Action 16.
Regular Board of Supervisors Meeting
Health & Social Services
- Meeting Date:
- 03/28/2017
- Title:
- Health Start Program
- Submitted By:
- Briggita Hodges, Health & Social Services
- Department:
- Health & Social Services
Presentation:
No A/V Presentation
Recommendation:
Approve
Document Signatures:
BOS Signature Required
# of ORIGINALS
Submitted for Signature:
Submitted for Signature:
1
NAME
of PRESENTER:
of PRESENTER:
Judy Gilligan
TITLE
of PRESENTER:
of PRESENTER:
Prevention Services Director
Mandated Function?:
Not Mandated
Source of Mandate
or Basis for Support?:
or Basis for Support?:
Number of local families served
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Information
Agenda Item Text:
Approve Amendment No.1 to contract ADHS15-096693, Health Start Program, between the Arizona Department of Health Services and Cochise Health & Social Services in the amount of $306,185 for the period of July 1,2017 to June 30,2018.
Background:
The CHSS Maternal Child Health (MCH) Program has received the Health Start grant for the past 25 years and promotes healthy families and pregnancies among county residents. The grant serves women with a risk factor for pregnancy and post partum issues. The purpose is to reduce those risks through a community health worker program where medically trained community members act as a guide and mentor starting with the pregnancy and ending after the first two years of the child’s life.
According to ADHS Maternal and Child Health data, Cochise County has the third highest rate of low birth weight infants in Arizona. As such, both mothers and children are at higher risk for preventable negative health outcomes. According to 2010 Census data there are approximately 3,000 families in Cochise County with children under age 5. In 2016-2017 the Health Start Program served approximately 8% of those families. Even the combined capacity of four other home visiting programs in Cochise County (ESBF CPAT, CFR Healthy Families, CPC Early Head Start and FH New Parent Support), we cannot reach even half of the families who need these services.
According to ADHS Maternal and Child Health data, Cochise County has the third highest rate of low birth weight infants in Arizona. As such, both mothers and children are at higher risk for preventable negative health outcomes. According to 2010 Census data there are approximately 3,000 families in Cochise County with children under age 5. In 2016-2017 the Health Start Program served approximately 8% of those families. Even the combined capacity of four other home visiting programs in Cochise County (ESBF CPAT, CFR Healthy Families, CPC Early Head Start and FH New Parent Support), we cannot reach even half of the families who need these services.
Department's Next Steps (if approved):
Your approvals are respectfully requested.
Impact of NOT Approving/Alternatives:
Not approving this grant will cause the cessation of this value-added program to at-risk pregnant women and parenting families in Cochise County. The Health Start Program provided by Cochise County served 230 families providing 2,500 home visits during fiscal year 2017 in large and small communities all over the county.
To BOS Staff: Document Disposition/Follow-Up:
Please provide a signed copy to the Department of Health.
Fiscal Impact
- Fiscal Year:
- 2018
- One-time Fixed Costs? ($$$):
- Ongoing Costs? ($$$):
- County Match Required? ($$$):
- 0
- A-87 Overhead Amt? (Co. Cost Allocation $$$):
- 135996.00
- Source of Funding?:
Fiscal Impact & Funding Sources (if known):
This is a grant-funded, fixed\-price program from the Arizona Department of Health Services in the amount of $306,185 for FY 2018 (an increase of $5 from FY 2017).
The net county subsidy is calculated as follows (projected salaries/EREs are for the twelve-month funding cycle and reflect current staffing levels):
(FY 2017 rated used pending A-87 study completion)
The net county subsidy is calculated as follows (projected salaries/EREs are for the twelve-month funding cycle and reflect current staffing levels):
| Budgeted Salaries/EREs | 277,203 | ||
| A--87 Overhead at | 49.06% | 135,996 | |
| Collected Overhead at | 2.5% | 6,930 | |
| Net County Subsidy | 129,066 | ||
(FY 2017 rated used pending A-87 study completion)