HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 10192010 - C.29RECOMMENDATION(S):
Approve and authorize the Health Services Director or his designee (Wendel Brunner,
M.D.), to accept, on behalf of the County, Grant Award #28-775-3 from the Genard Aids
Foundation, in an amount not to exceed $51,000, for the County’s Public Health Division
AIDS Program, for the period from July 1, 2010 through June 30, 2012.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Acceptance of this Grant Award will result in $25,500 per year for a total amount not to
exceed $51,000 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
APPROVE OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY
ADMINISTRATOR
RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD
COMMITTEE
Action of Board On: 10/19/2010 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
Clerks Notes:
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
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: October 19, 2010
David J. Twa, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of
Supervisors
By: , Deputy
cc: J Pigg, B Borbon
C.29
To:Board of Supervisors
From:William Walker, M.D., Health Services Director
Date:October 19, 2010
Contra
Costa
County
Subject:Grant Award #28-775-3 from the Genard Aids Foundation
BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)
and reporting requirements. The goal of the funding is to meet special needs for which there
is 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 #28-775-3 will provide continuous emergency assistance funds to
address the needs of HIV infected residents in Contra Costa, through June 30, 2012.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
If this contract is not approved, the County will not be able to meet the special needs of
people with HIV and AIDS in Contra Costa County or which there is no other funding for
dental care support, payment of insurance premiums, and other needs not in the current
AIDS Program Budget.
CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:
Not applicable.