To: Board of Supervisors
From: Anna Roth, Health Services Director
Report Title: Submission of Grant Application #78-049 to 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 submit Grant Application #78-049 to the California Department of Public Health (CDPH), to pay the county in 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 application will result in an amount not to exceed $108,529 from the CDPH. No County match is 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 Public Health Laboratories.
If Contra Costa County is awarded this grant, one (1) senior Public Health Microbiologist will be able 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. 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.
Submission of Application #78-049 will allow county to apply for funds for the Labaspire Public Health Laborat...
Click here for full text