DEPARTMENT: Public Health
FILE TYPE: Consent Action
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Ratification Of Minnesota Department Of Health Strong Foundations Grant Application, And Authorization To Accept Grant Funds And Execute Grant Agreement And Related Contracts
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WHEREAS, the Dakota County Board of Commissioners acts as the Community Health Board and has responsibility to prevent disease and disability and to promote and protect the health and safety of County residents; and
WHEREAS, Public Health has a long history of providing home visiting services to families in Dakota County, utilizing the MDH Strong Foundations grant, and the Maternal, Infant, Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) grant to fund these services; and
WHEREAS, MIECHV is a federally funded program that uses evidence-based home visiting services to achieve positive outcomes for pregnant people and parents with young children; and
WHEREAS, the Strong Foundations grant is a combination of state and federal funds for evidence-based home visiting services supporting women, infants, young children, and families in the community; and
WHEREAS, the current Strong Foundations and MIECHV grants are set to expire on December 31, 2022; and
WHEREAS, in order to create efficiencies, MDH released a Request for Proposal that consolidated grant funding sources into one application also titled, Strong Foundations, ensuring stable funding to provide family home visiting services to county residents over the next five years; and
WHEREAS, beginning January 1, 2023, the Strong Foundations grant will be used exclusively to support the Maternal Early Childhood Sustained Home Visiting (MECSH) evidence-based home visiting model at Dakota County; and
WHEREAS, Dakota County Public Health applied and was awarded $1,259,535 for a five-year Strong Foundations grant for the period of January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2023; and
WHEREAS, funding will be determined annually and is expected to remain stable; and
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