To: Board of Supervisors
From: Dr. Grant Colfax, Health Services Director
Report Title: Acceptance of Grant Award #78-019-2 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 accept grant funding and execute on behalf of the County Grant Award #78-019-2 with the California Department of Public Health (CDPH), to pay the County in an amount not to exceed $2,414,630, for the Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD) Management Program and Collaboration Project, for the period July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2031.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Approval of this Award will result in the County receiving grant funding form the CDPH in an amount up to $2,414,630 over a 5-year period for the STD Management and Collaboration Project. No County match is required.
BACKGROUND:
The purpose of this grant is to improve public health activities to monitor, instigate, and prevent STDs, including Syphilis, Gonorrhea, Chlamydia, and HIV, in Contra Costa County. Grant funds will be used to provide additional staff in each of the three STD clinics to ensure Contra Costa residents have access to necessary care and treatment to reduce the transmission of STDs. This program will conduct regular care collaboration and case conferencing with the Department’s Healthcare for the Homeless Program.
On January 28, 2025, the Board of Supervisors approved Grant Award #78-019-1, with CDPH to pay County an amount not to exceed $985,064 for the STD Management Program and Collaboration Project for the period July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2026.
Acceptance of Grant Award #78-019-2 will allow the County to continue receiving funds to provide services under the STD Management and Collaboration Project through June 30, 2031.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
If this Grant Award is not accepted, County will not receive the necessary funding to support the reduction in HIV infection in the community.