To: Board of Supervisors
From: Anna Roth, Health Services Director
Report Title: Gift Cards for Clients of Public Health TB Control Program
☒Recommendation of the County Administrator ☐ Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Purchasing Agent, or designee, to purchase on behalf of the Health Services Director, up to 250 Target gift cards each with a $20 value totaling $5,000 plus applicable shipping up to $100; for a total amount not to exceed $5,100 to be distributed to clientele within the Public Health Tuberculosis (TB) Control Program for the period of July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025.
FISCAL IMPACT:
This $5,100 expenditure will be funded by the CDPH Tuberculosis Local Assistance Base Award for Fiscal Year 2024-25. There is no impact to the County General Fund.
BACKGROUND:
The Health Services Department’s Public Health Division maintains a TB Control Program, which serves all reported TB patients and their contacts in Contra Costa County. Outreach services are provided to reach the “Hard to Reach” people with TB and those at high risk. The TB control staff work within the Communicable Disease Section in collaboration with the HIV/AIDS Program, Substance Abuse Programs, Health Care for the Homeless, Contra Costa Regional Medical Center and Health Centers and providers throughout the county. The grant has been awarded to Contra Costa County since 1990. Gift cards are distributed to clients within the program to help off-set barriers that could negatively impact their ability to engage in care and prevent the spread of TB.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
If this action is not approved, the clientele being supported by the TB Control Program will be at risk of increased necessities insecurities and the CDPH Local Assistance Base Award funds for food/incentives will go unspent.