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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") in the amount of $200,000 to provide evidence-based programming to Monterey County first-time mothers and their babies for the period retroactive to June 1, 2021 through May 31, 2023; and
b. Approve the nonstandard indemnification provision as recommended by the Director of Health; and
c. Approve and authorize the Director of Health or the Assistant Director of Health to sign up to three (3) future amendments to this Agreement that will not exceed ten percent (10%) ($7,652) of the original Agreement and will not significantly change the Agreement.
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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") in the amount of $200,000 to provide evidence-based programming to Monterey County first-time mothers and their babies for the period retroactive to June 1, 2021 through May 31, 2023; and
b. Approve the nonstandard indemnification provision as recommended by the Director of Health; and
c. Approve and authorize the Director of Health or the Assistant Director of Health to sign up to three (3) future amendments to this Agreement that will not exceed ten percent (10%) ($7,652) of the original Agreement and will not significantly change the Agreement.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP) is an evidence-based home visiting 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 Monterey County Health Department through the Public Health Bureau (PHB) will pair these women with an NFP nurse that will visit the home and work with the family until the child's second b...
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