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a. Approve and authorize the Director of Health or Assistant Director of Health to execute an Agreement with Nurse-Family Partnership ("NFP") for NFP in the amount of $150,000 to provide evidence-based programming to Monterey County first-time mothers and their babies for the period June 1, 2018 through June 30, 2021; and
b. Approve nonstandard insurance provision in Agreement as recommended by the Director of Health.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
a. Approve and authorize the Director of Health or Assistant Director of Health to execute an Agreement with Nurse-Family Partnership ("NFP") for NFP in the amount of $150,000 to provide evidence-based programming to Monterey County first-time mothers and their babies for the period June 1, 2018 through June 30, 2021; and
b. Approve nonstandard insurance provision in Agreement as recommended by the Director of Health.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
The Health Department (Department) will implement the Nurse-Family Partnership program throughout Monterey County in this 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 services.
Nurse-Family Partnership has been shown to improve health outcomes among participants, such as decreased prenatal cigarette smoking, reduced hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, decreased childhood injuries, reduced subsequent pregnancies, and increased intervals between births. By achieving similar outcomes among first-time...
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