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Supervisors advance DPH plan to bring Nurse-Family Partnership to San Francisco with $650,123 grant
Summary
The committee advanced a DPH resolution to accept a $650,123 federal pass-through grant to start the Nurse-Family Partnership in San Francisco, funding five public health nurses and a clerk to provide home visits to first-time, high-risk mothers. Public comment urged broader outreach and local hires.
The Budget and Finance Committee moved forward a resolution authorizing the San Francisco Department of Public Health (DPH) to retroactively accept and expend $650,123 in federal pass-through funds to start the Nurse-Family Partnership in the city.
DPH staff described the Nurse-Family Partnership as "an evidence based program," a one-on-one public-health nurse home-visiting model that enrolls first-time mothers by 28 weeks' gestation and continues visits through the child's first two years. The department said the program will target low-income mothers, teen mothers, women exposed to domestic…
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