RESOLUTION TO CREATE A FULL TIME PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE POSITION FOR THE SAUK COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT OUTSIDE THE 2015 BUDGET PROCESS

Committee Status:

Approved

Budget Status:

External Source

Decision Impact:

Routine

FTE Impact:

Yes

Funding Source:

Grant

Purpose

The Board of Health identified and brought forward the NFP program as a Strategic Issue in 2015. With nearly 40 years of evidence the NFP program proves vast tax savings while strengthening families, babies and communities in the future. (i.e.: youth crimes and arrests lowered by 40%) with cost "offsets to government, insurers, and out of pocket payments by families." NFP is an evidence-based community health program that helps transform the lives of low-income mothers pregnant with their first child. Sauk County has a higher teen birth rate than the Wisconsin state average, a large proportion of children living in poverty, and a population reporting 25% are engaged in excessive drinking compared to the national average of 7%. We are looking to help break the cycle of poverty and transform the lives of these young women/children living in Sauk County.

The purpose of this position will be to follow NFP Objectives and Procedures as outlines below:

Objectives:

1. Improve pregnancy outcomes by helping women engage in good, preventive health practices, including thorough prenatal care from their healthcare providers, improving their diet, and reducing their use of cigarettes, alcohol, and illegal substances.

2. Improve child health and development by helping parents provide responsible and competent care for their children.

3. Improve the economic self-sufficiency of the family by helping parents develop a vision for their own future, plan future pregnancies, continue their education, and find work.

Resolution Files:

final2015ph_nursenfp_resolution0729_2015.pdf

Budget Status (Other/External Sources):

Grant funding has been procured through Family Foundations, a federal, Maternal Infant Child Home Visiting (MICHV) grant, to cover the entire cost of the new Public Health Nurse position to serve as a Nurse Home Visitor for the NFP program. The grant funding is effective as of October 1, 2015; and

The Nurse Family Partnership (NFP) program is cost effective as independent studies have confirmed for every dollar ($1.00) that is invested in the NFP to serve high risk families, communities can see up to five dollars and seventy cents ($5.70) in return due to savings in social, medical, and criminal justice expenditures.

Resolution Body

Resolution to create a Full Time Public Health Nurse Position For the Sauk County Health Department Outside the 2015 Budget Process

WHEREAS, “a local health officer shall administer all funds received by the local health department for public health programs” as established by Wis. Stats. §251.06(d); and,

WHEREAS, “a county board shall appropriate funds for the operation of a health department and the local board of health shall annually prepare a budget ….” as established in Wis. Stats. §251.10; and,

WHEREAS, the Nurse Family Partnership (NFP) program focuses on assisting vulnerable, first time, high risk mothers; and

WHEREAS, the NFP mission complements the mission of the health department to: empower first-time mothers, living in poverty to successfully change their lives and the lives of their children through evidence-based nurse home visiting; and

WHEREAS, the Board of Health identified and brought forward the NFP program as a Strategic issue in 2015; and

WHEREAS, grant funding has been procured through Family Foundations, a federal Maternal Infant Child Home Visiting (MICHV) grant, to cover the entire cost of the new Public Health Nurse position to serve as a Nurse Home Visitor for the NFP program; and

WHEREAS, the grant funding is effective as of October 1, 2015; and

WHEREAS, the NFP program is cost effective as independent studies have confirmed for every dollar ($1.00) that is invested in the NFP to serve high risk families, communities can see up to five dollars and seventy cents ($5.70) in return due to savings in social, medical, and criminal justice expenditures; and

WHEREAS, the Health Department’s strategic plan is to fund and grow programs to meet the needs of the citizens of Sauk County; and,

WHEREAS, the Board of Health has endorsed the creation of the full time Public Health Nurse position to carry out the required functions as established; and,

WHEREAS, the Personnel and Finance Committees, as established in Wis. Stats. §13.19 (4)(d) of the Sauk County Code of Ordinances, have reviewed the position request and determined that the need for the full time Public Health Nurse position and funding exist.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Sauk County Board of Supervisors, met in regular session, that a full time Public Health Nurse position for the Sauk County Health Department be created effective October 1, 2015.

For consideration by the Sauk County Board of Supervisors on August 18, 2015.

Respectfully submitted,

SAUK COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH

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Donna Stehling, Chair

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John Miller, Vice Chair

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Scott VonAsten

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Jeffrey Giebel

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Dr. Amy DeLong

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Ken Carlson

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Stacy Zobel

SAUK COUNTY FINANCE COMMITTEE SAUK COUNTY PERSONNEL COMMITTEE

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Tommy Lee Bychinski, Chair Tim Meister, Chair

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Joan Fordham Carol Held

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Andrea Lombard Henry Netzinger

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Wally Czuprynko Michelle Dent

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Marty Krueger Andrea Lombard

Fiscal Note: Adequate funding for the Full Time Public Health Nurse position exists with the addition of the Family Foundations, Maternal Infant Child Home Visiting (MICHV) grant.

	FY 2015	FY 2016 (est.)
Salary for FY 2015	$16154	$63584
Benefits for FY 2015	$ 6622	$24584
Computer Equipment	$ 3000	Existing
Other MIS Costs (Software, wiring, etc.)	$ 3110	Existing
Office Furniture	Existing	Existing
Office Supplies	Existing	Existing
Other Operating Expenditures	$0	$0
Renovation/Relocation Costs	$0	$0
Revenues (Use Negative #)
Family Foundations, a federal Maternal Infant Child Home Visiting (MICHV) grant	($28886)	($88168)
TOTAL	$ 0.00	$ 0.00

MIS Note: Computer equipment is paid for through the Family Foundations, a federal Maternal Infant Child Home Visiting (MICHV) grant.

Requested Board Review Date:

Tuesday, August 18, 2015

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