DEPARTMENT: Health
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Colleen M. Bridger MPH, PhD
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: City Wide
SUBJECT:
An ordinance authorizing the acceptance of funds from the National Association of County and City Health Officials for Improving HIV Outcomes through Collaboration in an amount not to exceed $20,000.00 for 7 months beginning December 1, 2017.
SUMMARY:
This ordinance authorizes the acceptance of funds from the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO), to increase local health department and community health center capacity to establish meaningful, collaborative, and sustainable partnerships to improve HIV outcomes in an amount not to exceed $20,000.00 for 7 months beginning December 1, 2017.
Furthermore, this ordinance authorizes the Director of the San Antonio Metropolitan Health District to initiate, negotiate, and execute any and all necessary documents and a grant contract to effectuate the acceptance of the referenced grant, and to execute contract amendments pertaining to this contract, to include a) carry-over funds, when ascertained and approved by the funding agency through a revised notice of award; b) line item budget revisions authorized by the funding agency; c) modifications to the performance measures authorized by the funding agency and listed in the contract so long as the terms of the amendment stay within the general parameters of the intent of the grant; d) no cost extensions; 3) 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; f) reimbursement increases of administrative funds for each participant served; g) amendments funding one time equipment purchases or defined program services; and h) changes in regulations mandated by the funding agency.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
San Antonio is currently home to the largest molecular/epidemiologic cluster of new HIV infections in the U...
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