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C. 62

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	Anna Roth, Health Services Director
Date:	May 23, 2023

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Costa

County

Subject:

Contract #72-197 with FIERCE (Families and Individuals Equitably Rooted in Collective Empowerment), Inc.

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 05/23/2023

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Candace Andersen, District II Supervisor
Diane Burgis, District III Supervisor
Ken Carlson, District IV Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor

Contact:	Ori Tzvelli, M.D., 925-608-5267
cc:	K Cyr M Wilhelm

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: May 23, 2023
Monica Nino, County Administrator

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Health Services Director, or designee, to execute on behalf of the County Contract #72-197 with FIERCE (Families and Individuals Equitably Rooted in Collective Empowerment), Inc. a non-profit corporation, in an amount not to exceed $700,000, for consultation and technical assistance to develop a Doula Program to provide prenatal, birth and postpartum support services, for the period April 1, 2023 through March 31, 2025.

FISCAL IMPACT:

Approval of this contract will provide contractual services of up to $700,000 over a two-year period and will be funded as budgeted for FY 2023-2025, 100% by Community Development Perinatal Equity Initiative Grant.

BACKGROUND:

County Public Health Department contributes to the County Health Services Department by providing outreach and services to communities that may otherwise not get community support for client referrals/case management in collaboration with the Perinatal Equity Initiative (PEI). This contractor will provide Doula services built on the Health Connect One Community Based Doula model and will provide such support services for county participants beginning April 1, 2023.

The Division did not receive all required documentation from this contractor until the end of March and is requesting this contractor be allowed to maintain the original effective date of April 1, 2023 to avoid delay in the provision of services for enrolled county participants.

Under new Contract #72-197, the contractor will provide support services modeled after Health Connect One Community Based Doula services for prenatal, birth and postpartum period to enrolled county participants through March 31, 2025.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

If this contract is not approved, county participants will not have access to contractor’s support services for prenatal through postpartum period Doula services.