Budget Amendment ID: FY2020-S3-520

EHS 520

Perinatal Mental Health Awareness

Ms. Lovely, Messrs. O'Connor and Feeney moved that the proposed new text be amended in section 2, by inserting after line item 4590-0925 the following line item :- 4590-XXXX  "For the costs of a two-pronged perinatal mental health awareness and education campaign to a) provide resources with the goal of increasing engagement and empowerment for marginalized new mothers and fathers and b) provide unexamined bias training and capacity building to medical providers and allied health care professionals; provided that funds shall be expended to conduct participatory action research prior to carrying out said campaign ....$400,000.