COUNTY OF SAN MATEO

Inter-Departmental Correspondence

Health Department

DATE:

June 29, 2006

BOARD MEETING DATE:

July 18, 2006

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 to provide operating support funding for the term of May 1, 2006 through April 30, 2007.

VISION ALIGNMENT:

Commitment: Ensuring basic health and safety for all.

Goal 5: Residents have access to healthcare and preventive care.

Goal 6 and 8: Children grow up healthy in safe and supportive homes and neighborhoods; Help vulnerable people – the aged, disabled, mentally ill, at-risk youth and others – achieve a better quality of life.

This grant provides general support to the Prenatal to Three Initiative (Pre-3) to allow the program to continue to offer high-quality services to children and families in the county. In addition, it supports development of a plan to implement Pre-3’s Strategic Plan, discussions with funders about support of future program activities, and one or more community events centered around Pre-3’s ten-year anniversary.

Measure

FY 2005-06
Projected

FY 2006-07
Projected

Number of referrals to Pre-3

2,608

2,800

Number of home visits

5,888

6,800

Percent of mothers who are breastfeeding

87%

90%

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 tenth and final 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 the obstacles 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.

The contractor has assured compliance with the County's Contractor Employee Jury Service Ordinance, as well as all other contract provisions that are required by County ordinance and administrative memoranda, including but not limited to insurance, hold harmless, non-discrimination and equal benefits.

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 May 1, 2006 through April 30, 2007. These funds have been included in the adopted FY 2006-07 Recommended Budget. As this is the last year of this grant, efforts will be made during FY 2006-07 to obtain ongoing funding for these activities or program adjustments will be made to stay within budget. There is no Net County Cost.