Fiscal Note
Funds are included in the 2012 Adopted Public Health Operating Budget. No additional appropriation is required. Continuation for the second and third year, as well as any renewals, will be contingent upon the availability of funds in the adopted operating budgets of future years.
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A Resolution authorizing the Board of Health for Madison and Dane County to enter into a contract with Nurse Family Partnership for the implementation of a home visitation program for vulnerable first-time mothers
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Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP) is non-profit organization that has developed an evidenced-based home visitation program that focuses on vulnerable mothers pregnant with their first child. Each mother is partnered with a nurse early in the pregnancy and receives ongoing home nurse visits until the child’s second birthday. It is in a first pregnancy that there is the best chance to promote and teach positive health and development behaviors between a mother and her baby. Public Health-Madison and Dane County (PHMDC) has been in conversations with NFP for more than two years.
The NFP program would complement existing Perinatal Care Coordination (PNCC) services because it offers clients and nurses the opportunity to work on long-term goals beyond the pregnancy-developing parenting skills, having healthy relationships, and planning their family and work lives. About 55 percent of current PNCC clients would be eligible for NFP. We expect that most NFP clients will come from PNCC referrals.
PHMDC seeks authorization to contract with NFP to purchase this program model and materials. This includes access to proprietary software for data collection, data analysis, the program website, training and support for PHMDC staff to implement the program, and on-site consultation. Start-up costs will be approximately $40,500. Costs in the second and subsequent years will be about $16,000 per year.
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WHEREAS Public Health-Madison and Dane County (P...
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