To: Charles Winfrey, Human Services Committee Chairperson
From: Michelle Estell, MSA, RS, Health Officer
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RE: Approval of an agreement between Genesee County and Go Beyond - Well Family System EMR, in an amount not to exceed $20,900.00, to provide data management for the Healthy Start Initiative; the term of this agreement is August 1, 2026 through July 31, 2028; the cost of this agreement will be paid from account 2211-607.01-801.000
recommendation
BOARD ACTION REQUESTED:
Approval to amend the Professional Services Contract with Go Beyond - Well Family System for an additional 2 years from August 1, 2026 through July 31, 2028. Data management Services will be paid through funding Account- 2211-607.01-801.000, Funding Source Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA).
BACKGROUND:
Health Start is an infant mortality reduction program that uses a multidisciplinary approach to provide home visiting services to families in the Genesee County community. This project receives large amounts of data that will be inputted into the Well Family System EMR database. Through the Well Family System, Go Beyond will provide essential services to this project not only by hosting the database for Healthy Start client information, but also completing all data management needs required by federal funder HRSA.
DISCUSSION:
This request is to amend the Professional Services contract with Go Beyond - Well Family System for an additional two-year period. Go Beyond will provide essential needs for the project including data cleaning and data reporting to federal funder HRSA. The cost of the Well Family System EMR by Go Beyond is $10,450.00 per year. No county appropriation is needed.
IMPACT ON HUMAN RESOURCES:
There is no anticipated impact on human resources related to this request.
IMPACT ON BUDGET:
These expenditures are budgeted from the Healthy Start Grant in the 2026-2027 fiscal year budget under service contracts line items 2211-607.01-801.000.
IMPACT ON FACILITIES:
There is no anticipated impact on facilities related to this request.
IMPACT ON TECHNOLOGY:
There is no anticipated impact on technology. IT has done an initial review to determine if all components of this system are compliant with Genesee County standards. This system is web-based and will not require application downloads of any kind.
CONFORMITY TO COUNTY PRIORITIES:
Healthy, Livable & Safe Communities-
Genesee County Healthy Start continues to support a Healthy, Livable, and Safe Community through the utilization of community resources. Home visiting services provided through the Healthy Start Initiative are shown to decrease maternal and infant mortality, therefore contributing to full term pregnancies and healthy infants.
resolution
TO THE HONORABLE CHAIRPERSON AND MEMBERS OF THE GENESEE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN:
BE IT RESOLVED, by this Board of County Commissioners of Genesee County, Michigan, that the request by the Health Officer to authorize amending the contract between Genesee County and Go Beyond, LLC, said amendment being necessary to extend the contract for an additional two-year period commencing August 1, 2026, through July 31, 2028, whereby the contractor will continue to provide data management through its Well Family System for the Healthy Start Initiative, at an annual cost not to exceed $10,450.00 per year to be paid from account 2211-607.01-801.000, with no additional County appropriation required, is approved (a copy of the memorandum request and supporting documents being on file with the official records of the July 15, 2026 meeting of the Human Services Committee of this Board), and the Chairperson of this Board is authorized to execute the contract amendment on behalf of Genesee County.