Agenda Item # 3
Columbus Consolidated Government
Council Meeting
January 22, 2013
Agenda Report # 010
TO: Mayor and Council
SUBJECT: Nurse-Family Partnership Home Visiting Program
INITIATED BY: Jennifer Davidson, Cooperative Extension Service
Recommendation: Approval is requested to submit an application and if approved
accept $497,560 from the Georgia Office of Children/Families Program and
execute a Nurse-Family Partnership Contract and Implementation Agreement for
the period of January 1, 2013 through December 31, 2013, 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.
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)
was issued by GOCF in December, 2011, to take effect for period January 1,
through December 31, 2012, was signed by CCG officials. Funding is requested
from GOCF in the amount of $497,560, for CY2013. NFP, Inc, desires to have a
formal Implementation Agreement with the Columbus Consolidated Government, to
ensure model fidelity and payment of associated fees ($37,370) for NFP
services. The program implementing department is Cooperative Extension.
Analysis: This grant will enable the expansion of home-visitation,
evidenced-based parent education programming, in order to reach 100 more
children and parents. UGA Cooperative Extension is a recognized leader in
delivery of high quality training and, as a collaborator with others.
**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, $37,370 in 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 took effect April 1, 2012.
Financial Considerations: The NFP program in Columbus is funded by Contract
#HV12-009 as part of the comprehensive home visiting strategy. 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 ($37,370).
Projected Annual Fiscal Impact Statement: A local match is not required for
this grant.
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 in Columbus.
The NFP, Inc. of Denver, Colorado, wants a renewed Implementation Agreement
with the CCG.
Recommendation/Action: Authorize the City Manager to sign a contract with the
Governor?s Office for Children and Families for 2013 and renew 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 SUBMIT AN APPLICATION AND
IF APPROVED ACCEPT A GRANT FOR $497,560 AND EXECUTE A CONTRACT WITH THE
GOVERNOR?S OFFICE FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES AND ANY RENEWAL OF IMPLEMENTATION
AGREEMENT BETWEEN COLUMBUS CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENT AND NURSE-FAMILY
PARTNERSHIP, WHICH ENUMERATES THE FEES FOR SERVICES REQUIRED BY NFP (EXHIBIT
C) AND BASED ON THE FUNDING AVAILABLE (IN THE 2013 CONTRACT AND 2012 CONTRACT
#HV12-009) FROM THE GOVERNOR?S OFFICE FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES FOR HOME
VISITATION PROGRAMS TO EDUCATE THE PARENTS OF YOUNG CHILDREN.
WHEREAS, 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 hereby authorized to submit an application and
if approved accept $497,560 and execute a 2013 Contract with the Governor?s
Office for Children and Families and renew an Implementation Agreement with
Nurse Family Partnership for $37,370, a Colorado nonprofit corporation, to
continue the evidence-based, NFP, home visiting program, that has been funded
with a grant (Contract #HV12-009) from the Governor?s Office for Children and
Families under the Early Childhood System of Care.
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Introduced at a regular meeting of the Council of Columbus, Georgia,
held the 22nd day of January, 2013, 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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Tiny B. Washington, Clerk of Council Teresa Pike Tomlinson, Mayor
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