To: Board of Supervisors
From: Anna Roth, Health Services Director
Report Title: Grant Award #29-265-38 with the California Department of Public Health
☒Recommendation of the County Administrator ☐ Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Health Services Director, or designee, to accept Grant Award #29-265-38 from the California Department of Public Health (CDPH), to pay the county in an amount not to exceed $1,325,837 for the Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health (MCAH) Program for the period from July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Approval of this application will result in an amount not to exceed $1,325,837 for Fiscal Year 2024-25 from CHDP. No County match is required.
BACKGROUND:
The goal of MCAH Programs within the Public Health Division of Contra Costa Health Services is to operate evidence-based programs to provide vulnerable women and their children with education, resources, and support during pregnancy and the early years of the child’s life. Several of our programs for pregnant women, new mothers and families receive funding specifically to provide education, food and other emergency assistance including transportation and items to care for the women and their families. The MCAH programs encompass many sub programs including Prenatal Care Guidance, Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, Infant Mortality monitoring and support, Community Oral Health Program, and the Comprehensive Perinatal Services Program. Contra Costa County has been receiving funds from CDPH for the MCAH Program since 1985.
On January 1, 2024, the Board of Supervisors approved Grant Award #29-265-37 with CDPH in an amount of $1,276,737, for the period from July 1, 2023 through Juen 30, 2024.
Approval of Grant Award #29-265-38 will allow county to continue to receive funds for the MCAH Program through June 30, 2025.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
If this grant is not approved, the county will not receive funds to expand support to vulnerable women and their children in Contra Costa County.