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C.38

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	Joe Valentine, Employment & Human Services Director
Date:	April 28, 2009

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Costa

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Subject:

Contract with Aspirinet, Inc., for Welcome Home Baby Home Visiting Family Support Services

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 04/28/2009

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
Susan A. Bonilla, District IV Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor

Contact:	925.313.1648
cc:	Patricia Wyrick Earl Maciel

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: April 28, 2009
David Twa,

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Employment and Human Services Director, or designee, to execute a contract with Aspiranet, a Non-Profit Corporation, in an amount not to exceed $1,113,126 for the period July 1, 2009 through June 30, 2010.

FISCAL IMPACT:

$1,113,126: 1% County Funds; 47% Federal Targeted Case Management Funding (CFDA 93.778); 52% Other Funding (2% CC Futures; 98% First Five Funding)

BACKGROUND:

Aspiranet, formerly Moss Beach, Inc., will have a fiduciary relationship to the Welcome Home Baby Program (WHB), with responsibilities of fiscal administration including human resource management, while EHSD will remain the primary lead for program decisions and expansion.

BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)

The Welcome Home Baby program provides up to three years of home-based services to families and their first newborn babies. Family Support Specialists visit the families in the home and complete a set of core activities in vital areas known to be related to healthy child development and optimal family functioning. Areas of focus include primary medical care, family planning, developmental delays, post-partum depression, parent education, substance abuse, domestic violence, literacy, basic needs and social isolation.


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CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:

This contract supports all of the community outcomes established in the Children’s Report Card: 1) “Children Ready for and Succeeding in School”; 2) “Children and Youth Healthy and Preparing for Productive Adulthood”; 3) “Families that are Economically Self Sufficient”; 4) “Families that are Safe, Stable and Nurturing”; and 5) “Communities that are Safe and Provide a High Quality of Life for Children and Families,” by providing support to first time mothers to ensure newborns are provide a safe and nurturing environmen