DATE: May 14, 2019
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: David Pomaville, Director, Department of Public Health
SUBJECT: Retroactive Revenue Agreement with California Department of Public Health
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute a retroactive revenue Agreement with California Department of Public Health, for the Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health and Black Infant Health programs, effective July 1, 2018 through June 30, 2019 ($7,259,287.08).
REPORT
Approval of the recommended action will provide the Department of Public Health with an additional year of California Department of Public Health (CDPH) funding for the Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health (MCAH) and Black Infant Health (BIH) programs. MCAH uses local funding ($3,592,815) as the local match to draw down Federal Financial Participation (FFP) Title XIX funds. The funding will support salary and benefits, operational, indirect, and subcontract costs to execute the required services. The programs provide outreach, home visitation, health education and linkage to community resources to County pregnant and parenting women and their families, with no increase in Net County Cost. This item is countywide.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):
There are no viable alternative actions. Should your Board not approve the recommended action, the Department would not be able to accept the program specific CDPH funds, resulting in a staff and program reduction.
RETROACTIVE AGREEMENT:
The recommended agreement is retroactive to July 1, 2018. Negotiations and clarifications to Title XIX funding policies delayed receipt of the final recommended agreement from CDPH. The time required to prepare and review the recommended agreement received from CDPH on April 4, 2019 did not allow presentation to your Board at an earlier date.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no increase in Net County Cost associated with the recommended action. CDPH approved a non-competitive allocation ($3,666,472...
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