To: Board of Supervisors
From: Anna Roth, Health Services Director
Report Title: Grant Award #29-393-40 from the California Department of Public Health, Tuberculosis Control Branch
?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 Award #29-393-40 from the California Department of Public Health, Tuberculosis Control Branch, to pay the County an amount not to exceed $338,159 for the Tuberculosis (TB) Control Program, for the period from July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Acceptance of this Award will result in up to $338,159 in funding from the California Department of Public Health, Tuberculosis Control Branch, for fiscal year 2024-25. No County match required.
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, Contra Costa Regional Medical Center and Health Centers, and providers throughout the County. This grant has been awarded to Contra Costa County since 1990.
On July 11, 2023, the Board of Supervisors approved acceptance of Grant Award #29-393-38 with the California Department of Public Health, TB Control Branch, to pay the county in an amount not to exceed $316,958 for the county's TB control program for the period from July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024.
On November 7, 2023, the Board of Supervisors approved Award Amendment #29-393-39 with the California Department of Public Health, TB Control Branch, to increase the amount payable to the county by $24,250 to a new total of $341,208 with no change in the original term of J...
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