City of Milwaukee - File #: 121657

• File #: 121657
• Version: 0
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 3/21/2013
• In control: COMMON COUNCIL
• Final action: 4/9/2013
• Title: Resolution relative to the acceptance and funding of the Lifecourse Initiative for Healthy Families Grant from the Wisconsin Partnership Program - University of Wisconsin-School of Medicine and Public Health.
• Sponsors: THE CHAIR
• Indexes: GRANTS, PUBLIC HEALTH

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
4/18/2013	0	MAYOR	SIGNED
4/9/2013	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ADOPTED	Pass	14:0
4/4/2013	0	FINANCE & PERSONNEL COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION; Minutes note: Individuals appearing: Yvette Rowe, Health Department Jessica Gathirimu, Health Department	Pass	5:0
4/2/2013	0	FINANCE & PERSONNEL COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
3/28/2013	0	PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION AND ASSIGNED; Minutes note: Individual appearing: Yvette Rowe - Business Operation Manager Health Dept Jessica Gathirimu - Health Dept My Fathers House, Inc., - Executive Director, Albert Holmes	Pass	5:0
3/22/2013	0	PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
3/21/2013	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO

Number
121657

Version
Original

Reference

Sponsor
The Chair

Title
Resolution relative to the acceptance and funding of the Lifecourse Initiative for Healthy Families Grant from the Wisconsin Partnership Program - University of Wisconsin-School of Medicine and Public Health.

Analysis
This resolution authorizes the Health Department to accept and fund the Lifecourse Initiative for Healthy Families (LIHF) Grant from the Wisconsin Partnership Program - University of Wisconsin-School of Medicine and Public Health in the amount of $463,000, with a city share of $63,000 (13.6%) and a grantor share of $400,000 (86.4%). The purpose of the Lifecourse Initiative for Healthy Families Grant is to positively impact infant mortality, improve birth outcomes, and strengthen African American families and communities by strengthening father involvement in their child(ren’s) and partner’s lives by intensive, evidence-based, and participant-driven fatherhood-focused home visitation services to expectant and parenting fathers in an 11 zip code targeted area in Milwaukee.

Body

Whereas, The City of Milwaukee Health Department appears to be eligible for grant funds from the Wisconsin Partnership Program - University of Wisconsin-School of Medicine and Public Health to positively impact infant mortality, improve birth outcomes, and strengthen African American families and communities by strengthening father involvement in their child(ren)’s and partner’s lives; now, therefore, be it

Whereas, The operation of this grant program from 06/01/13 to 05/31/16 would cost $463,000 of which $63,000 (13.6%) would be provided by the city and $400,000 (86.4%) would be provided by the grantor; now, therefore, be it

Resolved, By the Common Council of the City of Milwaukee, that acceptance of the grant from the Wisconsin Partnership Program - University of Wisconsin-School of Medicine and Public Health is authorized and the Health Department shall accept this grant without further a...