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Board of Health for Madison and Dane County Resolution #2022-23 Authorization to Accept Additional Funds from The Roots and Wings Foundation, Inc. to support Maternal and Child Health Population from Pregnancy through age three
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Public Health Madison and Dane County (PHMDC) proposes the acceptance of additional funding from The Roots and Wings Foundation, Inc. Roots and Wings is a nonprofit private foundation which supports organizations in Wisconsin, as well as some others across the nation, in the areas of early childhood, basic needs, healthcare and human rights.
On August 4, 2021, the Board of Health authorized PHMDC to accept $120,000 of grant funding from Roots and Wings for NFP over the course of two years via Resolution #2021-12. On January 5, 2022, the Board of Health authorized an additional $80,000 over the course of two years via resolution 2022-03.
Roots and Wings is now granting PHMDC an additional $150,000 of funding annually for the next three years. This funding supports all MCH services, including Nurse Family Partnership, Prenatal Care Coordination, and a Fetal Infant Mortality Review.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Health for Madison and Dane County, on behalf of Public Health-Madison and Dane County, is authorized to accept additional grant funding of $150,000 from the Roots and Wings Foundation annually for three consecutive years (2022, 2023, 2024) to support the Maternal and Child Health Population from Pregnancy through age three.
Drafted by: Daniel Stattelman-Scanlan
Introduced: 7/20/2022
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