Metro Board approves two resolutions to fund perinatal supports and community partnership grants

The Metropolitan Board of Health approved two consent resolutions on a short agenda, including an amendment to a University of Nebraska grant to support perinatal systems integration and a $200,000 appropriation to nonprofit community partners.

The board approved RS2025-1463, an amendment (Amendment 4) to a grant from the University of Nebraska to the Metropolitan Government to cover expenses to attend the City Match Conference and to add funds for services to integrate support services into perinatal systems of care. The board also approved RS2025-1464, which appropriates a total of $200,000 from the Office of Family Safety to nonprofit organizations selected for community partnership fund grants.

Both items were placed on the consent agenda, brought forward together, and passed without recorded roll-call votes after a voice vote. The chair called for the consent motion and the board approved the consent agenda. The transcript does not record a mover or seconder by name, nor does it record a roll-call tally.

The resolutions list several council sponsors. RS2025-1463 lists sponsors Toombs, Huffman, and Welch. RS2025-1464 lists sponsors Toombs, Huffman, Welch, Evan Siegel, and Allen. The meeting did not include additional discussion of grant amounts beyond the $200,000 appropriation noted in RS2025-1464, nor did it include further detail on which nonprofit organizations were selected; that information was not specified in the meeting record.

Board members and staff did not add substantive debate on either resolution during the meeting. The items were advanced as consent items and approved as part of the consent vote.

The board’s consent approval moves the two resolutions forward as adopted at this meeting; the transcript does not specify implementation steps, reporting deadlines, or awardees for the community partnership grants.