To: Board of Supervisors
From: Anna Roth, Health Services Director
Report Title: Grant Agreement Amendment #28-998-1 with the State of California Department of Public Health
☒Recommendation of the County Administrator ☐ Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Health Services Director, or designee, to execute Grant Agreement Amendment #28-998-1 (State #21-10550, A1) with the State of California Health and Human Services Agency, California Department of Public Health (CDPH), to decrease the amount payable to the county by $486,706 to a new total of $730,059 and extend the termination date from December 31, 2025 to January 31, 2026, for the Disease Intervention Specialist (DIS) Workforce Development Project.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Approval of this Amendment Agreement will result in a decrease in the maximum amount payable to the county of $486,706 to a new total of $730,059 in funding for the four-year grant from the CDPH. No county match required.
BACKGROUND:
The goal of the DIS Workforce Development Project is to develop, expand, train and substance disease intervention specialist workforce. Funding is intended to hire personnel to address projected sexually transmitted disease (STD), HIV, COVID-19 and other infectious disease prevention responses needs. The County’s Public Health Division HIV/AIDS and STD Program staff will be trained to conduct rapid HIV, Hepatitis C and syphilis and COVID-19 testing in the field.
On June 21, 2022, the Board of Supervisors approved Grant Agreement #28-998 with CDPH, to pay County in an amount not to exceed $1,216,765, for the DIS Workforce Development Project, fore the period July 1, 2021 through December 31, 2025. This agreement includes the County’s agreement to indemnify and hold harmless the Grantor for claims arising out of County’s performance under this Contract.
Approval of this Grant Agreement Amendment #28-998-1 will decrease the maximum amount payable to the County by $486,706 and extend the termination date from December 31, 2025 to January 31, 2026 to continue the DIS Workforce Development Project.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
If this Amendment is not approved the County will not be able to continue in the DIS Workforce Development Project to reduce infectious disease in Contra Costa County.