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Recommendation to authorize City Manager to execute all necessary documents with the State of California Department of Health Services to provide teen pregnancy services under the Community Challenge Grant Program, execute the Third Amendments to Agreement Nos. 28131, 28132, and 28155 to extend the term, and execute new agreements with Centro Cha and The Children's Clinic for a one year period; and increase appropriations in the Health Fund (SR 130) and in the Department of Health and Human Services (HE) by $210,000.
(Citywide)
DISCUSSION
Since 1994, the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) has been providing
teen pregnancy prevention services under the Community Challenge Grant from the State
of California Department of Health Services, Offce of Family Planning (State). Services
have included: prevention education and informational presentations; education and
support for'teen parents, and parents and caregivers of adolescents; peer-provided
services; clinic outreach; mentoring; and community awareness. Teen pregnancy
prevention services are offered to all at-risk populations in the greater Long Beach area.
The overall purpose of the program is to promote and support the well-being, health , and
development of Long Beach's youth. Goals of the program include reducing teen and
unintended pregnancies, promoting the roles of males in the prevention of these
pregnancies, and increasing community involvement in building healthy familes through
awareness of teen unintended pregnancies. Since the inception of this program, thousands
of Long Beach youth have received pregnancy prevention information , clinic referrals
service learning, and mentoring services. Under the agreement, $1 050 000 has been
provided for five years beginning July 1, 2005 and ending June 30, 2010.
Research released in July 2004 (most recent evaluation study) indicates that both
decreased sexual activity and increased contraceptive are equal contributors to the decline
in teen pregnancy rates between 1991 and 2001. Long Beach has seen a steady decline
in the last 5 years in adolescent female birth rates (ages 15-19), with rates decreasing from
80 births per 1,000 youth in 1998 to 48 births per 1 000 youths in 2002 (most recent data
from State available).
The Community Challenge Grant Program has made contributions to the decline in teen
pregnancy rates through referrals made for family planning services (contraceptives
pregnancy testing, STD testing) and by raising awareness in the community of the
consequences of unintended pregnancy.
Additionally, the provision of services under the program involves various subcontractors
who were selected based on their ability to provide required services meeting the needs of
the community. In order to provide services for the new contract year, three previous
agreements wil need to be extended and two new agreements wil need to be executed for
one year beginning July 1, 2005 and ending June 30, 2006. The amendments and new
agreements requested are as follows: (chart available on original letter)
TIMING CONSIDERATIONS
City Council authorization is requested on July 19, 2005, as the DHHS began providing
services under this agreement on July 1 2005 but cannot recover costs from the State until
the amendment is approved.
FISCAL IMPACT
The amount of the agreement is $210,000 per year for five years for a total of $1,050,000.
An appropriation increase of $21 0 000 for the first year is included in the recommendation.
Funding for future grant years wil be appropriated through the annual budget process.
SUGGESTED ACTION
Approve recommendation.
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Respectfully Submitted,
RONALD R. ARIAS
DIRECTOR HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES