Legislation Details

File #: A 26-121    Name: Nurse Family Partnership Agreement dba Changent
Type: BoS Agreement Status: Passed
File created: 4/8/2026 In control: Board of Supervisors
On agenda: 5/12/2026 Final action: 5/12/2026
Title: a. Approve and authorize the Director of Health Services or designee to execute a non-standard agreement with Nurse-Family Partnership dba Changent to provide services related to helping low-income, first-time mothers achieve healthier pregnancies, improve parenting skills, and enhance the well-being of their children, leading to greater economic self-sufficiency, effective June 1, 2026 through May 31, 2029 for a contract total not to exceed amount of $250,000; b. Approve the nonstandard indemnification provision as recommended by the Director of Health Services; and c. Approve and authorize the Director of Health Services or designee to sign up to three future amendments where the combined amendments do not exceed 10% ($25,000) of the original amount and do not significantly change the scope, total not to exceed amount of $275,000.
Attachments: 1. Board Report, 2. Agreement
Title
a. Approve and authorize the Director of Health Services or designee to execute a non-standard agreement with Nurse-Family Partnership dba Changent to provide services related to helping low-income, first-time mothers achieve healthier pregnancies, improve parenting skills, and enhance the well-being of their children, leading to greater economic self-sufficiency, effective June 1, 2026 through May 31, 2029 for a contract total not to exceed amount of $250,000;
b. Approve the nonstandard indemnification provision as recommended by the Director of Health Services; and
c. Approve and authorize the Director of Health Services or designee to sign up to three future amendments where the combined amendments do not exceed 10% ($25,000) of the original amount and do not significantly change the scope, total not to exceed amount of $275,000.
Report
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the County of Monterey Board of Supervisors:
a. Approve and authorize the Director of Health Services or designee to execute a non-standard agreement with Nurse-Family Partnership dba Changent to provide services related to helping low-income, first-time mothers achieve healthier pregnancies, improve parenting skills, and enhance the well-being of their children, leading to greater economic self-sufficiency, effective June 1, 2026 through May 31, 2029 for a contract total not to exceed amount of $250,000;
b. Approve the nonstandard indemnification provision as recommended by the Director of Health Services; and
c. Approve and authorize the Director of Health Services or designee to sign up to three (3) future amendments where the combined amendments do not exceed 10% ($25,000) of the original amount and do not significantly change the scope, total not to exceed amount of $275,000.

SUMMARY:
County of Monterey Health Department Public Health Bureau's Nurse Family Partnership (NFP) is an evidence-based program that pairs a nurse with a first-time parent starting in early pregnancy...

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