To: Charles Winfrey, Human Services Committee Chairperson
From: Michelle Estell, RS, MSA, Administrative Health Officer
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RE: Approval of an amendment to the contract between Genesee County’s Health Department and Hurley Medical Center to add additional funds, in an amount not to exceed $25,000.00 per year from December 1, 2026 through March 31, 2029, for case management and care coordination services
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BOARD ACTION REQUESTED:
Approval to amend the subrecipient contract with Hurley Medical Center to provide additional funds for case management and care coordination services.
BACKGROUND:
HRSA requires all Healthy Start grantees to provide case management and care coordination services to Healthy Start participants. Case management and care coordination services serve as an intervention to reduce maternal and infant mortality.
DISCUSSION:
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. Approval to add an additional $25,000.00 per year to the approved contract from December 1, 2026 through March 31, 2029, no county appropriation is needed. Genesee County Healthy Start received continued federal funding from May 1, 2024, through March 31, 2029.
IMPACT ON HUMAN RESOURCES:
There is no anticipated impact on human resources related to this request.
IMPACT ON BUDGET:
All 2024 Healthy Start grantees received funding from federal funder HRSA to provide clinical services to program participants.
IMPACT ON FACILITIES:
There is no anticipated impact on facilities related to this request.
IMPACT ON TECHNOLOGY:
There is no impact on technology.
CONFORMITY TO COUNTY PRIORITIES:
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.
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 Administrative Health Officer to authorize amending the contract between Genesee County and Hurley Medical Center, said amendment being necessary to add additional funds to the current contract in an amount not to exceed $25,000.00 per year commencing December 1, 2026, through March 31, 2029, to be paid from account 2211-607.01-801.060 with no county appropriation, is approved (a copy of the memorandum request and supporting documents being on file with the official records of the November 3, 2026 meeting of the Human Services Committee of this Board), and the Chairperson of this Board is authorized to execute the amendment on behalf of Genesee County.