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Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA) recommending the Board:
1) Delegate authority to the Director of Health and Human Services Agency to accept one-time funding made available through the California Department of Public Health, Division of Communicable Disease Control, in the amount of $212,361.47, with a retroactive term that extends from February 1, 2020 through June 30, 2023, for local public health infrastructure to address infectious disease prevention and control; and
2) Authorize the Director of Health and Human Services to submit all documents required for the award with a requirement HHSA return to the Board with the eventual funding agreement, if awarded, contingent upon County Counsel and Risk Management Approval.
FUNDING: State Funding made available through the California Budget Act of 2019, administered by the California Department of Public Health.
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
On January 17, 2020, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH), Division of Communicable Disease Control (DCDC), released a notice to Public Health Officers indicating it had received $35,000,000 in one-time funds for local public health infrastructure to address infectious disease prevention and control. This solicitation was presented as a Notice of Award, asking the Public Health Officers to respond indicating the funding would be accepted, followed by the completion and submission of forms attached to the notice. El Dorado County’s allocated share of this award is $212,361.47.
The original deadline for grant submission was February 10, 2020; however, on February 7, 2020, CDPH extended the grant deadline until March 2, 2020. In this unusual circumstance, CDPH is asking local health jurisidictions to accept the funding and simultaneously submit all required grant documents, which include a scope of work, timeline, budget, and other miscellaneous forms. According to CDPH, the scope of work and timeline will then be used to generate a grant award agr...
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