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Item No. 16-245
Date: June 13, 2016
Item/Subject: ORDER, Authorizing the City Manager to apply for funding in the amount of
$25,624 from the State of Maine Department of Health and Human Services,
Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention, WIC Nutrition Program,
Breastfeeding Peer Counseling.
Responsible Department: Public Health and Community Services
Commentary: This Order will authorize the City Manager to apply for grant funding in the
amount of $25,624 from the DHHS/Maine Center for Disease Control (CDC) to administer the
Women, Infants and Children (WIC) Nutrition Peer Counseling Program in Penobscot and
Piscataquis Counties.
If approved, the term of the grant is for two years beginning October 1, 2016 through September 30,
2017. Although the term of the grant is two years, funding is allocated annually. Funding for the
year beginning October 1, 2016 is $25,624. Year two grant funding levels under the RFP will be
determined at a later point in time. Further, this this grant may be renewed for two additional periods
following September 30, 2018.
This was reviewed and recommended for approval at the June 6, 2016 Government Operations
Committee meeting.
Manager's Comments:
Associated Information: Order
Budget Approval:
Legal Approval:
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City Manager
Finance Director
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Assigned to Councilor Nichols
CITY OF BANGOR
16-245
JUNE 13, 2016
(TITLE.) Order, Authorizing the City Manager to apply for funding in the amount of $25,624
from the State of Maine Department of Health and Human Services, Maine
Center for Disease Control and Prevention, WIC Nutrition Program,
Breastfeeding Peer Counseling.
By the City Council of the City of Bangor.
ORDERED, that the City Manager (or designee) is hereby authorized to respond to a Request
for Proposal (RFP) from the State of Maine Department of Health and Human Services, CDC,
WIC Nutrition Program, Breastfeeding Peer Counseling for the period October 1, 2016 W
September 30, 2018, and apply for funding in the amount of $25,624 for the first year of the
grant program.
IN CITY COUNCIL
JUNE 13, 2016
PASSED
CITY CL RK