DEPARTMENT: Health Department
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Vincent R. Nathan, PhD, MPH
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: District 2
SUBJECT:
An ordinance authorizes the San Antonio Metropolitan Health District (Metro Health) to apply for a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) grant on Preventing Teen Dating Violence and Youth Violence by Addressing Shared Risk and Protective Factors and authorizes the acceptance of funds upon award.
The City Manager or her designee, or the Director of the San Antonio Metropolitan Health District or his designee is authorized execute contract amendments pertaining to this grant contract, to include amendments which will provide supplemental grant funds to the grant by the funding agency in an amount up to 20% of the total amount awarded to the grant inclusive of the additional funds accepted under this ordinance.
SUMMARY:
This Ordinance authorizes the San Antonio Metropolitan Health District to apply for a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) grant on Preventing Teen Dating Violence and Youth Violence. This CDC grant on preventing teen dating violence and youth violence will be a 5 year grant term.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
Deaths and injuries caused by violence are always terrible, but feel particularly tragic when the victim is a child or young adult. Though violence is ever present in human society, deaths and injuries due to violence are preventable. Violence is the leading cause of death worldwide for people aged 15 - 44. In the United States, violence is the third leading cause of death for people between the ages of 15 - 24. In Texas, the violence related fatal injury rate for youth (10-24) is 14.63 percent costing the state an estimated $4,084,892. Bexar County's rate is much higher at 17.48 percent fatal injuries per 100,000 people. Homicide is the second leading cause of death for youth (10-24) in San Antonio after car accidents.
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