreement as to form.

FISCAL IMPACT:

The grant of $150,000 is to be used during the period from February 1, 2005 through January 31, 2006. $63,000 has been included in the adopted FY 2004-05 budget; the remaining $87,000 will be included in the recommended FY 2005-06 budget. This grant funding is a part of the local match that allows Pre-3 to leverage federal Medi-Cal funding from the Targeted Case Management program. There is no net County cost.