DEPARTMENT: Health
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Colleen M. Bridger, MPH, PhD
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: City Wide
SUBJECT:
Authorizing Agreements with Family Services Association and Parent/Child Incorporated
SUMMARY:
This ordinance authorizes agreements with Family Services Association (FSA) and Parent/Child Incorporated (PCI) for the San Antonio Metropolitan Health District (Metro Health) to provide oral health services for infants and children enrolled in Early Head Start programs for a term ending September 30, 2018 with the option to renew for one additional one-year term.
The agreement with FSA for a term staring October 1, 2017 through September 30, 2018 allows Metro Health to provide oral health assessments and preventive dental care for children enrolled in the Family Services Association Early Head Start program for a budgeted amount up to $1,500. Metro Health will not seek reimbursement for these services. Metro Health will provide the agency with documentation of the in-kind value of dental care provided through this initiative.
The agreement with PCI from October 1, 2017 through September 30, 2018 allows Metro Health to provide oral health assessments and preventive dental care for children enrolled in PCI's Early Head Start Expansion and Childcare Partnership programs for a budgeted amount up to $10,500. Metro Health will not seek reimbursement for these services. Metro Health will provide the agency with documentation of the in-kind value of dental care provided through this initiative.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
The Early Head Start program is a federally-funded program that provides child care, education, child development, nutrition and social services, health and disability assessment and parent involvement, on a full-time basis. These programs are designed to serve children ages 0 to 3 years whose parents' income meets Administration for Child, Youth and Families Guidelines. Families utilizing the programs and services do n...
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