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Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA) recommending the Board:
1) Accept Amendment I of Grant Agreement 22-10552 (County Agreement 6571) for the Disease Intervention Specialist (DIS) Workforce Development Grant, administered by the California Department of Public Health, reducing the total amount of $601,680 by $240,672, resulting in a new total of $361,008, and extending the term and performance period of December 31, 2025, to January 31, 2026; and
2) Delegate authority to the HHSA Director to execute Amendment I to Grant Agreement 6571, the California Civil Rights Laws form, and future amendments that do not increase Net County Cost, contingent upon County Counsel and Risk Management approval, and subsequent administrative documents or required fiscal or programmatic reports.
FUNDING: 100% Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Federal funding authorized pursuant to the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, appropriated for the DIS Workforce Development Grant. This funding is administered by the California Department of Public Health for local public health infrastructure to address infectious disease prevention and control; no matching funds are required.
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND:
On May 17, 2021, CDPH Sexually Transmitted Disease Control Branch (STDCB) announced the availability of approximately $10 million in Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) federal funds, starting in Fiscal Year (FY) 2021-22, for the support of governmental public health response to infectious diseases.
On October 8, 2021, the CDPH STDCB notified the HHSA Public Health Division (PHD), via a Notice of Intent to Award letter, of the DIS Workforce Development Grant available to fund DIS workforce development activities and to mitigate the spread of infectious diseases. As outlined in the letter, CDC is awarding funding totaling $200 million to 59 state, local, and territorial project areas, to strengthen county health departments’ infectious diseases prevention...
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