Action 11.
Regular Board of Supervisors Meeting
Health & Social Services
- Meeting Date:
- 08/25/2020
- Title:
- FY21 WIC Grant Approval
- Submitted By:
- Gabriel Lavine, Emergency Services
- Department:
- Emergency Services
Presentation:
No A/V Presentation
Recommendation:
Approve
Document Signatures:
BOS Signature NOT Required
# of ORIGINALS
Submitted for Signature:
Submitted for Signature:
2
NAME
of PRESENTER:
of PRESENTER:
Greg McQuaide
TITLE
of PRESENTER:
of PRESENTER:
Deputy Director of Operations
Mandated Function?:
Federal or State Mandate
Source of Mandate
or Basis for Support?:
or Basis for Support?:
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Information
Agenda Item Text:
Approve the Fiscal Year 2020-2021 Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) Amendment No. 3, funding $622,400 for WIC (Women, Infants and Children) Supplemental Nutrition, and $63,824 for Breastfeeding Peer Counselor Programs, effective October 1, 2020 through September 30, 2021.
Background:
Funding for the WIC (Women, Infants and Children) Supplemental Nutrition and Breastfeeding Peer Counselor Programs come from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). The overall goal of all USDA Nutrition Programs is to improve the health status of eligible participants through adoption of healthy behavioral lifestyle changes and to help prevent the occurrence of health problems.
The WIC Program is a supplemental nutrition program for income-eligible women, infants, and children. The WIC Program provides income eligible families with nutrition education and referrals to social services within the County. The Program also provides food vouchers to clients for a variety of nutritionally healthy staple foods, including: milk, eggs, juice, fruit, vegetables, meat, eggs, beans and peanut butter.
The Breastfeeding Peer Counselor Program provides counseling and support services that complement the WIC-provided breastfeeding education by allowing for additional, more in-depth education by a peer counselor trained through a breastfeeding curriculum. The goal of the BFPC program is to increase the incidence and duration of breastfeeding for all breastfeeding women in Cochise County.
IGA CTR040363 is based on an annual caseload of 3,400 pregnant women, post-partum women, infants and children (up to age 5).
The WIC Program is a supplemental nutrition program for income-eligible women, infants, and children. The WIC Program provides income eligible families with nutrition education and referrals to social services within the County. The Program also provides food vouchers to clients for a variety of nutritionally healthy staple foods, including: milk, eggs, juice, fruit, vegetables, meat, eggs, beans and peanut butter.
The Breastfeeding Peer Counselor Program provides counseling and support services that complement the WIC-provided breastfeeding education by allowing for additional, more in-depth education by a peer counselor trained through a breastfeeding curriculum. The goal of the BFPC program is to increase the incidence and duration of breastfeeding for all breastfeeding women in Cochise County.
IGA CTR040363 is based on an annual caseload of 3,400 pregnant women, post-partum women, infants and children (up to age 5).
Department's Next Steps (if approved):
Complete paperwork and manage the program.
Impact of NOT Approving/Alternatives:
The WIC Program has provided nutrition services to low income families in Cochise County for over 30 years. Approximately 3,400 county residents would be impacted by the discontinuation of the WIC and BFPC Programs. During these tough economic times, low-income Cochise County families depend on the WIC Program to help meet their nutritional needs, reduce health risks and improve health outcomes.
Federal and state mandated services will need to budgeted for in the general fund.
Federal and state mandated services will need to budgeted for in the general fund.
To BOS Staff: Document Disposition/Follow-Up:
Greg McQuaide will sign the IGA for the Health Dept and forward to CAO for review, then send to Grants Manager Ginger Hess.