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FROM: Mark Finucane , Health Services Director Contra
DATE'.
November 21 , 1988 Cosa
Courty
SUBJECT: Utilization of State Grants for AIDS
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATIONS) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDED ACTION :
Accept report from the Health Services Director regarding
the utilization of State Grants for AIDS .
FISCAL IMPACT :
None
REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATIONS/BACKGROUND
As was requested by the Board of Supervisors at their August
23 meeting , I am outlining how the $849 , 000 in State
contracts that were approved on that date are being uti -
lized . This report supplements our regular quarterly report
to the Board of Supervisors on the status of the County ' s
Three Year AIDS Plan , which we last presented on November 14 .
1 . The Alternative Test Site contract was effective April 1 ,
1986 through June 30 , 1988 with a total reimbursable
amount of $276 , 246 .
2 . The funds were used to provide free and anonymous coun-
seling and testing to individuals who requested Human
Immunodeficiency Virus ( HIV ) antiody testing to determine
if they had been infected with the virus which causes
AIDS . The Health Services Department AIDS Program opera-
tes three Alternative Test Sites ( ATS ) in Richmond ,
Concord , and Pittsburg . Since the ATS Program started in
July 1985 through August 1988 , 8, 123 persons have been
tested , with 291 testing positive for infection ( 3 . 6% ) .
The State Department of Health Services Office of AIDS
has awarded Contra Costa County Health Services
Department AIDS Program a contract of $100 ,000 for fiscal
year 1988-89 to provide prevention education services
throughout the county .
This program component reaches populations at increased
risk for AIDS in an effort to increase adoption f behavior
to reduce risk and increase knowledge in those rsons
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: X YES SIGNATURE:
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE(S):
ACTION OF BOARD ON n c. - APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED X OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
X --- I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
UNANIMOUS (ABSENT AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
AYES: NOES: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
CC: County Administrator DEC 6 1988
Health Services ATTESTED
PHIL BATCHELOR. CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
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engaged in substance abuse and sexually active adults
regarding the transmission of HIV .
3 . The Health Services Department AIDS Program has also been
awarded a three year contract for 1988-91 ( $472 , 875 ) to
provide a Case Management Program for people with AIDS or
AIDS Related Condition ( ARC ) in Contra Costa County .
The emphasis of this project is to continue developing a
coordinated and comprehensive system of medical and
social support services to persons with AIDS or ARC . All
community resources are assessed and coordinated to maxi -
mize use of any available services that patients need .
Provisions are included for food supplementation , housing
assistance , provision of attendant care and/or nursing
care in the home when appropriate . This program minimi -
zes the use of acute care hospitals and maintains
patients in their homes.
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