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Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA) recommending the Board:
1) Approve and authorize the Chair to accept grant funding through the California for All Animals Statewide Shelter Assistance Program, provided to the County through Funding-In Agreement 8873 from The Regents of The University of California (University) on behalf of its Davis Campus School of Veterinary Medicine Koret Shelter Medicine Program (KSMP), in the total amount of $50,000, for the retroactive performance period of June 7, 2024, through June 6, 2025;
2) Approve and authorize the HHSA Director to sign Funding-In Agreement 8873, issued to El Dorado County Animal Services, from this University on behalf of its Davis Campus School of Veterinary Medicine KSMP, in connection with the California for All Animals Animal Shelter Assistance Program; and
3) Delegate authority to the HHSA Director or Chief Assistant Director to execute future amendments related to this agreement that do not increase Net County Cost, contingent upon County Counsel and Risk Management approval as applicable, and subsequent administrative documents or required fiscal or programmatic reports.
FUNDING: 100% University of California, Davis Campus - Koret Shelter Medicine Program funding; no matching funds are required.
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND:
In the Fiscal Year 2020-21 budget, Governor Newsom proposed $50 million in one-time General Fund dollars for the Animal Shelter Assistance Program, otherwise known as California for All Animals. The University of California, on behalf of its Davis Campus School of Veterinary Medicine KSMP, was tasked to develop a program that provides expertise, support, and local assistance grants to help local communities achieve the state’s policy goal that no adoptable or treatable dog or cat should be euthanized. Following an initial pilot project of $5 million, an additional $45 million was signed into law on July 27, 2021.
On January 2, 2024, HHSA applied for the KSMP Welcome G...
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