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
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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 F...
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