DEPARTMENT: Health Department
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Thomas Schlenker
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: City Wide
SUBJECT:
Authorizing an Agreement with Susan M. Wolfe and Associates, L.L.C.
SUMMARY:
This Ordinance authorizes an agreement with Susan M. Wolfe and Associates, L.L.C. to provide grant evaluation services for the San Antonio Metropolitan Heath District's Healthy Start Program (Healthy Start) for a total amount not to exceed $54,000.00 for a three year period. The term of the proposed agreement begins November 1, 2013 and ends on October 31, 2016, and includes a one year option to renew.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
Healthy Start is building a community that educates and supports healthy women and healthy families for healthy babies. The mission is to reduce health disparities and improve birth outcomes in San Antonio and Bexar County Texas by:
* Facilitating systems and policy change for a sustainable improvement in birth outcomes;
* Building collaborative relationships with participants and community partners;
* Motivating, empowering, and advocating for participants; and
* Providing culturally competent services and health education to pregnant and interconceptional women.
Impacting efforts are targeted toward the multiple factors which contribute to Infant Mortality, including but not limited to low birth weight, late or no prenatal care, African-American race, smoking during pregnancy, early and/or unplanned childbearing, as well as other socio-economic factors such as poverty, maternal depression, violence in the home, and poor social support.
In May 2013, Metro Health in coordination with the Finance Department's Purchasing Division issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) for professional consulting services to evaluate grant program performance across Healthy Start projects. The evaluation committee recommended Susan M. Wolfe and Associates, L.L.C.
This contract will be awarded in compliance with the Small Bus...
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