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9 <br />4. DESCRIBE YOUR PLAN FOR PROVIDING SUPERVISION TO AND COORDINATION OF <br />THE BABY LOVE MATERNAL OUTREACH PROJECT. <br />The Maternal Outreach Project is a collaborative effort between <br />OCCHS and OCHD, the, two agencies offering MCC services to orange <br />County residents.- The program provides an excellent and unique <br />opportunity for true interagency collaboration among three agencies <br />in the county offering prenatal health care in different types of <br />settings: UNC Hospitals, a tertiary care center; OCCHS, a <br />community health center; and OCHD, a local health department. <br />While the MOWs would be OCHD employees, they would be available to <br />provide services to clients from all three health care settings. <br />one MOW would be based at OCHD in Hillsborough to cover the north- <br />ern part of Orange County and the other MOW would be based at OCCHS <br />in Carrboro to cover the southern part of Orange County. (see <br />Section 3.B.) <br />The Public Health social Work coordinator at OCHD and the Perinatal <br />Program Coordinator at OCCHS will jointly coordinate the project <br />a-nd divide supervisory responsibilities. Supervisory responsi- <br />bilities will be divided equally except for agency specific orien- <br />tation /information that will be provided by the supervisor from the <br />appropriate agency. The project supervisors will plan joint staff <br />meetings and staff development. After delivery and once CSC is in- <br />volved, the Public Health social work Coordinator will assume <br />supervisory responsibilities. The two project supervisors will <br />assume the administrative responsibilities including regular meet- <br />ings with MOWs, and individual MCC and CScs will provide direct <br />case supervision. Individual MCCs and CScs will be responsible for <br />the development and implementation of the MOW service plan, with <br />the project supervisors available for back up and case consulta- <br />tion. <br />5. DESCRIBE YOUR PROPOSED TARGET POPULATION TO RECEIVE INTENSIVE BABY <br />LOVE MATERNAL OUTREACH WORKER SERVICES. <br />The target population for the MOW includes clients faced with <br />severe psychosocial problems including: <br />1. Substance abuse during pregnancy. <br />2. Violence in the home. <br />3. Chronically dysfunctional families (those with history of <br />mental disabilities, those constantly in a crisis and /or those <br />with extremely unstable financial and emotional support. <br />4. History of parenting difficulties including prior history of <br />abuse /neglect of their other children. <br />5. Pregnant teens (less than 18 years) with one or more of the <br />above psychosocial problems. <br />5 <br />