To: Board of Supervisors
From: Anna Roth, Health Services Director
Report Title: Grant Award #28-510-10 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 #28-510-10 from the California Department of Public Health (CDPH), to pay the county in an amount not to exceed $2,787,687 for the Black Infant Health (BIH) 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 $2,787,687 for FY 2024-25 from CHDP. No County match is required.
BACKGROUND:
The goal of BIH program is to ensure black women in Contra Costa County are healthy before, during and after pregnancy, infants are born healthy and thrive in their first of years life, reduce infant mortality with a focus on reducing disparities. The BIH Program is a client-centered, strength-based group intervention with 1:1 support that embraces the life course perspective and promotes social support, empowerment, skill building, stress reduction and goal setting. The BIH program works in collaboration with other programs including the Prenatal Care Guidance, Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, Community Oral Health Program, and the Comprehensive Perinatal Services Program. Contra Costa County has been receiving funds from CDPH for the BIH Program since 1991.
On January 9, 2024, the Board of Supervisors approved #28-510-8 with CDPH, in an amount of $1,501, 519 for the BIH Program, for the period July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024.
Approval of Grant Award #28-510-10 will allow county to continue to receive funds for the BIH Program through June 30, 2025.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
If this grant is not approved, the county will not receive funds to reduce disparities and improve the health of black women and their infants in Contra Costa County.