DEPARTMENT: Health
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Colleen M. Bridger, MPH, PhD
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: Citywide
SUBJECT:
Ratifying the submission of a grant application and authorizing the acceptance of funds from the Texas Department of State Health Services for the STD Staff Support Program grant
SUMMARY:
This ordinance ratifies the submission of a grant application and authorizes the acceptance of funds from the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) for the STD Staff Support Program grant. This ordinance also authorizes a personnel complement through the addition of four full-time positions (FTEs).
Furthermore this ordinance authorizes the Director of the San Antonio Metropolitan Health District (Metro Health) to initiate, negotiate, and execute any and all necessary documents to effectuate the acceptance of the referenced grant funds, to include executing a contract amendment pertaining to this contract, and to execute additional contract amendments pertaining to this 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 to include the funds awarded under this ordinance.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
Metro Health receives an award from the DSHS through the STD Staff Support Program grant annually. This grant and provides disease investigation and counseling to control and prevent the spread of sexually transmitted diseases such as syphilis, HIV, Gonorrhea, and Chlamydia. Through the STD Staff Support Program grant, Metro Health's STD/HIV Prevention Program is able to provide diagnosis, treatment, and partner notification services to residents in San Antonio and Bexar County.
On April 19, 2018, City Council approved the addition of three (3) FTEs to the personnel complement associated with the 2018 term of the STD Staff Support grant bringing the total existing personnel complement to 16 positions. These three (3) positi...
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