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Adopt a Resolution to:
a. Approve submission of application to Nurse-Family Partnership National Service Office for implementation of the Nurse-Family Partnership program in Fiscal Year 2016-17;
b. Amend Fiscal Year (FY) 2016-17 Health Department Budget 4000-HEA003-8124 to add one (1.0) FTE Supervising Public Health Nurse; andc. Amend Fiscal Year (FY) 2016-17 Health Department Budget 4000-HEA003-8124 to add two (2.0) FTE Public Health Nurse II positions; and
d. Authorize the County Administrative Office to reflect approved changes (Attachment A) in the Fiscal Year 2016-17 Adopted Budget.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
a. Approve submission of application to Nurse-Family Partnership National Service Office for implementation of the Nurse-Family Partnership program in Fiscal Year 2016-17; and
b. Amend Fiscal Year (FY) 2016-17 Health Department Budget 4000-HEA003-8124 to add one (1.0) FTE Supervising Public Health Nurse; and
c. Amend Fiscal Year (FY) 2016-17 Health Department Budget 4000-HEA003-8124 to add two (2.0) FTE Public Health Nurse II positions; and
d. Authorize the County Administrative Office to reflect approved changes (Attachment A) in the Fiscal Year 2016-17 Adopted Budget.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
The Health Department (Department) will implement the Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP) program throughout Monterey County in the current fiscal year. NFP is an evidence-based health program that transforms the lives of vulnerable first-time mothers and their babies. NFP will enroll Medi-Cal eligible women early in their pregnancy and conduct the first home visit by no later than the end of week 28 of pregnancy. The Department will pair these women with an NFP nurse that will visit the home and work with the family until the child's second birthday. Each nurse will address health topics in the domains of personal health, environmental health, life course, maternal role, friends and family, and health and human s...
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