To: Board of Supervisors
From: Anna Roth, Health Services Director
Report Title: Approval of Grant Agreement #78-049-1 with the 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 on behalf of the County Grant Agreement #78-049-1 (State #23-10810) with the California Department of Public Health (CDPH), to pay the County an amount not to exceed $108,539 for the LabAspire Public Health Laboratory Director Fellowship Program, for the period from January 1, 2024 through June 30, 2026.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Approval of this agreement will result in an amount not to exceed $108,529 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, personal and networking with public health partners.
On November 23, 2023, the Board of Supervisors approved submission of grant application #78-049 to the CHDP for the LabAspire Public Health Laboratory Director Fellowship Program, for the period January 1, 2024 through June 30, 2026.
This Agreement was received from CDPH on March 18, 2024.
Approval of Grant Agreement #78-049-1 will allow one (1) senior Public Health Microbiologist to enroll in the LabAspire Fellowship Program to obtain the required supervisors experience and/or advance degree while providing workforce capacity for the County’s Public Health Laboratory, through June 30, 2026. This Grant Agreement includes agreeing to indemnify and hold the State harmless for any claims arising out of the County’s performance under the Agreement.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
If this grant is not approved, the county will not receive funds for additional training of administrative and technical responsibility for the County’s Public Health Laboratory operations.