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Four Generations
Sitting left to right: Parents Brooke Schmidt and Jeff Brown hold newcomer Jaxson Richard Dean Brown, who is in town
visitin great grandparents Joyce and Dick Brown. Standing: Grandparents Shona Little and Brian Wriz took advantage
of the opportunity to reconnect with family, old and young, as well. (Submitted Photo)
Home visit program may get funding
Alexis Shultz
NLJ Reporter
On Feb. 19, Health and Human Services
Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell announced
$1 million in grant awards to support
the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood
Home Visiting Program, or the Home
Visiting Program, in Wyoming, according
to a news release. It may take some time,
however, for any of that money to make its
way to Weston County.
The Home Visiting Program is one
part of President Barack Obama's Early
"It will be awhile before we get briefed,"
Bickford explained.
She said that when money comes from
the federal government, there are gen-
erally strings attached and those strings
determine what the money can be used
for. Those guidelines will also determine
who gets what portion of the money made
available to Wyoming.
"Over time, the money will be sent
to Wyoming," Bickford professed, noting
again that it will likely take some time to
process the grant, and it will be awhile
before Wyoming actually sees this money.
Learning Initiative that focuses on high- According to the news release, $386
., a.fant and toddler careL The,,railtion was awarded nationally to states;
r: , administered by the::Health d;ritones, and nonprofit orgamzaUons to
:: esource's and Services Administration in support the Home Visiting Program, with
close partnership with the Administration
of Children and Families.
Weston County Public Health Nurse
Lori Bickford told the News Letter Journal
that at this time she does not know spe-
cifics about the money because the grant
was awarded so recently.
a total of $1 million coming to the state
of Wyoming. The Home Visiting Program
has conducted more than 1.4 million home
visits nationally and serves children in 721
counties in all 50 states, the District of
Columbia, and five territories.
The program served 115,000 parents
and children across the nation in 2014, with[
nearly 80 percent of participating families
having household incomes at or below the
federal poverty level.
Mary Wakefield, Ph.D., RN, and
administrator of the Health Resources and,
Services Administration, explained thall
the program gives parents who choose to,
participate the tools they need to suppo
positive health outcomes for their children
She adds that evidence-based home vis-
iting services are proven to help improv
both maternal and child health, as wellj
as prevent child abuse and neglect and
enhance school-readiness.
"Home visits by a nurse, sociall
worker, or early childhood educator)
during pregnancy and in the first years of
life can make a tremendous difference ir
the lives of many children and their fami!
lies," stated Secretary Burwell. "Today's
awards give Wyoming the flexibility
to tailor its home visiting programs to
address the specific needs of the com-
munities it serves." I
WCHS Contractor
one has dealt with them yet.
It took him a couple of weeks, and inquiries at different
offices in Cheyenne, to find the answer to whether the contractor,
Scull, could still be hired to do the job at WCHS, and after much
research, Peck determined that the work the company would be
doing at the facility in the pre-construction phase would actually
determine if in state preference would apply.
A special WCHS board meeting was held on Tuesday, March 3
to discuss with Peck and the project architect what the construction
manager job would .entail. It was decided Scull's duties would
be that of a managerial service, as opposed to a contractor who
would actually be building the project. Because they are providing
a professional service, Scull could be hired to oversee the project.
"As we talked about at the last board meeting, we are having
a special board meeting just for clarification on our general
contractor, and to see if a decision needed to be made for a
change. That is why we are here," WCHS Chief Executive Officer
Maureen Cadwell stated to the four board members in the room--
Jill Sellers, Connie James, Georgeanne Materi and Jimmy Long.
The attorney reported the key question to be answered was
whether they were hiring a construction manager agent or a con-
struction manager at risk. Peck said the difference is that the first
is a professional providing managerial services, while the second
is technically a "contractor." Architect Mike Glassing was asked
to review Wyoming statues to determine which of these applied to
the position in question.
"I asked them to concentrate on looking at the difference
between whether it was professional services or building. They
basically sent me an email that stated that they considel'ed the job
that would be done would be more professional. The company
would provide some building services. That would be part of the
contract but very little. It would mainly deal with infection control.
Otherwise, if there was anything that the company would like to
bid on, they would bid on it just like any other company would.
It would be basically managerial services overseeing the project,
putting the specs together, but not the same as a construction
manager at risk," informed Peck.
All parts of the contract will still be bid out, with appropriate
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preference given to in-state bidders according to PecM
"We do this in other states with a lot of the same rules-- the
CMGC (Construction Manager General Contractor) not doing the
work. If they do, they have to bid on it just like everyone else,"
Glassing reported.
Peck indicated the statues were a "hodgepodge." They indicate
residency is required for the architectural firm, which is CTA,',
Before the meeting in January, the attorney had looked into the
matter and decided that of the company's two offices in Wyoming,
they have a presence in the state, j
"I think Mike and I spoke for about an hour, and he wen
through the different projects and what they would be doing. I
came away, and my feeling was that we could justify that what
we are hiring is managerial not building. The statute that actually
applies here-- I have tried to get clarification on this from thei
attorney general's office, and they just sent me the statute-- it says e
excluding contracts for professional services. Those are the magic
words," said Peck.
When the bids were looked at by the selection committee t
earlier this year, among the choices was a Wyoming contractore
Dick Anderson Construction, which is a Montana corporatioq
that has offices in Wyoming qualifying it as a resident business.
However, the decision to hire the out-of-state construction manage
was made due to a number of different advantages, with the mai
deciding factor being the proximity of Scull's resources if needed.e
Those resources are only an hour away, explained Glassing.
The board decided to stick with the original decision to hire
Scull. Trustee Long referenced the document used to grade con- 3
tractor choices, and said the clear answer was Scull, even if they
were more expensive. ,;
"I think as long as we have appropriate documentation that we.
have done our due diligence to make sure that we are complian
with state statues, we have done what we needed to do. We have
already made that decision, and I think, in my personal opinion
they (DAC) are still a Montana company and I think we are better,
off, even if they are cheaper. If we have closer access, especialli
with the time line we have got for construction, they (Scull) can
get things here within the hour," said Trustee Chairman Sellers. r
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