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To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	William Walker, M.D., Health Services Director
Date:	November 8, 2011

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

Grant Award #28-347 from Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc., the East Bay Area

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 11/08/2011

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Gayle B. Uilkema, District II Supervisor
Mary N. Piepho, District III Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor

Contact:	Wendel Brunner, MD, 313-6712
cc:	Jacqueline Pigg Demetria Gary

I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: November 8, 2011
David Twa,

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

Approve and authorize the Health Services Director, or designee, to accept, on behalf of County, Grant Award #28-347 from Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc., the East Bay Area, to pay County an amount not to exceed $20,000 for County’s Public Health, Family, Maternal and Child Health (FMCH) Programs, Prenatal Care Now Project, for the period from July 1, 2011 through June 30, 2012.

FISCAL IMPACT:

Approval of this Grant Award will provide funding in the amount of $20,000 from Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc., the East Bay Area, for the Prenatal Care Now Project through June 30, 2012. No County funds are required.

BACKGROUND:

Approval of Grant Award #28-347 will allow funding to support the County’s FMCH Prenatal Care Now Project. This project will promote early prenatal care among African American and Hispanic mothers through outreach, case management, and an education campaign on presumptive eligibility Medi-cal through June 30, 2012.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

If this contract is not approved, the County will not receive funding to support the Prenatal Care Now Project.

CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:

Not applicable.