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This grant provides $184,248 ($46,062 in 2016 and $138,186 in 2017) to Public Health Madison Dane County (PHMDC) for the Maternal, Infant, and Early Child Home Visiting (MIECHV) program to support the PHMDC Nurse Family Partnership (NFP) Program. It is anticipated that this funding will be eligible for renewal annually over a 10 year term. The funding will support the creation of a Public Health Nurse position to provide home visiting services and the funding will continue to support the Maternal and Child Health Navigator position (created in the first funding cycle of MIECHV) to conduct outreach with community and health care partners and provide swift follow up with referrals. The positions are contingent on continued grant funding. PHMDC will provide matching funds of $100,686 over the twelve month period primarily through existing administrative expenses. The 2017 Executive Operating Budget as amended by the Board of Estimates includes expenditures and revenue for the 2017 portion of the grant. There is no impact on the levy.
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A resolution authorizing Public Health Madison & Dane County (PHMDC) to accept a grant and sign an agreement with the Wisconsin Department of Children and Families (DCF) for the federally administered Maternal, Infant, and Early Child Home Visiting (MIECHV) program to support the PHMDC Nurse Family Partnership (NFP) Program.
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PHMDC has been providing services through the Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP) program since 2012. 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.
The NFP program is a complement to the other PHMDC...
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