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Approve a contract with Innovative Health Solutions for $125,000 to provide nutrition education services for the period of October 1, 2023 through September 30, 2024; and Delegate authority to the County Administrator to execute the contract and any subsequent amendments, with County Counsel concurrence, up to an aggregate of $74,999
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DEPARTMENTAL RECOMMENDATION:
The Department of Health and Social Services recommends that the Board of Supervisors approve a contract with Innovative Health Solutions for $125,000 to provide nutrition education services for the period of October 1, 2023 through September 30, 2024; and delegate authority to the County Administrator to execute the contract and any subsequent amendments, with County Counsel concurrence, up to an aggregate of $74,999.
SUMMARY:
The California Department of Public Health's CalFresh Healthy Living Program funds the Solano County Department of Health and Social Services, Public Health Division, Nutrition Services Program, to provide community-based nutrition education and obesity prevention activities.
This contract with Innovative Health Solutions will provide for the continuation of nutrition education classes and events for students and parents, allowing for enhanced, targeted nutrition activities at several school sites within the Fairfield-Suisun Unified School District. The contract also provides for materials, program evaluation, a youth social media messaging project and implementation of the California Department of Public Health mandated evaluation project for direct education at school sites.
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
The Health and Social Services Department's FY2023/24 Working Budget includes $157,968 for the Innovative Health Solutions contract for the period of July 2023 through September 2023. This new contract is for the period of October 2023 through June 2024. Appropriations...
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