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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 11102009 - C.39RECOMMENDATION(S): Approve and authorize the Health Services Director or his designee (Wendel Brunner, M.D.), to accept, on behalf of the County, Grant Award #28-775-2 from the Genard Aids Foundation, in an amount not to exceed $25,500, for the County’s Public Health Division AIDS Program, for the period from July 1, 2009 through June 30, 2010. FISCAL IMPACT: Acceptance of this Grant Award will result in an amount of $25,500 from the Genard Aids Foundation. No County funds are required. BACKGROUND: The County’s Public Health AIDS Program currently maintains a centralized Emergency Assistance Program for people with HIV and AIDS in Contra Costa County. It provides limited amounts of support for housing and utility assistance, food and transportation vouchers, and other small needs that meet allowable service definitions. Access to the services is provided on referral from contracted case managers throughout the County, using well-developed processes, protocols and reporting requirements. The goal of the funding is to meet special needs for which there is APPROVE OTHER RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE Action of Board On: 11/10/2009 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER Clerks Notes: VOTE OF SUPERVISORS AYE:John Gioia, District I Supervisor Gayle B. Uilkema, District II Supervisor Mary N. Piepho, District III Supervisor Susan A. Bonilla, District IV Supervisor Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor Contact: Wendel Brunner, M.D. 313-6712 I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board of Supervisors on the date shown. ATTESTED: November 10, 2009 David J. Twa, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors By: Katherine Sinclair, Deputy cc: J Pigg, B Borbon C.39 To:Board of Supervisors From:William Walker, M.D., Health Services Director Date:November 10, 2009 Contra Costa County Subject:Grant Award #28-775-2 from the Genard Aids Foundation BACKGROUND: (CONT'D) no other funding for dental care support, payment of insurance premiums, and other needs not in the current AIDS Program Budget. Approval of Grant Award #28-775-2 will provide continuous emergency assistance funds to address the needs of HIV infected residents in Contra Costa, through June 30, 2010.