To: Board of Supervisors
From: Anna Roth, Health Services Director
Report Title: Acceptance of Grant Award #78-019-1 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 on behalf of the County Grant Award #78-019-1 with the California Department of Public Health (CDPH), to pay the County in an amount not to exceed $985,064 for the Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD) Management Program and Collaboration Project, for the period from July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2026.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Approval of this Award will result in an amount up to $985,064 for two years for the STD Management and Collaboration Project. No County match is required.
BACKGROUND:
The purpose of this Grant Award 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 February 28, 2023, the Board of Supervisors approved Grant Agreement #78-019, with CDPH, to pay County an amount not to exceed $825,616 for the STD Management Program and Collaboration Project for the period July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2024.
Acceptance of Grant Award #78-019-1 will allow the County to continue receiving funds to provide services under the STD Management and Collaboration Project, through June 30, 2026. This Award includes County agreeing to indemnify and hold harmless the State from any claims arising out of County's performance under this Award. This Award is late due to an administrative error on the part of the Count...
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