ORDINANCE NO. 240910
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Sponsor: Director of Health Department
Accepting and approving a one-year $300,691.00 grant with the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (“MDESE”) to provide funding for the Building Blocks Home Visiting program that promotes a healthy and safe parenting and home environment; appropriating and estimating revenue in the amount of $300,691.00; and recognizing this ordinance as having an accelerated effective date.
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WHEREAS, the Nurse-Family Partnership is an evidence-based community health program that supports first-time, low-income mothers, helping them overcome barriers to resources and empowering them to achieve better health and life outcomes for themselves and their children by fostering a trusting relationship with a public health nurse; and
WHEREAS, the public health nurse provides ongoing support through home visits, starting early in pregnancy and continuing until the child’s second birthday, offering guidance on prenatal and postnatal care to improve pregnancy and birth outcomes, and addressing disparities related to race, ethnicity, income, and insurance status; and
WHEREAS, the Nurse-Family Partnership aims to improve pregnancy outcomes through preventive health practices, enhance child development by promoting responsible and competent care, and increase family economic self-sufficiency by helping parents plan for the future, including further education and employment opportunities; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:
Section 1. That a contract between the City of Kansas City and the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (“MDESE”), whereby the MDESE will provide funding to the Building Blocks of Missouri home visitation program which promotes improved outcomes in pregnancy and child health through the development of better women's health practices, responsible and competent care for their children, and family counseling for a one year term in an amount not to exceed $300,691.00, is accepted and approved. A copy of the contract, in substantial form, is on file with the Director of Health.
Section 2. That revenue in the following account of the Health Grants Fund is hereby estimated in the following amount:
25-2480-500001-479855-G50501725 Building Blocks Home Visiting $300,691.00
Section 3. That $300,691.00 is hereby appropriated from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the Health Grants Fund in the following accounts:
25-2480-505017-A-G50501725 Building Blocks Home Visiting $259,460.00
25-2480-505017-B-G50501725 Building Blocks Home Visiting 40,957.24
25-2480-505017-C-G50501725 Building Blocks Home Visiting 273.76
TOTAL $300,691.00
Section 4. That the Director of Health is hereby authorized is designated as requisitioning authority for Account No. 25-2480-505017-G50501725.
Section 5. That this Ordinance is recognized as an ordinance with an accelerated effective date as provided by Section 503(a)(3)(C) of the City Charter in that it appropriates money and shall take effect in accordance with that section.
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I hereby certify that there is a balance, otherwise unencumbered, to the credit of the appropriation to which the foregoing expenditure is to be charged, and a cash balance, otherwise unencumbered, in the treasury, to the credit of the fund from which payment is to be made, each sufficient to meet the obligation hereby incurred.
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Tammy L. Queen
Director of Finance
Approved as to form:
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Joseph A. Guarino
Senior Associate City Attorney