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1 ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS Action Agenda Item No. ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: June 6, 1994 SUBJECT: Contract for the Smart Start Planning Grant DEPARTMENT: HEALTH PUBLIC BEARING: Yes x No ATTACHMENT(S) : INFORMATION CONTACT: HEALTH DIRECTOR'S OFFICE X2411 1. 2 page letter of agreement. TELEPHONE NUMBER: Hillsborough - 732-8181 Chapel Hill - 968-4501 Mebane - 227-2031 Durham - 688-7331 PURPOSE: To approve an agreement between the Health Department and Ms. Laura Oberkircher, a private contractor to assess the need for and evaluate the feasibility of a universal home visiting program for families with newborns in Orange County. BACKGROUND: The Board of Commissioners accepted on April 19, 1994, a grant award from the Orange County Partnership for Young Children (OCPYC) to the Orange County Health Department for a planning grant to assess the need for and the feasibility of a universal home visiting program for Orange County families with newborns. The contractor, Ms. Laura Oberkircher is a candidate for a master's degree in Public Health, in Maternal and Child Health and has a master's degree in social work. She is carrying out the study under the direct supervision of the Personal Health Services Division Director, Eileen Kugler, and the social work supervisor, Melinda Schlesinger. These three have engaged the consultation of an interagency committee representing such collaborators as: Orange County DSS, UNC Hospitals, Chapel Hill/Carrboro Schools, Orange County Schools and others. After the completion of the feasibility study, the contractor will develop a funding proposal for the Partnership's Next Step Plan to the State's Smart Start Program. RECOMMENDATION(S) : The Manager recommends that the contract be approved, subject to the final review and approval of contract language by the County Attorney and the Chair authorized to sign the agreement.