To: Board of Supervisors
From: Anna Roth, Health Services Director
Report Title: Grant Award #28-637-33 with the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services (Health Resources & Services Administration)
?Recommendation of the County Administrator ? Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Health Services Director, or designee, to accept a Grant Award #28-637-33 with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), to pay the County an amount not to exceed $251,474, for the Ryan White, Part C, HIV Early Intervention Services Program, for the period from May 1, 2024 through April 30, 2025.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Acceptance of the Grant Award will result in payment to the County up to $251,474 in funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services HRSA for Fiscal Year 2024/2025. No County match required.
BACKGROUND:
West Contra Costa County has been hard hit by the AIDS epidemic with 25% of those living with AIDS residing in the City of Richmond. Unfortunately, a large percentage of those living with HIV/AIDS are of low income having to rely on Basic Health Care (BHC) for their medical care, or forced to pay for their medical care, because they do not qualify for BHC services. The County's AIDS Program works closely with other staff in Public Health Division, physicians and medical social workers at Contra Costa Regional Medical Center and Health Centers, community-based partners, and private providers throughout the County to reduce the transmission of HIV, improve access to health care, and to enhance quality of life for those with HIV. Contra Costa County has been awarded this grant since 1999.
On July 12, 2022, the Board of Supervisors approved Grant Award #28-637-30 with HRSA, to pay the County in an amount not to exceed $62,868, for the Ryan White, Part C, HIV Early Intervention Services Program, for the period from May 1, 2022 through April 30, 2023.
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