Agenda Item # 8
Columbus Consolidated Government
Council Meeting
March 27, 2012
Agenda Report # 032
TO: Mayor and City Council
SUBJECT: Nurse-Family Partnership Home Visiting Program
INITIATED BY: Cooperative Extension
Recommendation: Authorize the City Manager to sign the Nurse-Family Partnership
Implementation Agreement for the period of April 1, 2012 through December 31,
2012, between the Columbus Consolidated Government and Nurse-Family
Partnership, a Colorado nonprofit corporation, which is automatically renewable
annually if funding through the Governor?s Office for Children and Families
(federal MIECHV/Health and Human Services/HRSA) is available to conduct the
Nurse-Family Partnership program in Columbus, GA for a cost to the CCG of
$37,370.
Background: What happens in early childhood matters for a lifetime.
Neuroscience indicates that providing supportive and positive conditions for
early childhood development is more effective and less costly than addressing
consequences of adversity later. Since education begins at home and parents are
their children?s first and most influential teachers, educating and supporting
parents is a logical strategy.
*Federal Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program was created
in 2010 with funding available for each State for Evidence Based Home Visiting
programs. The Governor?s Office for Children and Families was designated as
the lead agency in Georgia. Funding is expected through September 2015.
* The Early Childhood System Of Care (ECSOC) in Columbus has an opportunity to
implement a third Home Visitation evidence-based model (Nurse-Family
Partnership, which has strong maternal and infant health components) and pilot
a community-based, comprehensive home visiting strategy directed toward six
outcome/benchmark areas (improved infant and maternal health; prevention of
child injuries, maltreatment and reduction in ER visits; improvement in school
readiness and achievement; reduction in crime and domestic violence;
improvement in family economic self-sufficiency; improvements in coordination
of and referrals for community resources and supports).
* Council approved application for funding in July 2011. Contract (#HV12-009)
issued by GOCF in December, 2011, to take effect for period January 1, through
December 31, 2012, was signed by CCG officials. Funding has been committed
from GOCF in the amount of $497561, for CY2012, for NFP implementation in
Columbus. NFP, Inc., desires to have a formal Implementation Agreement with
the Columbus Consolidated Government, the program implementing department being
Cooperative Extension.
Analysis: This grant will enable the expansion of home-visitation,
evidenced-based parent education programming, in order to reach more children
and parents. UGA Cooperative Extension is a recognized leader in delivery of
high quality trainings and, as a collaborator with others who need education
resources.
**NFP desires to ensure that model fidelity and financial considerations are
clear to both parties through this formal Implementation Agreement (covering
definitions, NFP obligations, CCG obligations, fees and payments associated
with NFP services in support of the implementing agency, terms and defaults,
dispute resolution, liability, assignment/subcontracting, and miscellaneous
provisions.
**This Implementation Agreement will take effect April 1, 2012.
Financial Considerations: The NFP program in Columbus is funded for a total of
$497,561 as part of the comprehensive home visiting strategy. The $37,370
funding will come out of the total funding of $497,561. Funding requests, if
deliverables are met, will be available for at least three years. No local
match required. See Exhibit C for the detailed schedule of Fees for Services.
Legal Considerations: The applicant, Columbus Consolidated Government (for
Cooperative Extension?s Positive Parenting Program), has signed a contract
(#HV12-009) with and received funds from GOCF for the NFP program
implementation in Columbus. The NFP, Inc. of Denver, Colorado, wants a signed
Implementation Agreement with the CCG.
Recommendation/Action: Authorize the City Manager to sign the Implementation
Agreement with NFP, Inc., based on the grant award received from the Governor?s
Office for Children and Families.
A RESOLUTION
No. _____
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN IMPLEMENTATION
AGREEMENT BETWEEN COLUMBUS CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENT AND NURSE-FAMILY PARTNERSHIP
FOR $37,370, BASED ON THE FUNDING AVAILABLE OF $497,561 (CONTRACT #HV12-009)
FROM THE GOVERNOR?S OFFICE FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES FOR HOME VISITATION
PROGRAMS TO EDUCATE THE PARENTS OF YOUNG CHILDREN.
WHEREAS, the funds have been made available from the Governor?s Office
For Children and Families for the purpose of evidence based, home visitation
programs for parenting education under an Early Childhood System Of Care that
addresses Federal home visiting benchmark areas and constructs; and, Muscogee
was selected as one of six counties eligible to apply; and,
WHEREAS, the UGA Cooperative Extension in Columbus has operated Parents
As Teachers, a home visiting parenting education program, under the umbrella of
Positive Parenting Program; and,
WHEREAS, there is a need to increase the knowledge and skills of
parents with young children so that they can provide a nurturing and safe
environment while acting as their children?s first teachers; and,
WHEREAS, parent education through evidence based, home visiting models
is a proven strategy to prevent child maltreatment, improve maternal and
newborn health, improve school readiness and achievement, and improve
coordination and referrals for other community resources and supports; and,
WHEREAS, there is limited access to pro-active parent education for
families at-risk, in transition, or parents who want to increase their
parenting skills and knowledge; and,
NOW, THEREFORE, THE COUNCIL OF COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, HEREBY RESOLVES AS FOLLOWS:
That the City Manager is here by authorized to sign an Implementation
Agreement with Nurse Family Partnership FOR $37,370, a Colorado nonprofit
corporation, to implement the evidence-based, NFP, home visiting program, that
funding will come from out of a grant (Contract #HV12-009) from the Governor?s
Office for Children and Families $497,561, under the Early Childhood System of
Care.
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Introduced at a regular meeting of the Council of Columbus, Georgia,
held the 27th day of March, 2012, and adopted at said meeting by the
affirmative vote of _________members of said Council.
Councilor Allen voting ____________.
Councilor Baker voting ____________.
Councilor Barnes voting ____________.
Councilor Davis voting ____________.
Councilor Henderson voting ____________.
Councilor Huff voting ____________.
Councilor McDaniel voting ____________.
Councilor Thomas voting ____________.
Councilor Turner Pugh voting ____________.
Councilor Woodson voting ____________.
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Sandra T. Davis, Deputy Clerk of Council Teresa Pike Tomlinson, Mayor
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