To: Board of Supervisors
From: Dr. Grant Colfax, Health Services Director
Report Title: Grant Amendment #78-049-2 with the California Department of Public Health
☒Recommendation of the County Administrator ☐ Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
RESCIND Board action of June 24, 2025 (C.95), which pertained to a Grant Amendment with California Department of Public Health (CDPH); APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Health Services Director, or designee, to execute on behalf of the County Grant Amendment #78-049-2 (State #23-10810 A1) with CDPH, to add new services, increase the amount payable to County by $387,921, from $108,539 to a new amount not to exceed $496,460 and extend the termination through June 30, 2027, for the continuation of the LabAspire Public Health Laboratory Director Fellowship Program.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Approval of this Grant Amendment will result in an additional amount payable to the County of $387,921 from the CDPH. No County match required.
BACKGROUND:
The CDPH’s Center for Laboratory Sciences is accepting applications from California Public Health Laboratories for Public Health Laboratory (PHL) workforce training. These PHL training funds are specifically authorized by Assembly Bill 102 (AB 102) Item 4265-001-0001 Provisions 12 and 13, and AB102 Item 4265-111-0001 Provisions 5 and 6. This funding is provided to increase the number of state and local California Public Health Microbiologist (PHM) trainees and to increase enrollment in the LabAspire Program, which trains and prepares qualified professionals to direct California Public Health Laboratories. This Program includes training on regulatory requirements, laboratory budgeting and finance, laboratory administration, safety, quality assurance, technical program solving and networking with public health partners.
On April 22, 2024 the Board of Supervisors approved Grant Agreement #78-049-1 with CDPH, in an amount payable to the County of $108,539 to allow one (1) Senior Public Health Microbiologist to enroll in the LabAspire Fellowship Program to obtain the required supervisor experience and/or advanced degree while providing workforce capacity for the County’s Public Health Laboratory through June 30, 2026, including agreeing to indemnify and hold the State harmless for any claims arising out of the County’s performance under the Grant Amendment.
On June 24, 2025 (C.95), the Board of Supervisors approved Grant Amendment #78-049-2 with CDPH, to increase the amount payable to County by $190,347 to a new amount not to exceed $298,886 and extend the termination through June 30, 2027 for the continuation of the LabAspire Public Director Fellowship Program.
This Board Order will rescind the prior Board action and allow the Department to correct the amount payable to the County.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
If this Board action is not approved, the prior Board approval will stand and will not match the executed Grant Amendment which increases the amount payable to the County by $387,921, which reflects the intent of both parties.